Christmas gift

December 27, 2009

Woke up breathing, so that was a huge plus. Carl had installed my new oven

element while I slept, and that was the first present I wanted. Whoo hoo! I can

bake again! As usual, we had to take our vegetarian high tea plus ham, turkey,

stuffing, broccoli casserole, cranberry sauce, peas, candied carrots, rolls,

home made chocolates, pecan pie, chocolate silk pie, cake filled with ambrosia

(4 layers yellow cake filled with boiled custard and stabilized whipped cream

with coconut, crushed pineapple, maraschino cherries), pumpkin pie, tea pot, tea

and the good china cups and saucers. Phew.

Our precious daughter in love made a huge raw veggie tray with her special ranch

dressing (ranch mix, sour cream, cream cheese).

Good time was had by all and I left the dishes for the kids to do. I forgot to

take my pain pills with me so by the time all that cooking and serving was done,

I was ready to expire.

Got home, took dogs out (Carl hasn't learned how to walk the newly blind dog

yet), went into the loo for toothbrushing and the usual visit and as soon as I

started to sit down the bloody crapper fell THROUGH THE FLOOR.

So in the end, I am getting the second Christmas present I wanted, a new toilet

and bathroom floor. Carl was aghast when he discovered that there wasn't any

joists under the bathroom floor at all and the 2 bys which were under the floor

were just about rotted through. We've been buying a couple of boards here and

there and finally bought the new toilet last month and every Christmas the boss

makes everyone take an unpaid week's vacation. Good thing we planned ahead,

lol. (Pun intended.)

Thank heavens we live out in the country and I used to camp out a lot when

younger. Have spade will ..... dig.

Happy Christmas, all, Jeanne in GA

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