Five days....
until Christmas and it is storming outside! Geeez! How am I supposed to get the rest of my shopping done? It's my own fault for procrastinating I guess. Those who know me know that I do my best work under pressure! (Some say that I pull it out of my a** quite well!) ~L~
Truthfully, I do not have all that much to get; a few things for my mother-in-law, and a house gift for my brother-in-law Bill and his wife. I don't buy for my side of the family anymore - although Peggy (my sister) will get a nice bottle of wine for our Christmas Eve dinner.
That takes me back to a memory of Christmas of five or six years ago.
My brother was living and working in Germany at the time. He came home at Christmas with bottles of a German wine that can be served warm or cold. He brought Peg and me each a bottle for Christmas Eve. Now, Peg already had a bottle of wine opened, so we drank that as we were preparing dinner. We then, of course, HAD to open a bottle of the wine Terry had brought us. We tried it both warm and cold and decided that cold was better.
It wasn't long and the guys were in the kitchen wondering when dinner would be served, which got the response of "when it is ready". Duh! ~S~
Peg and I were having sooooo much fun cooking that we finished off the second bottle and started on the third bottle. Life was good. We got on the phone and called my brother in Bismarck and wished him and his family a Merry Christmas..and I'm pretty sure we called someone else (though I can't remember it now any more than I could then!).
We laughed, we joked, we cooked, we drank..... life was good!
We put the meal on the table at 6:30. I sat down next to my husband and proclaimed, "I'm toast!" (laughing) I was hammered.
Wine goes to my head anyways, but sharing 3 bottles of wine (some of which was warmed) with my sister pretty much ensured that I was going to have a very MERRY Christmas! Oh lordy, I have to wipe the tears from my eyes even now.
Memories. Thank God for them!
Well, since I'm not going to make it in to town today, I guess I'm left with the option of playing Domestic Diva!
Have a warm, safe weekend everyone. I'll check back in later.
Truthfully, I do not have all that much to get; a few things for my mother-in-law, and a house gift for my brother-in-law Bill and his wife. I don't buy for my side of the family anymore - although Peggy (my sister) will get a nice bottle of wine for our Christmas Eve dinner.
That takes me back to a memory of Christmas of five or six years ago.
My brother was living and working in Germany at the time. He came home at Christmas with bottles of a German wine that can be served warm or cold. He brought Peg and me each a bottle for Christmas Eve. Now, Peg already had a bottle of wine opened, so we drank that as we were preparing dinner. We then, of course, HAD to open a bottle of the wine Terry had brought us. We tried it both warm and cold and decided that cold was better.
It wasn't long and the guys were in the kitchen wondering when dinner would be served, which got the response of "when it is ready". Duh! ~S~
Peg and I were having sooooo much fun cooking that we finished off the second bottle and started on the third bottle. Life was good. We got on the phone and called my brother in Bismarck and wished him and his family a Merry Christmas..and I'm pretty sure we called someone else (though I can't remember it now any more than I could then!).
We laughed, we joked, we cooked, we drank..... life was good!
We put the meal on the table at 6:30. I sat down next to my husband and proclaimed, "I'm toast!" (laughing) I was hammered.
Wine goes to my head anyways, but sharing 3 bottles of wine (some of which was warmed) with my sister pretty much ensured that I was going to have a very MERRY Christmas! Oh lordy, I have to wipe the tears from my eyes even now.
Memories. Thank God for them!
Well, since I'm not going to make it in to town today, I guess I'm left with the option of playing Domestic Diva!
Have a warm, safe weekend everyone. I'll check back in later.
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