December 21, 2020 - December 28, 2020
The big story this week of course is Christmas! We had all of our decorations up so our final preparation was grocery shopping. We had decided on ham, au gratin potatoes, walnuts, greens and gorgonzola salad, cranberry sauce, and creamed spinach (just for me as Bob is not a spinach fan). We had to wait in a line outside the grocery store before we could enter. The store posted an employee at the door to carefully count those entering and exiting in order to limit the number of shoppers in the store. We purchased the necessary items for our meal and brought them back to the boat to store until needed.
On Christmas Eve Day Bob made the cranberry sauce and I baked a pumpkin pie and combined all of the ingredients for the slow cooker au gratin potatoes. I was a bit skeptical of how the potatoes would turn out, but we didn’t have room in our oven for both the ham and the potatoes. Traditionally, Bob and I had opened one present on Christmas Eve, but since we have moved on to the boat we have not exchanged gifts. Actually, if we want something now we buy it for ourselves and don’t wait for a holiday to receive the item (typical old people behavior I guess). My daughter Jessica FaceTimed me in the evening and we shared our Christmas happenings. They were having snow in Johnstown while all we got was lots of rain.
On christmas morning I baked a cheese quiche for our breakfast, relaxed, and then started in on the dinner preparations.
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| I made the quiche without any meat and just used gruyere cheese. It was probably the best I ever made! |
I had already turned the crock pot on so we mentally scheduled when to start each of the other food items. At 1:30 everything was ready.
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| Everything was great except the potatoes. I was disappointed in the flavor, too much garlic I think. |
After dinner we finished the champagne we had with dinner and watched a random NFL football game and relaxed. I got a Face Time call from my daughter Rachel and wished each other a Merry Christmas and chatted for awhile. Grace texted me Christmas wishes, too.
During Christmas weekend I spent some time looking over some photos from previous Christmas celebrations.
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| My children with each set of grandparents long, long ago. |
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| Christmas day when my children are older. |
The weekend was normal, but with a great number of visitors downtown in Annapolis enjoying the decorations and nice weather. On Sunday we watched the Ravens beat the NY Giants 27 - 13. I cut out the last of the squares I need to finish Karl’s quilt and will finish sewing all of the pieces together in the next couple of weeks.
Our next big event will be New Year’s. I wonder how that will go during the pandemic.
Stay safe and healthy.
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