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As Paula and Diane expressed yesterday you truly are my family. I think the first time I logged into OH was before my VSG, then I found this group when I reached goal in Fall of 2016. So almost 10 years of friendship and support. We do bare it all and being able to do that with others who completely understand is invaluable.

It sounded like everyone was having a good Christmas yesterday (I am sure CC salvaged her meal somehow - at least it will be something to laugh about in the future: Remember the time we almost burnt the house down?). My DD did a wonderful job hosting Christmas. My DS cooked the meal which was phenomenal and everyone got along fantastically, including DS who can be *****ly at times especially with oldest DSD.

Today we meet the "kids" for brunch before driving back to Cape Cod this afternoon. Hopefully the sinus infection which appeared yesterday as I feared it would will be in low mode by then. It is the dry heated air which causes me to get these things. Eldest DD is staying on Cape Cod tonight and tomorrow either at SILs home or with us, so we will be getting together with them at some point over the weekend. Busy times until we leave on Monday.

I just finished the book Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb. Very well written and thought provoking so I may use it for my book club in February (though I want to also read one more book suggested by DD before I decide). Anyway, while reading it I reflected on my own experience in therapy which lasted for about a year, a couple of years after my eldest daughter died. And I related to several of her patient's stories. Well worth reading.

No long Justice walk today, though DH already took him out. He was really good with everyone yesterday and slept fairly well at the hotel.

Have a Father Time Friday (moving onto New Years words LOL)!

OMG! I hope you were able to salvage your meal and the rest of the day! Not what you bargained for.

Strange imaginings in both your Dad's and your minds! Was your Dad a teacher too (is that why he was imagining an altercation in a schoolyard)? Best to shake off that cancer dream - Chilling.

A short trip to Sonoma sounds wonderful:)

OH NOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Hope you were able to salvage your dinner.

So there is a pretty well renowned chef named Barbara Kafka who had a cookbook called Roasting from 25 years ago. She has a recipe for a standing rib roast that we've used many times over the years. So I was making it today and there was SO MUCH SMOKE! It starts with the the temp really high and the drippings began to smoke and filled the house. I don't know how the smoke alarm didn't go off and send the fire department. The house smells awful and I have been so stressed!!! The roasting pan cracked so that is outside in the cold where I put it to minimize the smoke (which was well pst minimizing). Still don't know if I can salvage dinner. Ugh!!! It was a seriously expensive cut of meat too. Windows and doors were wide open (it's 35), Claudia was using the leaf blower to encourage the smoke out of the window. My clothes and hair reek and my throat hurts. I think my blood pressure should be down sometime next Wednesday. The Barbara Kafka book is going to the Friends of the library. Never again.

Argh!

Presents were well received. Wish me luck pulling this dinner to a positive conclusion!

Merry Christmas, my friends!