All Is Well
Well, Christmas came and went and we are so relieved! Christmas was a little overwhelming this year. First we really didn’t think that we would make it financially and be able to buy all our loved ones presents, but somehow the Lord provided and provided even more than we needed Him to. We were still able to get gifts for the family and have some money left in the bank for food and bills.
I volunteered this year to have Christmas Eve for my side of the family, my cousin who usually does it every year just had a baby, their 3rd and I knew that they definitely would not be in the mood to prepare for a party.
I prepared the whole menu and it was my first large dinner outside of a bar-b-q and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I stressed out all week, well… actually for weeks, and when the day came it was so freakin easy… no stress at all. The reason being is because I prepared everything the night before and all I had to do on Saturday was heat everything up and it was done. The only thing that took a long time was the ham, which we slow cooked for 6 hours and the mashed potatoes, which took a half an hour.
The menu consisted of, Warm Roasted Red Pepper Dip, Cream Cheese, Pesto & Sun Dried Tomato Torte, Ham, Roasted Asparagus with garlic and olive Oil, Green Beans with roasted Fennel & Onion, Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes, Cold Pasta Salad and Cranberry Bread. It was a very impressive and awesome spread we had. My sister spent a week making cookies and candy, she made chocolate covered pretzels, turtles, and chocolate covered dried apricots and much much more.
Not everyone I had expected to show up did, most of my cousins got that awful flu that was going on and had to sit Christmas Eve out but it was nice with the ones that did show up and I had room to invite my friend Steve over who had no place to go that night.
And with our belly’s all full from the night before and thinking that we could not possibly eat anymore, Gordon and I went to his mothers house in Victorville for Christmas Day and again, there we were in front of a huge meal. I lost some weight in the past month or two and I swear I think I gained it all back in just those two days. I have seriously never eaten that much I think in my life!
So all is well in the Flannery house and we are now waiting for the New Year to approach. Hopefully 2006 and will be better than 2005, I have to say that 2005 seriously sucked ass and I hope to never repeat it again.
I volunteered this year to have Christmas Eve for my side of the family, my cousin who usually does it every year just had a baby, their 3rd and I knew that they definitely would not be in the mood to prepare for a party.
I prepared the whole menu and it was my first large dinner outside of a bar-b-q and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I stressed out all week, well… actually for weeks, and when the day came it was so freakin easy… no stress at all. The reason being is because I prepared everything the night before and all I had to do on Saturday was heat everything up and it was done. The only thing that took a long time was the ham, which we slow cooked for 6 hours and the mashed potatoes, which took a half an hour.
The menu consisted of, Warm Roasted Red Pepper Dip, Cream Cheese, Pesto & Sun Dried Tomato Torte, Ham, Roasted Asparagus with garlic and olive Oil, Green Beans with roasted Fennel & Onion, Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes, Cold Pasta Salad and Cranberry Bread. It was a very impressive and awesome spread we had. My sister spent a week making cookies and candy, she made chocolate covered pretzels, turtles, and chocolate covered dried apricots and much much more.
Not everyone I had expected to show up did, most of my cousins got that awful flu that was going on and had to sit Christmas Eve out but it was nice with the ones that did show up and I had room to invite my friend Steve over who had no place to go that night.
And with our belly’s all full from the night before and thinking that we could not possibly eat anymore, Gordon and I went to his mothers house in Victorville for Christmas Day and again, there we were in front of a huge meal. I lost some weight in the past month or two and I swear I think I gained it all back in just those two days. I have seriously never eaten that much I think in my life!
So all is well in the Flannery house and we are now waiting for the New Year to approach. Hopefully 2006 and will be better than 2005, I have to say that 2005 seriously sucked ass and I hope to never repeat it again.
Well this came a lot sooner than expected but I got the job!