the best is yet to come

When I checked my 'Memories' on fb, it told me I had none for December 31 over the 18 years that I've been on that social media.

My friend for longer than that, Lynita Spivey, does this thing called "predictive text", where she starts a sentence and we finish it up.

She posted "We've just received word that..."

I completed it as "... resolutions are not being accepted for 2026."

She really liked it!

I'm serious about that, though.

As I told the party-goers on Sunday, and my stepmom Bonnie today, when asked if I was making any resolutions, my reply was "absolutely not!".

Instead, I'm focusing on the positive, which is my modus operandi anyway.

So, will there be a change?

Not if that's how I naturally roll... right?

Speaking of the positive, I let AARP buy me dinner tonight.

They done good, too!

I had four 5-buck gift cards 'bought' with my AARP points over this past year and tonight i cashed them in at Carrabbas!

My choice: Shrimp Positano, one of my favorites, with lots of garlic and with fond memories of time in that seaside town in 2012 - oh, yeah!

Totally divine!

Now I have dragon breath, but that's just fine.

This New Year's Eve is being spent at home, watching favorite movies!

I started with "Christmas With The Kranks", with Tim Allen in another delightful holiday movie.

Then I segued into "My Best Friend's Wedding".

Odd choice, I know, but I have to thank Ivan Shreve for talking about that movie and Julia Roberts on fb.

I do love all the songs in it, and the bad karaoke is just fabulous!!!

It certainly made this seem like a party!

And The Universe made sure I knew that was exactly what I was meant to watch, too.

Both movies had M. Emmet Walsh, in his 60's, in them.

Right place, right time!

Now, I'm going to watch one more movie: "The Sandlot".

That gives me a trio with family, romance, and baseball.

What more could I want on this festive night? 

It also has some really great fireworks displays, to go along with all the fireworks that have been going off here since o'dark-thirty. 

As for that cute little baby penguin, I've sent it off to family and friends, with its cheery message that the "Best is yet to come"!

We all need hope as we start a new calendar year!

Keep the faith, y'all!

(smile!)

tina tuesday at home

That's because the weather song has taken a turn for the worst.

Again.

That's okay, I knew it was coming.

I'd taken the leftover tortilla chips home with me last night.

Good call!

That meant I had them to perk up the Campbell's Chicken Tortilla Soup that I had for lunch.

Definitely added some needed crunch!!!

I'd saved "The Best Of 2025" that aired last night; nice to be able to zip right through it and catch some news items I'd missed.

Like, what's up with some weird-looking toy that no one in my family breathed a peep about but that the world went crazy for?

One thing that surprised me was the death of Michelle Trachtenberg.

She'd been the little sister, Dawn, on "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", in and out of trouble as litle siblings are.

She was only 39 when she died in February.

After that show was over, I wanted something a bit lighter and more positive; "Genie" on Peacock certainly was the right ticket!

Very nice to see it again!

Now, I'm going to continue my feel-good vibe with "Sing 2"!

Thanks to Comcast making it mine, I can watch it any time I want.

Yep, time for that musical to tap my toes!

That should keep them warm.

(smile!) 

that ain't no music bingo...

Of course it isn't! Marcia had texted all to see if we would rather do our usual Monday night thing or go out to dinner. We all chose the second option. Then came the matter of deciding where to dine!

"Hey, is that Kelly? Haven't seen her for a while!"

That is Kelly, there on the right of the empty chair. She had the night off, as the school is on Christmas break. Hooray! Beside her is Sandy, then Marcia. Elissa is to the left of my chair. I was coming back from the bathroom and snapped this.

"I see. Maybe sometime you might give folks a heads up so they can actually look in the right direction, eh? Anyway, where were y'all?"

Someone had suggested Tequila's Town, in Sandfly, and the consensus landed us there at 6 PM. We arrived just a few minutes before the dinner crown descended! On Elissa's recommendation, I had the Pura Vida bowl... very tasty! Black beans, pumpkin seeds, avocado, diced tomatoes, cilantro, pickled onions, rice. I was surprised there was no cheese on it. Still, it was quite good and I ate every bite!

"Well, I'm glad to hear that it was a good experience. I wonder why that hasn't come up as an option for the S&K Friday Fiesta?"

I have no idea, but I think I will suggest it. Maybe there aren't any high-top tables? I don't recall seeing any. I know my brothers, particularly Smitty, prefer those. I just know I found it very nice to have seen these women two days in a row. So good to have the holidays continuing on!!!

soiree at Kathy's!

