We are having 24 folk around a few tables at my mother in laws. She wants a real family "do " so we will oblige. Pot luck so no one is overburdened. I am going to be traditional with a turkey, the only time we have it.
It is Summer here, so family will arrive and set up tents. Our youngest is coming home by bus, a 9 hour journey, but no flights were available when we changed plans. With our first grandchild due any day now and a gallant mother in law, her pancreatic cancer has spread to her liver but she is up and about enjoying all the family arriving, it is a busy time.
My beaded tree is finished and decorated. Great fun.
Happy to see she's around to do Christmas. I hope you all make the most of it.
I just now put up the spiral wire Christmas trees I sometimes use as earring displays because in spite of having a fake tree and the ornaments at home we haven't had time to put it up. And this year it took until DD came home in the summer for it to be taken down. This way it took 5 minutes to put up and will take 5 minutes to take down. I think I can do that.
I'll have to cook a ham again this time, pack it up into a cooler to keep it warm and take to a friend's house. DH always find it funny when I refer to the cold cooler and the hot cooler, but he's gotten used to it. The ham recipe can be found here:
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(I think - for some reason I can't get to my work home page right now. It is in the same town, but I think the routing goes to the US mainland and back). Auntie Maren's guava ham. I have to admit that I actually quite look forward to having it myself, because for one or the other reason it's been quite a while since I made one. Making one for every major holiday, and making ham sandwiches, ham quiches and split pea soup with the leftovers for just 2 people almost all of the time now is a bit boring, so I don't make a ham for every holiday anymore. DH just finished the turkey barley soup form the Thanksgiving turkey today (I had some for lunch today too, I need the space in the fridge).
/\ Mele Kalikimaka / o\ e Hauoli Makahiki Hou /o \ / \ Maren `||'
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