Christmas just flew past our family today
Emily and Julia came over and we opened presents, then Camryn and Judy came. That's when the chaos started.
I was searing the roast before putting it in the oven.
As I was doing this, Judy came in. And my phone rang with my niece and nephew on a FaceTime call. Ten the smoke alarms went off. Then Jackie's brother Bob called. And the smoke alarm started saying "Fire. Fire."
And that perplexed me. It sounded like, "fire" when it should have been FIRE...GET THE HELL OUT OF THE HOUSE!!
We opened the back door, turned on the fans and after a couple of minutes the smoke alarms grew silent.
Judy and Jackie talked to brother Bob while I continued searing the roast. Someone told my niece I would call her back.
Order was restored. Thankfully.
It was a great day.
Kevin, Jen, Sam, and Sandy joined us, and our niece and nephew came after dinner but there was still enough food for them to eat.
I bought a variety of scratch off lottery tickets and put them in envelopes. Everyone drew one envelope. Jason, from Pennsylvania won $50 and Laurie, from Ohio, won $25. Yes, 2 out of staters won Illinois lottery money! Brother and Sister too! Go figure.
And of course we had cookies. And apple pie. And pecan pie. And pumpkin pie. And more cookies.
Normally after a gathering I would make sure all the dishes were done, the rugs and floor vacuumed, furniture checked for crumbs, and that everything was picked up and put away.
I did none of that tonight, except load and run the dishwasher.
Tomorrow is another day.
PS...I accidentally hit the Google search button, so some words are highlighted in blue. I can't seem to undo that. I am sorry.
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