Hooray for the holidays!

Honestly, I need to whip my house into shape so I can have gatherings!

It was so nice to go over to The Woods of Savannah for a festive holiday soiree, with no interruptions from wait staff or other diners.

I've been trying to get Kathy to go to plays with me, but I think she may be agoraphobic, as she always backs out at the last minute.

However, there was none of that reticence this time.

For this event on her turf, she sent out at least three reminders!

Very nice!

Here she is, talking with Elissa about the doll that she is holding.

 

Kathy's mom painted the features on that doll,  giving it to her in 1972 for her 16th birthday.

 

Her mom also painted the geraniums in the piece of art on the wall.

 

How very nice that Kathy has those keepsakes on display!

 

Marcia and Sandy were over on the other side of the living room.

 

The cat is Lucy, who has been Kathy's constant companion for many years.

 

Marcia has cats, too, so of course Lucy chose her for petting!

 

Lucy made sure to let everyone have several chances to show her some love. 

 

She did keep coming back to me, though.

I think it was the smell of sushi on my fingers that drew her attention!

We'd each brought a dish to share: sushi tray from me, fresh fruit and veggies from Elissa, home-made cookies by Marcia, and carrot-raisin salad from Sandy.

Our hostess supplied the veggie egg rolls and beverages.

All in all, a quite lovely smorgasbord for a holiday party!

Three hours we shared, time that flew by as we talked of movies and family, times when we were young, places we'd lived, and all manner of things.

Not shoes and ships and sealing wax, mind... but I doubt Lewis Carroll would take offense at the lack.

None of us are a walrus or a carpenter.

Hahahaha!

welcome Christmas while we stand, heart to heart and hand in hand

Fahoo fores dahoo dores

Welcome Christmas come this way

Fahoo fores dahoo dores

Welcome Christmas, Christmas day

Welcome, welcome fahoo ramus

Welcome, welcome dahoo damus

Christmas day is in our grasp

So long as we have hands to clasp

Fahoo fores dahoo dores

Welcome Christmas bring your cheer

Fahoo fores dahoo dores

Welcome all Whos far and near

Welcome Christmas, fahoo ramus

Welcome Christmas, dahoo damus

Christmas day will always be

Just so long as we have we

Fahoo fores dahoo dores

Welcome Christmas bring your light

Fahoo fores dahoo dores

Welcome Christmas, Christmas day

Welcome Christmas, fahoo ramus

Welcome Christmas, dahoo damus

Welcome Christmas while we stand

Heart to heart and hand in hand

Fahoo fores dahoo dores

Welcome welcome Christmas day

Welcome, welcome Christmas day! 

 

 

I guess it's clear what was on my mind!

Yes, I recorded "How The Grinch Stole Christmas", the original one, and watched it this morning.

This has been part of my holiday ever since I was 8 years old.

That little song in 'Seussian Latin" is ingrained in my brain after nearly 6 decades!

Thank you, Albert Hague, for those lovely, loony, lyrics.

Please know that I sing along every time!

Thank you, Tony and Laura, for hosting the Christmas gathering for your clan and inviting me to share the festivities!

Thank you, Hope and Damon, for coming with your children to celebrate and sing "Happy Birthday" to Jesus for his 2025th birthday!

Thank you, Smitty and Mary, for joining us for the holiday spirit... and spirited eggnog!

And thank You, God, for this gloriously warm day to be together!

it's a wonderful christmas carol home alone

Today has been a hard day for me.

The inguinal hernia made my right leg hurt all... day... long.

From the moment I woke up, the pain simply would not be appeased.

To make matters worse, the pain had me so distracted that I couldn't keep track of how often I was taking the acetaminophen.

I erred on the side of caution, and may well have missed a dose, in favor of the health of my liver.

Sigh.

At least I had my Christmas tree of love to keep me company.

Did I say "tree of love"?

You bet I did.

It's decorated with the cards of Christmas cheer that I've received this year, as well as the one Mama gave me in 1976.

That was the year she gave me the silver watch that Daddy had given to her when she was 18, and that was the year I was 18.

Yes, that is most definitely a tree of love.

I didn't turn on the lights until I returned from the laundry.

Yes, even in pain and hobbling along at a snail's pace, I still went to wash clothes.

Bed linens, too.

I had promised myself a clean bed to wake up in for Christmas Day, with a clean nightgown and clean clothes to wear.

