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carmenbeaudrySpent the Holiday weekend at the Youngest Daughter's house in Portland. We drove down Saturday, with a stop at the Pendleton mill in Washougal to buy fabric (6 yards of worsted wool for $35, score!) and reached her house in plenty of time to go unload everything, go grocery shopping and even get a short nap before going to see Die Hard: The Parody Musical at The Funhouse Lounge. It was the funniest thing I've seen in a long time, and I really wish they would put out an album of the show.
Sunday was spent COOKING. I got my share of it (jello salad and pumpkin pies) out of the way early, then just watched in awe as the kitchen, in the hands of both daughters and son-in-law, turned out lamb pies, duck, salmon en croute, pasta salad, scalloped potatoes and leeks, rolls, macaroni and cheese, puff pastry with peach praline jam tarts, fudge, peppermint bark, and probably something I'm forgetting. Oh, yes, 2 kinds of baked brie and assorted cookies, rice crispy treats, etc. for munchies. There were supposed to be 13 people for dinner, but by the time evening rolled around, it had snowed enough that 4 of them couldn't make it off the west Portland hills to get there. We ate in courses, as the main dishes finished, and while we made a huge dent in the food, there was plenty for leftovers. Also wathce Die Hard, since two of the party hadn't seen it. Funny to watch it after seeing the parody the night before. Opened one gift each, then Santa came and got to bed around 1.
Christmas morning I woke up at 6. I was the first one up, so I got up and read until Daughter Number One awoke, then we woke up the rest and had stockings, coffee and gifts until about 9, then we all took naps. Lunch was leftovers eaten as we divided and packaged them up, then Wade and I packed our stuff and said our goodbyes. The roads out of Portland were a little icy, but not bad, and once we got on the freeway it was fine. However, we decided that the trip out to Allyn to see my dad was being postponed, as all reports had that drive not being one we wanted to tackle without snow tires.
That was the good, and it was really good. Lovely to be together, to meet Katy's friends and it was a great Christmas. The only down side was that Wade started feeling ill Sunday and by the time we got home, he was not feeling well at all, fever, chills, sinuses exploding and scratchy throat.
The bad, however, was really bad. I'll put that in the next post.
Sunday was spent COOKING. I got my share of it (jello salad and pumpkin pies) out of the way early, then just watched in awe as the kitchen, in the hands of both daughters and son-in-law, turned out lamb pies, duck, salmon en croute, pasta salad, scalloped potatoes and leeks, rolls, macaroni and cheese, puff pastry with peach praline jam tarts, fudge, peppermint bark, and probably something I'm forgetting. Oh, yes, 2 kinds of baked brie and assorted cookies, rice crispy treats, etc. for munchies. There were supposed to be 13 people for dinner, but by the time evening rolled around, it had snowed enough that 4 of them couldn't make it off the west Portland hills to get there. We ate in courses, as the main dishes finished, and while we made a huge dent in the food, there was plenty for leftovers. Also wathce Die Hard, since two of the party hadn't seen it. Funny to watch it after seeing the parody the night before. Opened one gift each, then Santa came and got to bed around 1.
Christmas morning I woke up at 6. I was the first one up, so I got up and read until Daughter Number One awoke, then we woke up the rest and had stockings, coffee and gifts until about 9, then we all took naps. Lunch was leftovers eaten as we divided and packaged them up, then Wade and I packed our stuff and said our goodbyes. The roads out of Portland were a little icy, but not bad, and once we got on the freeway it was fine. However, we decided that the trip out to Allyn to see my dad was being postponed, as all reports had that drive not being one we wanted to tackle without snow tires.
That was the good, and it was really good. Lovely to be together, to meet Katy's friends and it was a great Christmas. The only down side was that Wade started feeling ill Sunday and by the time we got home, he was not feeling well at all, fever, chills, sinuses exploding and scratchy throat.
The bad, however, was really bad. I'll put that in the next post.
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Date: 2017-12-26 04:55 pm (UTC)