For Christmas, Kevin and I traveled down to St George where it was a lot warmer (a whole whopping 40 degrees!) It was a nice, relaxing, and much-needed vacation. We had planned to go to our favorite pie shop and order ourselves a lemon sour cream pie. Since we were heading back north on Sunday, we figured we could pre-order a pie to pick up Saturday, the day after Xmas. Well, we went in Xmas Eve morning and were disappointed to find that 1) they were going to be closed the day after Xmas, and 2) they were out of the lemon sour cream pie that day. So no luck with the lemon sour cream pie. Oh well, less calories I suppose. We did manage to pick up the last ham quiche though...
Xmas Eve, we went to midnight mass with Mom, Michael, and Mikey. And I learned something! Midnight is supposed to be the darkest hour of the night. Of course, Christ came into the world in the darkest of darkness and filled the world with light. And thus, we have the reason for midnight mass! Kevin and I decided we will keep up that tradition if we can. That way, the kids should have no trouble getting to sleep Xmas Eve!
Xmas morning we had quiche for breakfast and opened presents. Santa Claus brought Kevin a cast-iron skillet he had been drooling over for months. He had been researching how to make "the perfect steak" and I guess cast-iron was the way to do it. After tasting the fruits of his research, I can confidently agree that he has found it. Tom and Carly got him a book entitled, "Seduced by Bacon." Do they know him or what? Kevin also got a Webber grill which will assist him with many of his favorite dishes. His parents got him his deep-fat fryer. I smell trouble. Are people trying to fatten us up?
Santa Claus brough me a culinary education. I got a copy of "Julie & Julia" on DVD which is just the most delightful movie, if you haven't seen it. That Meryl Streep infuses such an infectious humor into it. After watching Amy Adams cook her way through Julia's cookbook, I yearned for the very same cookbook: "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." Santa Claus really paid attention, because I got it. I cannot wait to steam artichokes and dip the leaves in Julia's hollandaise sauce. Yum. I also got some DVDs with the real Julia Child. That will be fun to watch.
We always go to a movie, so we went to a matinee of "Avatar" in 3D. It was certainly an entertaining movie despite its mediocre plot.
Xmas is also my mom's birthday, so we have a birthday celebration at night. We had eaten so much junk the past few days, that mom decided she didn't want a birthday cake. So she had a birthday cupcake. We all gave her presents and watched Julie & Julia (she also got a copy and hadn't seen it before.)
We forgot our camera, so sorry for the lack of pictures!
I forgot that I never thanked Kevin for his gift. I loved it - of course, it was DownEast. I was excited about the earrings because I like to wear big cute ones, but I don't like the weight on my ears. So the fact that the earrings were wood is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteWe wish we could have gone to some 40 degree weather on Christmas too! I think it was -12 last night. Tonight's only supposed to be about zero - thank goodness, I think.