I'd already washed dishes last night.

I'd taken a shower this morning.

The day was warm enough to wear shorts, which allowed me to wash all my long pants and sweaters.

The laundry had to be done!

So, I did it, remaking my bed when I returned home.

I didn't feel up to attending the Christmas Eve service at Asbury, nor did I choose to watch it on fb or youTube.

Instead, I again watched last Thursday's hour of "Ghosts", recorded so I could enjoy it without 'mercials getting in the way.

Titled "It's a Wonderful Christmas Carol", it was exactly what I needed to put me back into the Christmas spirit.

Then I checked the TV schedule for tonight.

"It's A Wonderful Life" was pitted against "Home Alone".

Should I record one and watch the other?

But which to watch?

I decided to watch them both, switching back and forth when a 'mercial break interrupted the story.

That worked out very well, actually.

"Home Alone" was done in two hours, ending just before 'Clarence' jumped off the bridge in "It's A Wonderful Life".

That let me give my whole attention to that movie at the part I liked best.

Perfect.

i thank You, God, and will hope for a less painful day tomorrow.

such a surreal end to this day...

First, let's hit hit the highlights, shall we?

I started off with pizza for breakfast, as well as a second viewing of the double episode of "Ghosts" from Thursday.

Titled "It's A Wonderful Christmas Carol", it very nicely paired up two of my favorite traditional holiday shows.

Remember how much I liked that in the show at Tybee last year?

In this TV show, 'Sam' finally has enough after 'Thorfinn' zaps her and lets his hippie girlfriend take over her body as a Christmas gift, to satisfy her munchies.

It completely trashes an important TV interview, resulting in 'Sam' declaring "I wish I'd never been able to see and hear the ghosts!'

Poof! Her wish is granted, and next thing she knows, 'Carol' appears and takes her on the rounds of how her life would be without them.

Eventually, 'Sam' realizes her life was pretty good as it was, so she takes back the wish, waking up on the couch.

Was it all a dream?

Had that really happened or had it all been in her imagination?

Then she found the candy cane that 'Carol' had given her.

Wow.

It wasn't Zuzu's petals, but it still made me cry.

(smile!)

Soon it was almost high noon and time to head off to The King & I!

Dawn and I had our Christmas luncheon scheduled and that's our place!

She even broke out her camera for those Lamb Chops!

Such a grand meal we had, starting with soups and ending with crab cakes.

No, that isn't some new dessert - hahahaha!

Plus, she gave me her veggies and rice to take home, and I used those in a soup I had for dinner.

I'm so glad we both had two hours to spend together!

Then, as I was taking care of things on the computer, I had the TV tuned to the Kennedy Center honors for some musicians.

 

A familiar voice made me pause.

Was that the POTUS introducing Gloria Gaynor???

Surely that was not anything Trump would do... right?

I took it as a ploy to butter up female voters.

Then he was back to give the intro for KISS.

How totally surreal.

I'm glad the cameras panned over to the honorees to catch their reactions.

Gene and Paul both had flat expressions on their faces, leading me to surmise they were also aware of the surreal nature of the event.

Good for them for staying cool.

They got lively, though, a little later!

Cheap Trick paid tribute by performing "Rock And Roll All Nite" and they jammed!

I'm talkin' 'bout Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, and even Peter Criss, were up and dancing and smiling!

That's pretty cool, as they're 76, 73, and 80, respectively.

That makes all of them contemporaries of Trump, with only Peter Criss being older than the current POTUS, who is 79

Honestly, that all makes it more surreal.

 Must be time for bed!

die hard violent night

I started my day with one of my favorite non-traditional Christmas movies: "Die Hard".

Why not treat myself to those three gorgeous men again?

Especially as it was free!!!

Yippee-kiy-aye!!!

Then it was off to my neurology appointment at Savannah VA.

I've been waiting for this ever since I last saw Dr. Peter Urban for my vision.

Remember, he told me I was having acephalgic migraines?

I had thought I was getting an MRI today, but, nope.

Instead, this was a consultation with Dr. Diaz for him to determine whether an MRI was actually warranted.

As it turns out, he agreed with Dr. Urban, so now I await the scheduling of that test, most likely in April.

He also liked what I said: "Better to know what bogeyman is there than think there is no bogeyman at all." 

On that note, off I went to "The Housemaid" at AMC right next door.

I had no idea how appropriate that choice would be!

