Well, we have almost made it! Today may be Monday, but it is Christmas week which likely means a day off for most of us suckers who actually have to work for a living, LOL! We actually have tomorrow off too. Since we are always closed on Wednesdays I stuck in the 24th as a holiday. Personally, I am glad to see all the festivities winding down.
It was a good weekend over here. Saturday I picked up my daughter from her friend’s house and then we braved the stores to get a few groceries for the holiday. We picked out the perfect prime rib, though, so it was worth the aggravation and traffic! We also finally got to try the salted caramel Frosty at Wendy’s and it was absolutely delicious! Better than I thought it would be, for sure. Yesterday I did a little puttering around the house, but spend most of the day watching movies and crocheting. I definitely needed an at-home day. (Not to mention it was too cold to step outside — I think it maybe got into the teens yesterday, but I am not even sure of that.)
Today I am just doing all the things here at work — payroll, drafting agendas for January meetings, annual appeal acknowledgements, etc. Not sure what I’ll do for dinner. Still figuring that out.
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve we and will head to my mother-in-law’s, but Christmas Day we get to just spend at home (hooray!). We will have my parents over in a couple weeks. As I mentioned, I got a standing rib roast this weekend, so I will be making that on Christmas Day. I think this is the third year I’ve done prime rib and it is so easy and delicious! The bones make excellent stock, too. I look forward to some beef barley or onion soup afterward just as much as the steak itself.
As for the rest of the week, it will be back to work on Thursday and Friday. We may head up to the Cape this weekend, so I am really looking forward to that, and then I am off all next week (yay!). I will be thinking of what to make for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. I would like to do stuffed shells for New Year’s, but that will depend on what my MIL makes tomorrow night. Sometimes she does manicotti and the two dishes are too similar to have within a week of each other. I know some people have New Year’s food traditions, and I always find those interesting but I can’t say that I recall any growing up. We usually had a New England boiled dinner for New Year’s — ham, carrots, cabbage, potatoes. It was not exactly a favorite of mine so it’s not a dish I make.
Well, that was quite a ramble for a Monday morning! Wishing you all a lovely week!
