Sunday, December 22, 2024

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all my Blogging Friends!

I hope you all have been well and have all of your shopping and errands done? Only a few more days until Christmas...

We all have so much to be grateful for! It'll be raining here on Tuesday but clear on Christmas day...I'm SO grateful! lol...because it'll be raining again on Thursday, so...it'll miss us, if the weatherman knows what he's talking about.

We will be having all the children in for an early morning breakfast...Breakfast Tacos. Larry bought a three slotted warmer for the tortillas, bacon and sausage and eggs. We always talked about getting one but never did...Would have come in handy! I suppose better late than never.

Sam and Everett took Sloane and Cousin Arlis to the Waco Zoo to see the Christmas lights. Oh, to be a child one more time...

Twirling and laughing without a care in the world...how wonderful!

Colors bright and vivid...I think only a child knows the secret to the magical world of Christmas...

For there was born a King...

Well, since I'm far from being a child, Larry and I visited a coffee shop in downtown Waco called, The Olive Branch. I was trying to find a place that served coffee and pie but without any luck, would you believe?! We finally settled on chocolate filled croissants. We really need an old-fashioned diner that serves coffee and pie any time of the day or night. We used to have one but, it went to the elephant bone yard about ten years ago...sad to see history disappear.

We also went out to eat at a place called The Summer Palace...Chinese buffet. I had fish and wings with those little wontons filled with sweetened cream cheese...so good!

Larry had a mixture of goodies...

We were working around the house, so I made some hot chocolate for our break time.

I wanted to buy some body powder (Flower Bomb fragrance) and decided it's ridiculously expensive! We are not destitute by any means but...Why spend a gazillion dollars on something I can make at home?? So, I did! The above photo is my cologne and cornstarch with perfumed cotton balls pushed down into the cornstarch! It's wonderful! You just fill a container, with a lid, with cornstarch. Then get a cotton ball or pad and spray your favorite fragrance on it or them ( I used about 5 for my small container), then push them all down into the cornstarch. Leave at least overnight before you start using it...Wonderful!! I'll never buy expensive powder again! And several of my fragrances don't sell powder...so I'll make my own. I need to find a wider container with a lid. Time to go to the antique stores! I love the old glass jars...lol

Larry made Onion soup...It is wonderful! We just didn't bother with the fancy presentation. Cheese on top of French toast, laying on top of the soup. I just made cheddar toast on Italian bread...Lordy it was good.

I made a Nativity Scene back in 1980. The camel stands 10" tall at the pommel of the saddle. It took several months to pour the figurines...fire them then paint. It's a big set but I love it.

I bought Sloane some fancy shoes! lol