Right place, right time. 

That will most likely be my only A*List film this week, so I'm glad it was a good one.

I first thought it might be horror, but it was a thriller, featuring one of those surprise endings that I so love!

It was also a woman empowerment movie, like "Heathers", or "Ready Or Not", so chances are I'll watch it again while it's in town. 

I needed to stay to the south and west area so I let Melaness treat me to a Christmas slunch!

I'm not saying she was actually there, but I had the Texas Roadhouse gift card she gave me for Christmas, so that's her by proxy, right?

That's the way I looked at it!

I started off with that fabulous House Salad, side size, then ate half an order of Tater Skins for the meal - totally yum!

The rest of that will be fancy hash browns one morning... oh, yeah!

Then I headed over to the Two First Posts club for the sixth time.

Yes, that's correct: the sixth American Legion meeting for December.

At least it looked very festive, having been prettied up by Sabrina Scale and a few others with Post 500.

Honestly, without them putting in the manpower, none of the chairs or tables would have been assembled.

Tonight, I was the sole representative of Post 36.

Post 500 had five people: John Parker, Eddie Robinson, Brenda Pough, Eric, and another guy (maybe Leon).

Savanna, the former CB for the Navy and the head of the company that made this place habitable, was also there.

All we really accomplished this time was verification of the Certificate of Occupancy, as well as the maximum number of people for this space.

That would be 200.

That brings up why the place was decorated: an event was held by the USO for 100 children and Santa Claus on Saturday morning. 

I made sure to give thanks for Sabrina's actions and style!

After 90 minutes we adjourned and I was finally able to go home.

Peacock had another non-traditional Christmas movie for me: "Violent Night".

Free and perfect to round out this Monday!

(smile!)

2025 faith & family film festival

My gratitude to Comcast for giving me access to a channel I usually cannot watch, but always enjoy!

I must add that Up Faith & Family definitely gave me some unexpected story lines, with a bit more realism and more edge than most holiday movies exhibit.

I like that!

With this dozen films, I had one with a Marine suffering from PTSD.

Another not only had foster children facing eviction at Christmas, but also the effects of a drunk driver on a family.

Then there's the talk show host that books freaks to belittle, just to bring in advertising dollars.

The autism spectrum pops up in the lead character of another film, as a woman who writes logic puzzles.

Plus, a saboteur threatens not just property, but people, in the first one I watched!

Still, I enjoyed every one of those.

Then there were all the Vivica A. Fox movies... a total of four!!! 

Those were made in 2010, 2011, 2018, and 2025, with her sporting different styles in each.

Admittedly, two were choices made on purpose, as I sought them out simply because she was in them, and those earlier films were two of my favorites!

So, here are the ones for this year!

 

"North By North Pole: A Dial S Mystery" (2024)

Santa - Dax Belanger
festival planner Zoey - Abby Ross
her mom Avery - Andrea Reindl
co-planner of festival Dalton - Joe Scarpellino

007-clone Wilson - Aason Nadjiwon

 

All is not happy in Willow Creek when two planners clash.

All becomes worse when a saboteur starts wrecking those plans!

 

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"Dial S For Santa" (2023)

LOL!
Forgot I already saw this one last year!

insurance investigator Lana  - Sarah Dugdale
police detective Nick - Julian Haig
Santa - Dax Belanger
 

Note: It has the same Santa!

 

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"A Christmas Masquerade" (2022)

assistant Julieanne - Erin Agostino
public image boss Lara - Cory Lee
the client Michael - David Lafontaine

 

Starts of kinda sorta like "Working Girl", with the client mistaking the assistant for the boss at a party, then the assistant forced to follow through.

That means I liked it! 

 

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"A Carol Christmas" (2003)

TV show host Carol - Tori Spelling  ***
ghost of christmas past - Gary Coleman   ***
ghost of christmas present - William Shatner  ***
 

I had the suspicion that I might have seen this before, though I couldn't have siad for sure until nearly the end, when the three ghosts are looking in the window from outside.

Good fun!

 

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"Festival Of Trees" (2024)

small time designer Jacquie - Kate Miner (alos producer)
her smart-mouth asst Heather - Sara Hayter
treelot owner Brandon Holliday - Greg Perrow
his sick daughter Rachel - Jojo Regina

Actually filmed at the Georgia Festival Of Trees in Atlanta that year!

