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Default Do you have a Christmas Menu?

no I am pulling my hair out trying to get through the next twelve hours,
christmas seems a hundred light years away, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> We are having our Christmas Eve dinner out at a restaurant that caters to
> senior citizens. Of course they have food for everyone else but they have
> a large senior's menu and they give an additonal discount when you check
> out if you had a senior dining with you. It is also a good place to dine
> if you have food allergies because they offer some plain foods and plenty
> of side dishes like canned fruit and cottage cheese. I know, I know...
> Why would you dine out only to order canned fruit? Well because it's
> generally safe if you have a food allergy. They have a very wide menu and
> we can all get something we like there.
>
> Afterwards we will go back to my parent's house for the surprise ball,
> presents and dessert. No clue what they will have for dessert and not
> interested since I don't eat it. I will pick up something for Angela and
> probably get some sort of expensive candy at Central Market. My mom likes
> their chocolate covered cherries.
>
> For Christmas Day I will be making my husband the garlic, shrimp pasta
> that he likes. Only problem is Angela accidentally picked up linguini
> instead of the angel hair pasta. That was not her fault. There was an
> elderly Asian man causing a scene in the aisle. It was quite comical but
> also very sad. He had put 8 noodle bowls in the cart. The woman he was
> with freaked and told him he couldn't have them. He then started hopping
> up and down, screaming and crying that they had no food in the house. I
> turned around to see the age of the boy who was doing this, only to see a
> little bitty elderly man. The woman had two small things in the cart.
> One appeared to be a metal Christmas decoration. I don't know what the
> other item was. Then as soon as she turned her back to him, he grabbed a
> whole case of the noodle bowls, and overturned them over her shoulder,
> pelting her with the box and depositing the bowls in the cart. She
> started screaming at him again. We were concerned because he kept saying
> there was nothing to eat. No food in the house. We circled around,
> passing by the aisle again and the woman appeared to be reading the
> ingredients. So maybe he got his noodle bowls after all.
>
> I will be making a tuna casserole for Angela and I. I know that doesn't
> sound very festive but I don't make it often and it is one of Angela's
> favorite foods. When I told her I would be making it, she was very happy!
> I make it with macaroni made of quinoa. Lots of mushrooms and tuna and a
> little macaroni.
>
> I don't plan to have any real desserts at our house. It's possible my mom
> will send some leftovers home to us, but we usually don't take them. I
> did buy a can of some sort of cookies. Possibly Danish Butter. I don't
> know and don't really care. I never know how serious my husband will be
> about his diet when he comes home. Last time he told us not to buy him
> any sweets or chips and that was all that he wanted when he got here. We
> do have chips and aerosol cheese. I know, I know. I also have plenty of
> hummus.
>
> Must go tomorrow and get some more fresh veggies. I thought I had plenty
> but the carrots expired today. Will get whatever else we might need on
> Friday when we go to Winco.
>
> Have you made any plans yet?
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