The rain arrived here in North Texas about 5:00 this morning.
It made for good sleeping weather!
I went back to sleep and woke up at 8:00 and just basked in the glow from the Christmas candle and the fragrance of pine branches I have in a small pitcher of water beside our bed.
Poor Louis Dean was sitting in a doctor's office just about this time.
He had an early morning follow up appointment from his bout with pneumonia back in November.
He had blood work done this morning - which came back fine - and he is scheduled for a CAT scan at 9:30 in the morning! He says at least he doesn't have to be there at 8:00 - again.
As soon as I got that nasty kitchen cleaned up from that wild baking spree he went on last night - and downed that first cup of coffee (I actually only drink two!) - I started making my lists and checking them twice! I have a menu list, a to do list, a grocery/errand list.
My planner lives at the end of my kitchen counter and I stand here every morning taking stock of the day and every night to see what I need to carry over to the next day.
See the publications from Publix back there??? My super special friend, Dawn from Florida, sends them to me every month. I love the recipes and articles and read them as treats when I take a break in the day. Thank you, Dawn!!!
Today we spent hours and hours in preparation for tomorrow!
The Company Potatoes and Candied Carrots - cooking here - are now all dressed and in the fridge!
The Cranberry Relish is done and the old fashioned Fruit Salad - made with real whipping cream - is ready to mix in the morning. We did a TON of chopping and slicing today!!!
Praise God for food processors!!!
The corn bread is hot from the oven and cooling.
The onions and celery for the dressing have been cooked with butter and is waiting to 'dance' with the other actors to make up Dressing!!! We cook cornbread dressing with lots of sage and poultry seasonings!
Only TWO things left on my list tonight!
Bacon and Eggs - which is actually candy!
I will make this in the morning.
Also I did NOT get the entire house vacuumed and am crying Uncle and pulling a Scarlet O'Hara!
"I'll think about this TOMORROW!!!!"
Just a bit more clean up and storing all perishables in the fridge!
Louis Dean wanted to wish one of his favorite people Merry Christmas!!!
He gets such a kick out of her comments!!!
"What did SUSIE say???"
All bloggers love to read their comments but this is CRAZY!!!
We do have fun with y'all!!!
So our day of preparing is over and I am ready to go to bed!
Is it REALLY only 8:00????