 

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"A Christmas Murder Mystery" (2025)

newspaper editor Charlotte - Vivica A. Fox  ***
autistic puzzle creator Vera - Morgan Bradley
real estate magnate Harold Sterling - Michael Paré  **
his college lit son Troy - Rob Mayes
 

The puzzle creator also works part-time as a consultant for the hometown police department.

Her catchphrase is, "Here's what we know..."

So nice to see Michael Paré again, though he doesn't have much to say or do after he's poisoned.

Trust me, I gave away nothing, as he dies at the very beginning.

 

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"Annie Claus Is Coming To Town"  (2011)

Santa's daushter Annie - Maria Thayer
Mrs Santa - Vicki Lawrence ***
Santa - Peter Jason
toy store owner Ted - Sam Page
motel owner Lucy - Vivica A. Fox ***
her daughter Mia - Nay Nay Kirby
Dean, actor hired to woo Annie - Ryan Bittle
 

This was so much fun, mostly due to the joyous enthusiasm of the lead, Maria Thayer.

Vivica A. Fox is quite spunky and has hair to match!

 

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"Christmas With A View" (2018)

asst restaurant mgr Clara - Kaitlyn Leeb
her celebrity chef mom Lydia - Vivica A. Fox  ***
celebrity chef hired for holidays Shane - Scott Anthony Cavalheiro
inn and diner owner Frank - Patrick Duffy  ***
co-inn and diner owner Jackie - Jess Walton
Clara's bff Bonnie - Kristen Kurnik
Bonnie's city planner bf Clive - Joseph Cannata

Love, love, love Bonnie and Clive! They're fabulous and quirky fun, constantly drawing parallels to the notorious Bonnie and Clyde!

 

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"Jingle Smells" (2023)

ex-Marine w PTSD Nick - Ben Davies
his police chief dad - John Schneider  ***
his 'Uncle Mike", the garbage man - Brad Stine
CEO of toy company Cashbro - Eric Roberts ***
action star Mason Stone - James Storm ** wrestler

Love that I had another one with John Schneider! 

NOTE: Even dedicated at the end to several military folks.
 

Two original songs in the soundtrack, too, both very funny and one with the Oak Ridge Boys!

"Jingle smells, jingle smells, stinking all the way.

He gives toys to girls and boys, a garbage truck's his sleigh."

 

Tell the truth... you just sang that, didn't you?

(smile!) 

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"Farewell Mr. Kringle" (2010)

magazine writer Anna - Christina Taylor  *** (Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!!!)
her boss and editor - Vivica A. Fox  ***
ex-lawyer, now inn owner Mark - Christopher Wiehl
formerly Mr. Wilson, now Kris Kringle - William Morgan Sheppard
 

Such a beautiful movie about finding Christmas spirit after loss.

 

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"Santa's Got Style"  (2022)

marketing designer Madison - Kathryn Davis
the fashion mogul Paul Grant - Scott Thompson
her best friend and former model Ethan - Franco Lo Presti
his assistant Matthew - Kato Alexander
 

A bit edgy, but I liked it!

 

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"A Christmas Letter"  (2021)

foster home mother Leslie - Glenda Braganza
one of the girls Sam - Ava Weiss
that girl's brother Wendell - Callum Shoniker
mailman who teaches them hockey David - David Lipper (also wrote script) 
his wheelchair-bound dad - Enrico Colantoni (*** 'Just Shoot Me!")
guy on N. Pole Rd, S. Clause - Colin Mochrie (*** "Whose Line Is It Anyway?")
 

Most def a bit edgy, with drunk driver, foster kids getting kicked out at the holidays, but very well done!
I liked that it was set in Detroit, Frankenmuth, and Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario. 

 

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I was quite happy with my choices!

I'd gladly watch any of these again!

fruitcake musical!!!

"What's that, dearie?"

It was an original play at the Hive Repertory Theatre! Lisa Wood wrote it. It's called "A Very Fruitcakes Christmas Musical Revue" and I was fortunate enough to stumble across the ether and right into it! Actually, I knew they were having a 7 PM showing, but not the 3 PM matinee. That daylight one was absolutely perfect for me!

"Oh, that's wonderful! I thought you were going to try for the one at Starcastle again..."

I was, but it was sold out. However, the Universe had this one up its sleeve and that made my afternoon! I laughed so much! The only downside was the lack of a printed program. What's up with that??? I made sure to tell them about the site that the SavChTh used.

