Good morning! After all the hoopla over the past few days, I took advantage of a lazy morning and slept in until 9:30. It was wonderful not having anything planned for the day and to just roll over an extra time or two.
Karen - That really stinks about your oven door. What happened to you is why I haven't thought about taking the glass out to clean, even though there's lots of grease between the panels of glass. Heck, just trying to clean this oven is a chore. I can't even reach the back of the oven when you open the door. Bert is the one who has to clean this oven. Good thing I don't use the bottom oven for much, so that never gets dirty. Now after Thanksgiving, the top oven really needs a cleaning, but I dread even mentioning it to Bert. He's got a long list of "jobs" he has to do, or so he tells me.
We ended up going to our new favorite Italian restaurant, DiCarlo's, for dinner. They just got voted the best all around and best Italian restaurant in our county! We've recommended it to so many people, I guess they all agree with us. When I congratulated the owner's son, he wanted to buy us another drink, but we were just about finished eating, so he said they owe us one next time we come in. Great customer service!!
Lee - Sorry you had a bad night's sleep. Too much on your mind these days? That messes up my sleep very often. Maybe you could get in one of Dave's BEloved naps this afternoon.
Dave - There's really nothing that I NEED to buy for anyone. We take the easy way out and give parents the money for their kids and their own Christmas gifts. Not seeing most of the grandkids on a regular basis, we just wouldn't know what to get for them any longer. It used to be great to get a list of "wants" when the kids were little, but that doesn't work any longer. What they want is just too darn expensive these days. We will pick up lottery tickets for everyone and we'll give them that at Christmas, so we won't be totally empty handed when gifts are exchanged.
Kathie - I'm with you on thinking about buying a small turkey breast in the very near future. I actually have an 8x8 pan of sausage stuffings in the freezer that I saved when I made it last week. I already cooked that kale we bought the other day and now I have to decide do we want to use any of it now or do I freeze it until we have more turkey? decisions ... decisions!!
Nancy - Glad you and Bruce made it home safely. I can only imagine what a bear traffic was in some places yesterday. We once drove home from NJ one Sunday after Thanksgiving with plans to stop midway at friends' house in NC. What should have taken us 8 hours took us 13 hours instead. Bumper to bumper traffic all the way!
Nothing planned for today. I don't have to do any cooking, as we do have leftovers from last night. Not planning to do any shopping at this point either, so it might end up being a very boring day for me, at least. I'm sure Bert will be using his "list" of things he has to do around here.
Well, I see I missed the morning post, so now I'll say Good Afternoon and go find something for lunch. Have a terrific day, everyone, and if you're out and about, stay safe!
