One last holiday setting and then we are done!
I think this has been the busiest holiday season of any that I can remember. Or maybe it's my age.
I know it is going to take a long while to recoup.
I love these antique plates and have tried for years to find replacements even using a china 'finder' type service. But, to no avail. This is a good, happy looking after Christmas arrangement.
We have a new Kroger store and it is wonderful. They have had so many sales and we have tried several of their delicious seafood and beef fillet offerings. Their beef fillets that I buy whole and they cut it, clean it and string it to suit my needs. I usually get three roasts from one of these vacuum packages and having them on sale during the holidays has been perfect. We could practically cut the meat with a fork. We also bought (several times) their ready-made crab salad. It is scrumptious with a little kick. We had over-night guests for a week and a half and those guys could eat! I am exhausted trying to keep them full, but these salads, our fish chowders and filling beef fillets helped to no end.
Beth, Andy, and I have the place to ourselves until Saturday: Mike, Nate and Adam are skiing in Colorado. Beth's kids have gone on to other visits having just left a few hours ago. Matt is busy with his new baby. Nate is about to leave Colorado for Hawaii and then New Zealand after spending a couple of weeks in the Galagos Islands. JD is getting his wisdom teeth out today. He David and Johnna live in Florida, so they were among the scattered this year.
We are looking forward to 2017 and to what our new president will bring to our country. Let's give him a chance.