"I do hope not printing a program isn't going to become a regular thing. If Garrison Arts Academy can print one, and it's a public school, then these private organizations certainly can. I'm not talking about a multi-page booklet. A single page with the names of the characters and the actors would suffice."

Hey, you're preaching to the choir! Anyway, as this musical was kinda sorta a result of a kids session, I let it slide. That's not to say it was all children! No, there were quite a few adults, just like in the SavChTh Christmas musical! Here's one of my favorite scenes, where the woman has come to purchase a tree, but not a real one. She insists on an artificial tree!!!

"Hey, I recognize that young woman! She's been in a lot of their plays these past two years! What's her name again?"

Beats me... no program! Hahahaha! No, that's Cadence Wood. I still have the program with her as 'Dorothy' from an earlier play. I don't know who was playing 'Mack', the tree seller, nor the three cavorting kids in that scene. Speaking of kids cavorting, these were encouraging all to "Think Snow", so school would be called off! They had suggested they could claim to have chicken pox, but snow in Georgia seemed an easier thing to happen.

"Hahaha! Yeah, we don't want that again, do we? Did they get their wish?"

They did, amazingly! Little snowflakes flurried down from the ceiling tiles during a scene change, making magic on the stage! This is near the end of the musical, with all wishing "Happy Holidays" to everyone. Very nice! Santa even made an appearance, with a photo op for children in the audience to come on up!

"That sounds very nice!"

It was. Here's a scene from earlier that was an absolute hoot and a half! The cop was trying to locate "Buster The Christmas Hog" and asking for help from the folks hanging out near the tree lot. What a riot!

And here's one that was super nice. The lights blew out because the town tried to put too many bulbs on the town's Christmas display. That meant no fruitcakes could be baked - oh, no! So everyone gathered to "Light A Candle" to bring some brightness to their world. Wasn't that great?

"I liked that very much. It was all so well choreographed, too, as each would lean in to light their neighbor's candle with their own. That reminds me of what we do near the end of the Christmas Eve service at Asbury."

You're right! I'm glad the weather is going to be so nice this year. I'm looking forward to going to that sans jacket! Okay, gotta go and watch a few more Up Faith & Family flicks while they're available!

Christmas party, impromptu, by Betsy!

None of us suspected a thing - that's what made it such a lovely surprise!

 

That's Betsy, sitting in her usual spot between Mary and Becca, with no clue of what she had planned.

 

Her daughter, Addison, is at the end of the table, near where Jimmy, Betsy's husband and the girl's dad, would normally be for the Smiths & Kamerons Friday Fiesta.

 

However, he had abstained, as he was ill and didn't want to give that ill will to us.

 

Good for him!

 

The rest of the fellows on that side were present and accounted for: Mark, my brother Smitty, and my brother Tony.

 

That meant they had an empty seat on their side, but not for long! 

Laura had scootched in beside Tony on that side, making room for Robin beside Mary.

 

I'm so glad that Robin has become a near-regular here with us at Jalapenos of Sandfly!

 

That left me at this end of the table, as usual.

 

I treated myself to Shrimp Ceviche, wanting a festive change from "crunchy" Beef Tacos.

 

So bright and colorful!

 

And we all talked of football and movies and Christmas plans and all manner of things!

 

Then, I realized that Claudia had not yet brought the bills around.

 

What's up with that?

 

Betsy had paid for everyone in our party!!!

 

All ten of us!!!

 

How very kind of her!!!

 

Merry Christmas, y'all!!!

Christmas luncheon with a chemist!

Of course I'm talkin' 'bout retiree Yvonne!

We were at Olive Garden, naturally, and her neighbor, Toni, was with us.

Such a lovely two-hour respite we had from the world as we dined on soups and salads!

They had tasks to run in town, or there's no telling how long we might have lingered!

The sun was shining and the day was warm enough to not have a jacket, which was nice.

It'll be horrid tomorrow morning and again on Sunday, but there's good news in that WSAV weather song.

Christmas and Christmas Eve will be in the 70's!!!

i thank You, God!!!

That will make the family gathering at Tony and Laura's better for all!!!

Speaking of making things better for all, remember those items I'd donated to my first niece for the School Store?

That was to allow the students of the elementary school the opportunity to 'buy' gifts for their family members and friends.

She sent me this photo of the leftover items, with the shelves nearly bare and only a few things on the tree and table.

Such a big success, she said!

I'm so blessed to have been able to help!

i thank You, God!