Well, I've finished my school drama for the season and am now starting in on catching up with some holiday slacking. I see AJ and Thomas have a head start. Surprisingly, we find ourselves with all of our holiday obligations behind us and clear sailing through the Christmas/New Year's Eve calendar. What a break!
We have already had our 25th annual Friends Christmas Dinner. We alternate dinner from house to house each year. That person is the Kitchen Nazi and coordinates the what the others bring to ensure we have enough appetizers, entres, side dishes, and desserts to feed an army. One tradition that has morphed out of this is, "The Craft." One person makes a craft for all the others instead of cooking something. Over the years the craft has taken on a life of its own. (I have it next year and am already keeping my eyes open for a new idea.) For the crafty in the crowd it's great. For the not-so-crafty it's sheer misery. However, as Eleanor Grizwald says, "It's the holidays, everyone's miserable." So we never relent and we have a great collection of Christmas keepsakes as a result. This year, the party was at Jackie & Steve's Cove House, on the St. Mary's River in Southern MD. Stevie got the best oysters I've ever had out of the river next to the dock that morning. Dad would have loved them! The kids and adults alike RAGED on Stevie's golf cart until Cole (Rick & Sue's 11 year old) got it on 2 wheels and hit a tree when he promptly started crying.
Mike & I got tired of hearing Mom talk a digital camera to death so we sent her one for Christmas. They are a bit wierd to get used to so I wanted her to open it before Christmas to get some practice. She had it opened, plugged in, and charging by the time she called. Dad says she's been taking pictures of everything and now she's a woman posessed. She sent this photo today and it was just too good to pass by. I'm anxious to see the Christmas photos with the Callaway, Harrison, Harris, & Pepper clans.
No comments:
Post a Comment