Michael Odom wrote:
> On 3 Dec 2004 11:39:32 -0800, (Siobhan
> Perricone) wrote:
> >
> >Time: 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm
> >Date: Saturday, December 11th, 2004
> >
> So, was it fun? What did you eat?
Oi...
I still have problems connecting to the internet from home, and I've
been lagging on a lot of stuff because of it. I"m trying to post from
google now...
I ended up wimping out in the end and service little smokies cooked in
Stubbs BBQ sauce, a cookie and baklava tray from Costco, cold cuts and
cheese from the deli counter at Shaws, cocktail pumpernickle and
crackers, freshly ground coffee, store bought eggnog, veggies and dip.
Neighbors brought some cheese dip and chips, apples and caramel dip.
One of my friends came and cooked latkes for us on my Dacor cooktop.
MMmmmm She hand grated the potatoes and it was really nice.
I got some really lovely gifts (a serving platter and serving bowl that
are beautiful).
My husband ended up getting gastroenteritis (sp?) and has been sick
since last Sunday (though he's slowly improving, he keeps doing too
much and pushing himself hard the moment he feels a little better and
then suffers a relapse).
I'm not sure where he got it because no one else got ill that I know
of. The only thing he had that I didn't was the salsa and cheese dip
the neighbors brought.
It was a lot of fun but I was exhausted at the end of the day (we had
people right up until just after 8). Everyone loved the house (how
could you not?
and there was pleasant conversation and just
generally getting to know people. All of my neighbors showed up except
one of the older ones. She was probably ill or something.
Another of our neighbors gave some firewood (I couldn't find seasoned
firewood to save my life this year) that was really old from several
years ago, so we should be able to burn that with some green ash we
have from the tree we had to take down to get satellite.
Soooo many things...
Now I'm working on my Holiday dinner. It's been hard to think of an
interesting holiday dinner with Frank being ill and having to eat bland
food (my husband, eating chicken broth with matzo balls and enjoying
it, that's how I *know* he's sick ;D he usually hates soup).