Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
> We were later than expected closing, so not much for Christmas here. Our
> tree is in transit, as are other decorations we packed. Most were donated.
>
> We do have a wreath on the frond door, the only decoration.
>
> Tonight we are going to daughter's house for Christmas eve.
> Granddaughter is there for the week too.
>
> Christmas dinner will be a ham slice, potato salad, veggie TBD yet. I
> made the potato salad this morning.
>
> The rest of our furniture will arrive on Friday. We did buy a new bed
> for the spar room and we are using that, as well as a borrowed chair,
> TV, nightstand.
>
> This morning I did miss my cutting board and good knives. I bought a
> cheap set to get by with. We have four plates and four place settings
> for flatware for now. No need to buy more for temporary use.
>
> Patio set will be delivered Wednesday, but is is temporarily going in
> the dining room until the new dining table gets here in a few weeks.
>
> Meantime, Amazon loves me. I'm two orders away from a Gold Star I
> think. Every day I've ordered something. Ceiling fans, a light fixture
> or two, Napoleon grill, a few other goodies.
>
> Won't be a White Christmas either. Temperature is predicted to be 75
> tomorrow.
>

Congratulations on the new house! I remember our first Christmas in our
Florida house€”it was quite a change from the snowy Minnesota Christmases I
was used to.

We also had our first Christmas here in our new house. It was pretty low
key, with just the kids and their significant others. We had it mostly
catered (Indian food) this year, but I did make the birthday cake for DH
from scratch. His birthday is on Christmas. The dining table we had made
for the new house arrived just in time, so it was nice to have everyone
around one table instead of sit where theres a seat. We look forward to
many more Christmases and holidays here.