Christmas Eve

 

Moo:  "I don't like this wet stuff, Lady"

It rained all night on Tuesday and all day on Christmas Eve.  Some roads and freeways flooded and there were mudslides and hundreds of accidents.  It is supposed to rain all day on Christmas Day, too.

Daughter and I had been invited to join some friends of ours for Christmas dinner, but, after receiving two weather alerts and flood watch warnings, we took a "rain check" on the invitation!  Especially since we saw on the news that the freeway and the intersection under the freeway that we would need to drive through to get to our friends' house were flooded and closed to traffic.  

I hadn't planned anything for a special Christmas dinner at home, but, I can put together something and we'll plan a festive New Year's Day meal, instead.

M came to visit during a break in the weather (it was still drizzling, but, not raining hard), with a gift for us:

Yummy Pastries and Cakes

He offered to water the garden for me!  Ha, ha!  Very funny, M!

I had made waffles and sausages for brunch.  At tea time, instead of tea, I made hot cocoa with the last of the whipped cream squired on top:

Hot Cocoa

 For dinner, I made some curry puffs:

Curry Puffs

Puff pastry triangles filled with ground beef, tomato, a grated potato, and grated zucchini.  . 

On Christmas Eve, I'm grateful for:

- The rain for the garden

- The previous night's wind storm only toppled one of my blueberry bushes 
- Our friends understood our reasons for declining their invitation to Christmas dinner
- Electricity (friend R called to say her power went off for several hours due to the storm)
- A working heater

My joyful activities included walking around the garden when the rain slowed down to a light drizzle and sampling some of the delicious desserts M gave us.

I wish you all a very joyous Christmas.  May you be blessed with the love, peace, and goodwill that is so much a part of this season.