Finally the pain from swallowing is subsiding, just in time for Christmas feasting. Perhaps it is the wine I've been drinking all evening? Yoko made lamb for dinner and I could eat it without wincing or crying out. I am feeling much better today. I am still a somewhat tired, but nothing I can't live with.
June thankfully made it home safely from Hawaii this morning. Apparently she enjoyed the nine-hour leg between Honolulu and Atlanta behind a baby that never stopped screaming and a cat (feline) that farts. Other than that, she got here without incident. Yoko picked June up in Ft Myers at 9:30 AM.
Tomorrow Paula will be arriving at about the same time. Jessie will fetch her in the morning and we'll then thave a full house. Apparently Paula has arranged to have breakfast with her friends upon her arrival. (That way she won't have to make a special trip to Ft Myers while she is here.) June also announced that she is meeting friends for breakfast at The Smokehouse in the morning. I guess I could have gone golfing after all!
I still have not gotten Yoko a "major" gift for Christmas, so my plan is to go look for something in the morning. We've been discussing what I should get her, but we have not settled on anything yet. I keep joking (well, half joking) that I am going to get her a chain saw and a gas card. Actually, I think we did settle on the idea of taking a trip around Florida to eat at five star restaurants. I have to do a little research to find the finest restaurants in Florida. (Suggestions are welcomed!)
I came home from work early today to eat lunch with the family. I stopped by the local Italian bakery and purchased a few pounds of Christmas cookies and pastries and the traditional honey balls. After lunch June and Jessie went shopping, Yoko went to the grocery store, and Mom and I stayed home to watch a DVD of South Pacific at Carnegie Hall with Reba McIntyre.
Everyone was home by 5 PM, so we sat out on the lanai and had drinks and talked until dinner. It was a beautiful evening. Dinner was celery soup, lamb and potatoes, a cucumber salad and for desert, flan ( or is it spelled phlang?). We listened to Christmas music after dinner while Grandma took me to the cleaners playing cribbage. She has the luck of the Donovans...
We received a lot of Christmas cards today from people we normally hear from each year. We always enjoy getting cards and notes from family and friends at this time of year. My favorite is the letter I get each year from Eric Madsen detailing the mad-cap activities of his family. Eric has a sense of humor that is unmatched. I will post a sampling when I have more time.
All this makes it feel like Christmas; all is right in the world tonight.
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T Man:
FINALLY made it through your newly implemented intricate web of internet security which involved an examination of my banking affairs and a rectal scan. Nothing was found in either search. Glad to hear your family arrived safely including Mama C. That woman single handedly kept me alive feeding me pasta and veal while my family subsisted on kelp, green beans, and organic grain (dirt). Then Papa C would open up the cabinet and expose his stash of goodies: Candy!
And you thought I was there for the company....
E
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