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I walked over to the supermarket a little after 8 a.m. I disinfected the items that have to be refrigerated and recorded the transaction on my spreadsheet. I had a couple of phone conversations today (one of my grandsons & BFF). I also took a couple of naps. Earlier in the day I had checked out the virtual tour of the dorm my granddaughter will be moving into in January. Later in the evening, I called her to ask the size of her mini refrigerator and my concern about how it would fit. She was actually glad I called her about that and we stayed on the phone discussing her placement options, meal plan options, how excited we are about her being on a beautiful new campus and the amenities available at the university and in the area.

I'm getting ready to have a quick meal, take my meds and watch T.V.
 
Picked up and took Joey out to lunch to Two Guys for lunch. Burger and fries. It’s been a while he says. Cause of the diet he is on. 😂. So nice to see him happy and excited. Then, off to a new store we found that made the individual pies. He had a chocolate one, with whipped cream topping.

Asked him did he still one ice cream. Nope. But I’ll have a donut for later. 😳. Ok. Off to the grocery store, got him a donut. He wanted “man” posters to decorate his bedroom and Amazon delivered them yesterday so we hung them in his room today. Football poster. Made a few tweaks to his room and it is now finished. Although, he could use another lamp.

He does not have cable in his room though. We have to work on that.

Son called me from California where he is on vacation with his SO to see her parents. He went to visit his brother’s grave, but could not find it and the office was closed. ☹️ Said he will try again in a couple of days. Matthew is buried in a part of the cemetery that is mostly infants. Since he was born on Dec. 25, he is always in our hearts on this day.

Daughter called, sent picture and stories of the 3 year old who is so excited about Christmas. Apparently she drank Santa’s milk and tried to eat his cookies. 😂

Staying home tomorrow.

MERRY CHRISTMAS to the Christmas people. 😍 HAPPY HOLIDAYS to the non Christmas people. 🥰. And for the bah humbug crowd (my husband is a member) it’s almost over. 😂
 
It's just going on 9:00 p.m. and I'm pooped. Daughter and SIL just left. It was a very good day .. we had turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, corn - and they brought a small roast beef, scalloped potatoes and broccoli done in the oven. Needless to say, we were all stuffed.

I was given enough chocolate to open my own shop. Trouble is, I'm restricted in the sweets area, so, hubby can nibble away at it over the next weeks/month. I did indulge in a couple of shortbread cookies, I admit :)

I had 1/3 glass of Malbec, and felt like falling asleep. I've got a good book to read tonight, so, I think I'll turn in early.

Have a good Christmas, all, and if you're traveling, take care.
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I'm cooking a turkey right now. The kugel I made last night came out great. Tomorrow, I just need to make the green beans. I bought some canned cranberry sauce. I don't know if it's worth taking along. Meh, I'll bring it and if it's no good, we just won't eat it. Oh, and I got some minestrone soup from the deli and some challah bread. We should have a nice dinner. :)
 
Good Christmas morning, peeps 🎄

I'm up, coffeed, and getting ready to tidy up before tackling Christmas dinner prep.

It's going to be a nice day...already 55F...so as soon as the dinner prep is done, I'm going out to the garden to finish cutting back the cannas. There are all kinds of things to be done out there, but by the time the cannas are done, I'll be plumb worn out so not planning to do more.

DGS can't get here until 9:30, and that's when we'll open stuff. Meanwhile, there are plenty of things to keep me out of trouble.
 
Christmas is extra special to me as it is our anniversary as well as our Lords special day. 65 years with the same beautiful lady I married in our little church in my home town. So what am I doing today..thanking God for giving me 84 years on this earth to enjoy my life and wife.

PS: we are going to dinner at the clubhouse later to be with our friends.
Merry Christmas everyone.
 
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I slept in this morning. 😴, and am currently waiting for that first cup of coffee. ☕

Andy came in, briefly....just long enough to say hello and to see what Santa brought him. He's too warm in the house. It's 65° outside....his kind of weather!

After breakfast, Dio and I will go to my Mom's house to open a few gifts. The 3 of us will then head over to the VFW for a delicious Christmas dinner. After that, Dio and I will probably go to the river and walk off some of that food! LOL

Sending everyone joy, happiness and love.....today, and always! 💕💕

Merry Christmas
 
Officially, it was a "White Christmas" in this part of Scotland. There was some snow on the hills first thing, but this seems to have largely vanished. Clear blue skies now, but cold. Went to the beach for a walk- only a few people out. (posted a photo in the Photography section)

Going to start cooking dinner. It's fairly traditional - turkey and ham with veggies. That's about it. Nothing much on TV, so no change there!

Have a good holiday everyone.
 
Last evening I had Xmas dinner with my 'buffalo family',close friends Marcia&Dave, one of their sons, Alexei, Dave Sr's mom, Betsy who was visiting from Cleveland. This was the 1st time we've been able to do this in 2 yrs. It felt strange walking into the living room not seeing beloved family dog Aker aka my 'buddy boy',he died Oct 24th,we all miss him. We told funny stories about him through the years felt he was there in spirit,We had delcious dinner,exchanged xmas gifts
On my early walk this morning around 6:30,didn't go far because it was raining.It will be doing this on/off today temps in high 40's. I'll open a few presents from friends, try to go for another walk.At noon have a family zoom meeting {my brother&family are at their NH house for Xmas } our sister,Mary lives in England. We haven't done this since Oct
 
So yeah. I put on my gardening duds. I didn't get out there because...yanno...it's Christmas Day. DGS called and told DD that he's "running late" and will be about 15 minutes late. His 15 minutes are up. What the???? At my age, time is of the essence. Jussayin!

Dammit. I wanna see what Santa brought!

I did get the hash brown casserole prepped and ready to be thrown in the oven and boiled the eggs for deviled eggs. Guess I'll go peel them while we wait for DGS.
 
Going to son's place for Xmas. He just told me my Grandson thinks I was in their apartment last night and ate all of Santa's cookies! Guilty as charged! 😉

My DIL's parents will be there too.

Grandson got so many new toys I can hardly wait to play!

It's raining here, hope it clears up. If it doesn't maybe I won't take a train, maybe I'll splurge a million dollars on a taxi. Let's hope it clears up 🤞
 
Got up a bit early

sippin' coffee

stepped out to the back deck

snow sky
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snowed again last night

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Glad my woman has Christmas dinner goin'

Won't be BBQing

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Those deck shoes look a bit cold

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I do like the winter sky up at the cabin

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Wife is twiddling with Christmas dinner dainties

Me, I'm goin' back to bed
 
Today I will try not to do too much. My feet and ankles had not been swelling up as much due to a change in my diet. Well, yesterday I made a meal for Sonny & me and cooked some food for my son to pick up and take home. It was too much even though it was a simple meal (completely keto except for the blue cheese dressing I ate). Standing in the kitchen did me in. Never again! So I will be recovering from yesterday. Especially since tomorrow is my appointment at the Lymphedema Therapy clinic in Binghamton. I had to wait over 3 months for that appointment.

It is also the day of the year that I study my life in the last year and what I need to change and work on. Then write it all down.
 

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