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Dec. 24th, 2011 12:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sereneMy dad and the Non-Wicked Stepmother (also known as Mary) arrived late last night, and we sat around and schmoozed for a bit before they went off to the B&B we are putting them up at. Mary says it's the nicest room they've ever stayed in, so that's nice. They'll be coming over between now and 1:30, when loracs is coming to get us and take us to her (and stonebender's) place for the holiday dinner. Our friend Danny is joining us, as well. He's mid-Channukah, but his family's in southern California and he's not traveling this week, so we invited him to join us.
The menu shook out like so:
Standing rib roast
Crash hot potatoes
Baby pumpkins (kabocha, sugar pie, red kabocha, and something I can't identify) stuffed with brown and wild rice and mushrooms
Long-stemmed artichokes
Cooked carrots and corn
Salads (vegetable and fruit)
I'm not sure how the fruit salad will go. I think the kiwis got overripe between Thursday and today, and I forgot to get fresh berries, so I'm using frozen. Hm. Maybe I should make smoothies instead? I dunno. We'll see how it goes. Not like dessert is mandatory, and my parents don't eat sugar anyway. Oh, well.
James is playing holiday music; all the presents are wrapped; all my kitchen work is done until I start cooking in a couple hours; very low-stress holiday!
loracs is coming to get us and take us to her (and stonebender's) place for the holiday dinner. Our friend Danny is joining us, as well. He's mid-Channukah, but his family's in southern California and he's not traveling this week, so we invited him to join us.The menu shook out like so:
Standing rib roast
Crash hot potatoes
Baby pumpkins (kabocha, sugar pie, red kabocha, and something I can't identify) stuffed with brown and wild rice and mushrooms
Long-stemmed artichokes
Cooked carrots and corn
Salads (vegetable and fruit)
I'm not sure how the fruit salad will go. I think the kiwis got overripe between Thursday and today, and I forgot to get fresh berries, so I'm using frozen. Hm. Maybe I should make smoothies instead? I dunno. We'll see how it goes. Not like dessert is mandatory, and my parents don't eat sugar anyway. Oh, well.
James is playing holiday music; all the presents are wrapped; all my kitchen work is done until I start cooking in a couple hours; very low-stress holiday!