Christmas Season 2024/2025: Christmas Day - Cocktails, Appetizers, and Prime Rib (1st Day of Christmas)

 Wednesday, December 25,  2024

After my cigar I hopped in the pool. Dale and I were supposed to have potato peeling duty at 2:00.  Dale saw how much fun I was having outside and offered to take the job over. He's just that sweet. John came out and joined me in the pool where the water was heated to a perfect 90 degrees. 

When finished in the pool I picked a tangelo from John and Dianne's backyard tree. 

                      

I made a cocktail using Bombay Sapphire, tangelo slices and juice, and lime juice ice cubes. The ice cubes were from John's neighbors who used fresh squeezed lime juice from their backyard lime tree. 

After peeling the potatoes Dale boiled and them riced them.

John made a lovely baked brie as an appetizer which  turned out splendidly.

Prime rib was on  the menu for dinner. 

John used an air fryer to cook it. 

Later when ready....

Irv looks on as John fished it out. 

Dayum it turned out nicely. 

Really nicely. 

Dale and John worked on a nice juice to put on the meat.

My God it was beautiful! Mashed potatoes and green beans accompanied it. Old Fashioned as my dinner cocktail.

Countdown to Christmas: 4 Days

Saturday, December 21, 2024

Hot tub this morning with John.We had a nice time talking. 

Dale came over from staying at his parents last night. We went to Village Inn for lunch. He had a  breakfast skillet  and I had a cheese burger.

After lunch we took a walk in Dale's favorite park. I love this wavy looking cactus.

After getting home I decided to take a swim. 

The temp was perfect. 

I'm having a hard time. getting used to walking inside from 75 degree weather and seeing a Christmas tree. 

Dale and I had dinner at Brenda and Irv's tonight. After my swim we stopped by the store to pick up a frozen pizza and a pre-made chef's salad. We brought it over and had cocktails while the pizza was cooking. Irv's nightly Canadian Mist cocktail is such a ritual that he loves so much. Dale made the drink for him and made it on the weak side so it didn't interfere too much with the meds and painkillers he's on from his recent hip replacement surgery. We also talked about the life alert call buttons that Dale and. Dianne are encouraging them to wear.  We had a very nice dinner. It was so nice to see them and they really appreciated my being there. Dale's been here more reccently but it's been since February for me.  

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Holiday Season 2013 - Brenda's Cookies

Brenda recently posted (along with the above photo) that she and Irv baked some delicious Christmas cookies. They're the kind with the peanut butter cookie and a big Hershey's Kiss on top. Love these. A guy a church recently made ones like this for coffee hour but used a sugar cookie rather than peanut butter.