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Merry Christmas to one and all
Dec. 25th, 2008 09:37 pmThe Beasley-Cozad-Dangerfield-Danosky-Harris-Johnson Christmas eve celebration included a cameo by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zipmeister, who had pretty much recovered from his mysterious pain, which meant that we had eleven adults around the dining table with Zippy and Aunt Trish sharing a table a deux (Aunt Jan lost the coin toss) in the archway between the dining and formal living rooms. The only people missing were Johnny's girlfriend who had finally arrived at her sister's house in Ohio and beaznut's girlfriend who was sharing Christmas eve dinner with her own family. Our plates were piled high with turkey and honeybaked ham, mashed potatoes and green beans, brother-in-law Chris' sausage-infused stuffing, and Aunt Trisha's cranberry-citrus-coconut salad. We finished dinner with pecan crumble, hot fudge pie, and vanilla ice cream.
The present-opening orgy started late this morning as we waited for the star of the show, Baby Bear, to arrive with his entourage. Beaz's girlfriend Melinda arrived as we filled our glasses with egg nog, Bellinis, or Bloody Marys and all gathered in the living room for the gift exchange. Mom had filled our stockings with all sorts of fun goodies and we kids managed to overfill Mom and Pete's stockings until they nearly burst! Hubbyfink picked up on the not-so-subtle hints and gave me "Left 4 Dead" for the 360. Whoo hoo! He also gave me a pink wireless 360 controller. I've never had my very own controller before. Everybody enjoyed their gifts and there was much gushing over the cuteness of Bear's presents.
Johnny left for Ohio around 2pm and my sister's family cleared out about an hour after that. Beaz and Melinda stuck around for another hour or so and then left for Melinda's parent's home to celebrate her birthday. Mom and I sneaked in a very polite Scrabble game before she and the aunts left to see "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". Pete, Hubbyfink and I have been vegging in front of the tube.
Tomorrow we trek over to Arkansas to visit my dad and his family. Saturday... we'll still be in Memphis. I need one more day with my family and Hubbyfink's agreeable. Work on Monday could suck, but we're going home Sunday. Yay!
zipmeister, who had pretty much recovered from his mysterious pain, which meant that we had eleven adults around the dining table with Zippy and Aunt Trish sharing a table a deux (Aunt Jan lost the coin toss) in the archway between the dining and formal living rooms. The only people missing were Johnny's girlfriend who had finally arrived at her sister's house in Ohio and beaznut's girlfriend who was sharing Christmas eve dinner with her own family. Our plates were piled high with turkey and honeybaked ham, mashed potatoes and green beans, brother-in-law Chris' sausage-infused stuffing, and Aunt Trisha's cranberry-citrus-coconut salad. We finished dinner with pecan crumble, hot fudge pie, and vanilla ice cream.The present-opening orgy started late this morning as we waited for the star of the show, Baby Bear, to arrive with his entourage. Beaz's girlfriend Melinda arrived as we filled our glasses with egg nog, Bellinis, or Bloody Marys and all gathered in the living room for the gift exchange. Mom had filled our stockings with all sorts of fun goodies and we kids managed to overfill Mom and Pete's stockings until they nearly burst! Hubbyfink picked up on the not-so-subtle hints and gave me "Left 4 Dead" for the 360. Whoo hoo! He also gave me a pink wireless 360 controller. I've never had my very own controller before. Everybody enjoyed their gifts and there was much gushing over the cuteness of Bear's presents.
Johnny left for Ohio around 2pm and my sister's family cleared out about an hour after that. Beaz and Melinda stuck around for another hour or so and then left for Melinda's parent's home to celebrate her birthday. Mom and I sneaked in a very polite Scrabble game before she and the aunts left to see "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". Pete, Hubbyfink and I have been vegging in front of the tube.
Tomorrow we trek over to Arkansas to visit my dad and his family. Saturday... we'll still be in Memphis. I need one more day with my family and Hubbyfink's agreeable. Work on Monday could suck, but we're going home Sunday. Yay!
