MY CHRISTMAS

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"testpeachy " wrote:

> Hi all you wonderful people!!! Let me hear how your Holiday is going

> and I will tell you mine. Well this was the first Christmas Dinner I

> was making alone since i got RSD. I have 3 sons and they all love my

> cooking. I have blue ribbons for some of my food. And they also

> always have their own dinner preferences. Like will only eat

> ham and not turkey. Jeff a turkey man, and pretty much a

> vegetarian. So I make all of those and then get to the potatoes, One

> is mashed, one is baked and one is twice baked plus sweet potatoes,

> green beans with bacon. corn off the cob, buns with homemade butter,

> pecan, apple and pumpkin pie and since justin wont eat pie I make him

> fudge and brownies. Is that all? Oh, i forgot the deviled eggs and

> also homemade gravy and cranberry sauce. Well I started off on the

> morning of the 24th. I wanted to get the homemade fudge and chocolate

> cookies ahead of time, and both doubled so everyone can bring some

> home. I started the first thing to make and that was fudge. I had my

> recipes but I am have them on paper just in case I cant remember

> things as it is so now. I was in the middle of the fudge and went to

> take the dog out. I came back to what I was doing and forgot I was

> doing the fudge and started using my cookie recipe. Needless to say

> it was too late before i caught it and I had to throw it all out. So

> I called Steve at work and told him to stop and get more stuff. since

> i had to throw it out. So while waiting for more stuff i went on to

> boiling the eggs and making the cookies. i was mixing the cookies in

> a bowl and turned around to take a sip of my pop and fell over the

> dog and landed on my back and the bowl was all broken on the floor

> with all of the cookie mix in the glass. Took me a half an hour to

> get up and sweep it up. Now already I have wasted many hours and

> didnt even know if i could continue the day. But those that know me,

> it takes a lot to stop me, all that came to the retreat sees that.in

> all i do. I hide it all well. Well the eggs got done and I peeled

> them and started slicing them in half for the deviled eggs, again i

> got distracted from the dog chasing the cat and when I came back to

> what I was doing I forgot I was making deviled egggs and went

> aheadand started dicing them for egg salad, got half way thru that

> and had to go and boil more eggs. And all of that was just the

> beginning. So when yu thiunk yu are losing it cause yu cannot

> remember, remember my story and it might cheer yu up!!! I dont know

> once again how I did it, the food, the cleaning the cooking , all

> the work. Yet all my sons said it was the best Christmas of their

> lives. Georgina, she is my oldest son's wife, Gorgina is from El

> Salavador and like my son, she is an electrical engineer.. I actually

> have been saving all year to get them anything. When I asked Jeff

> what he wants for Christmas and he said i really have all I want,

> dont yu hate that when someone says that? Well i told him when he was

> here getting ready to open presents that all of his gifts were for

> somoene that has it all. Designed terry robe monogramed. First

> Georgine opened a porcelain doll i ordered and she shrilled for

> happiness cause she never got a doll when she was growin up, she was

> sooo happy and then jeff opened his robe and he loved it and she also

> went wild. She said to jeff i am going to borrow that and just cover

> your name. Well i had wrapped those robes different boxes so she

> wouldnt guess so when she opened her next present she had the same

> robe with her name momogrammed. She stood up and i dont believe i

> have ever seen anyone so happy and excitec and telling me how much

> she loves me that i always do the perfect thing., Good for this ole

> morale, lol, of course in reality I dont deserve the glory, Jesus

> deserves all of the Glory and also HE knows how imperfect I really

> am. lol The older I get as each year goes by I am just so amazed to

> be still alive. I really could write a book of my life, i would know

> it would be a best seller just to know that someone made it thru so

> much tragedy. But here I am, and I want to try and bring as many

> smiles as I can, whether it be a doll for Georgina, or a pizza cooker

> for Jeff, or a retreat to rsders. And anything else i can do, and

> please all know yu can depend on me and I always welcome yu to my

> heart. And then try and get to the retreat, if you are not aware yet

> of the retreat take a look at www.rsdretreat,com And I will be making

> some more announcements next week. I wish all of you the very best

> New Year, we all need each other, so lets lean on each other. It is

> so great when your spouse and or family and friends are supportive

> but still we know what each other goes thru than anyone else and that

> holds very high in my count of friends and loved ones. Let's hold on

> even tighter and help all of the newbies as much as we can. You all

> are very precious to me and i am so very blessed to know each and

> every one of you! God Bless and Happy New Year

>

> LOVE LORI

>