On "amazongs" and other things...

   I have about an hour before the turkey needs to go in. Hmmmm, what to talk about...? It is very quiet here and now, Doralyn's still upstairs, asleep, hopefully getting caught up on that precious commodity. A pretty busy day ahead of us, Bryant, Ben, Adrienne and Grandpa coming over for Christmas dinner a little bit later on this aft. The Dafoe boys will be rejoining us as well, so it will be a full and busy house!

How my day begins...

   Had a wonderful Christmas Day yesterday, pretty excited kids in the morning, lots of surprises and goodies. The boys headed to their dad's in the afternoon, D. and I spent a little recuperation time and then headed to Oma Buren's, after picking up my Dad. Had a wonderful meal there, Oma really outdid herself, and after supper spent some time sampling grand marnier and a couple of different kinds of brandies. Lots of flirting going on (for a bunch of "oldies", and with apologies to D.) but I am simply going to pretend it was the dinner "glow"!
   I guess this was the first time Oma had really "entertained" since the death of her husband, Cays, some years ago. She came through with flying colours and we all truly enjoyed ourselves. Now if I could just get Grandpa doing the same thing... Well, we'll work on it!
   I have an amazong wife! Okay, that was a typo but when I looked at it, it seemed like an amalgam of "amazing" and "amazon" so it is really a better term to use in describing her! She has been relentlessly busy for over a month now, working on presents for all the kids and many of our friends. On top of which we are also looking at needing to downsize the house, so lots of things to go through and sort. And she has been relentless and amazing to watch. Just one of the many reasons why I love her so damn much!!
    Grandpa just called, wanting to know what time we were picking him up this aft. This would be probably the fifth time in the last 12 hours that he's asked this same question. His memory's going but no problem, it's not hard to say "4 o'clock" one more time! At dinner last night, he asked me how long D. and I had been "going together". Had a bit of a chuckle over that one as D. and I have been married over a year and a half now, and Grandpa was at the wedding! But he seemed quite happy that we were now married!

...and, wonderfully, how it ends

   Anyway, it's about time to get started on the turkey. Gotta head out to the cold garage and try and find the roasting pan we use once a year. Then find a recipe for sweet potatoes. Make sure everything else is all set to go so that D. can just sit and knit as much as possible today--if she's not busy amazong us!