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Irene got her traditional mimosa's in bed. (Her comment? "I shouldn't have been surprised.")

Then we went out to lunch at the Original Pancake House in Burnsville with Katie, Ralph, and their girls.

Hoping we get a few phone calls the rest of the day.

Next year, if the ground is not clear and dry on Christmas Day, I'm making iraunink take the dogs out.

I took the dogs out Christmas morning - and slipped on the ice on the front stairs. Three small abrasions on my right hand, a bruise about the length of my hand and half the width about half-way down my rib cage on the right side, and an abrasion about the size of my palm on the outside of my right thigh, inside a bruise the size of my hand. The bruise on the ribs hurts when I press on it, when I draw a deep breath, when I cough or sneeze or blow my nose. The abrasion on my thigh hurts when it gets pressed on.

I went to see my doctor this afternoon - he said that there's no sign of any serious damage to the ribs there. So, I'm looking at weeks of healing there - it won't be fully healed until at least mid-February. He says the damage on my thigh should be better in a couple-three weeks.

He gave me a prescription for hydrocodone-acetaminophen.

Happy Newtonfest to all!

Thanksgiving Day we went over to Don & Margo's, where we were joined by Virginia, John & Jeanne, Dean & Laura, and Julie & Deanna. Nice Thanksgiving Dinner.

Black Friday I hosted gaming - Don & Margo, Martin S., and Kevin A. came over. First Don & Margo & Martin & I played Quarriors, then all five of us played to games of Wizards. Don won Quarriors, I won both the games of Wizards.

Saturday was a quiet day at home - computer, TV watching, not much else.

Today was laundry and more turkey - we made a nearly 20 pound bird, with ~1 pound of garlic (inspired by Chicken w/ 40 cloves of garlic). Jake, Erin & AJ came over to join us. After dinner we played a game of Quirkle - Erin & Jake ended up tying for first place.

The laundry is done enough - I'm headed for bed shortly.

Merry Christmas to one and all!

I get to finally go to bed in about two hours, then I'll sleep for ~six hours, then I'm off to a party.

I hope everyone has fun with their Christmas!

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That's some costume!

The big Family Christmas for iraunink's side was last night - it would normally have been tonight, but was moved back a day for a reason that I've forgotten. kosmickitten & bernesemntdog hosted, also in attendance were Fred (bernesemntdog's father), iraunink's parents (called G&G as a unit, or Grandma and Grandpa by everyone else - I've temporarily forgotten their names), Andrea (the former significant other of the eldest son) and AJ (the grand-son), and Monica and Flavin. Interesting conversation, good food (ham, panettone, potatoes au gratin, cornbread, fruit salad, Key Lime pie, Dutch Apple pie, sweet & spice pickled garlic, pickled asparagus, pickled herring in wine sauce, black and ripe olives, broccoli cauliflower celery and carrots with dip), many presents. AJ got a Lightning McQueen car - that was the last box opened, by his mother's decree. No one had to pay any attention to him after that, only to where the car was - and make certain their feet were out of the way. It was a definite hit!

The most amazing bit of present-giving to me was that Monica and Flavin actually gave me a present! It was a bunch of Altoids.

Other highlights - iraunink filled in the volumes from Diane Duane's Wizardry series that I was missing. I gave her an Easter Island Tissue Box Cover (follow the link - it's almost as good as the voodoo knife holder I gave her last year). kosmickitten got Margarita glasses, bernesemntdog got Apples to Apples. We're giving G&G dinner, a Minnesota Orchestra concert, and transportation - we gave them a list of the concerts we've got for the rest of the year, they get to pick which one. iraunink got an egg tree - she collects carved stone eggs, this holds bunch of them. bernesemntdog got a tool box and a scrapbooking box, kosmickitten got a digital camera (one of the complicated ones that takes attachable lenses, along with at least one lens and some other attachments) - past that, I kind of lost track. Oh, I got a fountain pen display case from kosmickitten & bernesemntdog.

is starting relatively slowly - I got up about 8:00, let the dogs out, and made breakfast for Irene. Then I made breakfast for me, and then did the final prep work for the dinner's main dish. kosmickitten finally got around to asking what we were having, so - ( Menu and Prep Comments )

kosmickitten & bernesemntdog should be showing up 2ish. Monica, Flavin and Jake are all maybe stopping by sometime this afternoon or evening. We're having a low-key Thanksgiving!