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Started right after the sight upgrade. Guess the new and old programs didnt like each other.

I may not have been to church in over 30 years, not since the parish priest threatened to excommunicate me ( Long story for another day), but I still do not eat meat on the eve. Don't even cook the meats for Christmas day, that starts after mass at midnight, or in my case while others are at mass. I would bake a fresh ham for the non Italians that have married into the family, but I would not eat it myself, nor would my mom.

That is a whole other set of traditions in an Italian family. No meats at all, pasta dressed in olive oil with seven different kinds of fish. Anchovies are cooked down into a paste in the olive oil, and there are 6 other types, usually including cod or flounder, calamari, shrimp, smelts, crab cakes and squinguilli. Other Italian families I know use different fishes, but its always 7 types. Last night we only did three, since it was just me and hubby. Seven would have had us knee deep in left overs and fish does not keep well!

The old one was over 6 years old and would no longer allow me to access GA. Asked the kids to do the update on it, it got dropped to the floor when my daughter fell asleep, and subsequently stepped on. Was still functional despite the cracked screen, but but still would not let me access GA!

Tradition starts with breakfast here. Sausage gravy over biscuits. Mine are made with well drained ground sausage and beef stock to make the gravy, making it a tad healthier than gram's version using the sausage drippings. Lunch is catch as catch can while cooking up a storm for dinner. Originally dinner started around 2 with an antipasto, (Yes I am Italian) followed around 4 ish with fresh pasta, home made sauce and several different meats. Break time to wash dishes and around 6 ish out comes turkey, gravy done with chicken stock instead of bird drippings, home made cranberry relish, mashed potatoes and swede, sauteed broccoli with olive oil, garlic and lemon. Another dishes break, then coffee and deserts. A tray with Gorgonzola cheese, apple and orange slices, figs and dates, and rice pudding made from my Norwegian mother in laws recipe, and there is usually pumpkin pie as well. Bear in mind this was when we had anywhere from 15 to 30 peeps in for dinner and we took turns what house, with everyone helping with the cooking and clean up. Now that we are a much smaller crowd we do the pasta another night, and stick to greatly reduced amounts of the bird and trimmings. It's tough to find a turkey to feed 5 without a megaton of left overs!

Doing the new tablet happy dance!

Doing the new tablet happy dance!

But you are an INTERESTING nerd!

Isn't the eggnog that is the problem, it's the stuff you dress it up with! Swede boiled into submission and mashed, potatoes on the way, desert finished, broccoli ready to steam, and bird dressed and ready to hit the oven around 2 ish for dinner at 7. Can I goof off for a bit?

Good morning everyone and MERRY CHRISTMAS! 🎄 You are up early @Page Scrawler. I enjoyed a bit of a sleep in. I think its a little sad though that I consider it a sleep in if the sun makes it over the horizon before I get up! You are up early @Page Scrawler. I enjoyed a bit of a sleep in. I think its a little sad though that I consider it a sleep in if the sun makes it over the horizon before I get up!

Good morning all and a very Merry Christmas to you all! Happy Birthday tim! May your day not get lost in the merriment of Christmas. I always felt Christmas babies get the short end of the stick! @MichaelS36 I need your help please. Give tim a huge REAL hug from me. Its the closest thing I can do to show him I care! I know we get a little too Waltonish for you sometimes, but you are stuck with us. Hugs for you too.

Now that it is officially Christmas here, I want to wish everyone of you the love and joy you deserve. You have become a supportive family to me, and I want you all to know I appreciate you. I love you all!

Merry Christmas all!

We certainly do care about each other! May this be the happiest Christmas yet of many more to come.

Bit of a Christmas miracle. One of my older students cancelled her lesson today as she did not want to leave her house phone and computer. Her son and daughter in law are in Indonesia and she had not yet heard from them when she cancelled. She called me a little bit ago - the entire bunch of them were on the opposite side of a peninsula visiting another branch of the family when the tsunami hit. They are high and dry and safe.

Cranberry relish - done Rice Krem - in double boiler now Turkey for tomorrow thawed - done brocolli cut and ready to steam tomorrow - done Making progress! Too bad I drove 30 min to the barn to feed because today is the hands day off ( he has every Monday off and I take care of batching feed that day regularly) only to find out he moved his day off to Wednesday, he batched everything up, and no one told me. Now I get to drive down on what was supposed to be my second holiday day (because I was supposed to work today) and do it all over again.

Words fail.

LMAO! Hazards of raising a lap pup.

Can I have the little one?

I think you would like Carlos' story "Muscle Bear Santa" Randy!

What I don't understand is why the hell people can't just accept someone the way they are. You were born female, so what? You identify as male - more power to you.( And vice-versa if you were born male and identify female.) Honestly, i don't care male or female, that you are a good person is what matters to me, just as your choice of company in the bedroom makes no difference to me, as long as s/he treats you well.

Put him on. I will ask for you! I am not shy.

Enjoy! Is Mike still in bed? See if you can actually sleep some!

I just got what I think is the biggest compliment of my life! One of the neighbors stopped to say Merry Christmas as I was carrying out some trash. He was full of praise for my daughter, that she is a lovely lady and that I know how to raise children right!

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