Twenty Years Flew By

The day after Christmas we were able to get together with friends from many years ago in Saudi Arabia. Hernando Hernandez was Tom's soccer coach in elementary school. We had not seen him and his family for 20 years. We enjoyed catching up with old stories and digging into an Arab mezza of schwarmas and homemade hummus and baba ghanoush.

Christmas Dinner with Family

Christmas Dinner with the whole family: Daughter Marie and her family, son Tom and four dogs. We're lucky we can be together for most holidays.

Tom, moi and Lauren enjoying a wonderful salad with sauteed apples.

On to the main course....
Roast Rib Eye, Herbed Yorkshire Pudding,
Roasted Tomatoes with Stilton,
Green Beans with Caramelized Shallots, and Potato Gratin

Spice Cake FROSTY.

Teal Green

You Are Teal Green

You are a one of a kind, original person. There's no one even close to being like you. Expressive and creative, you have a knack for making the impossible possible. While you are a bit offbeat, you don't scare people away with your quirks. Your warm personality nicely counteracts and strange habits you may have.

What Color Green Are You?

Another one of those silly tests. So I'm teal green. How could it have known that teal has been just about the only "green" I've ever worn and it was long my favorite color?

Now I'm wondering what habits I have that are strange to other people..... Not going to lose any sleep over it though.

"Unifying Threads" Exhibit Held Over

Due to change in schedule of the exhibit following our engagement, the Beyond the Borders "Unifying Threads" exhibit at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft will continue to be in place through December 28. If you are in the area, come take a look.

Christmas Party Decorations

Last night my husband and I went to a fabulous Christmas/Casino Party for employees of the company we are retired from. The decorations were just breath taking. The tables and chairs were covered in chocolate brown satin and everything else was all glitter and rich turquoise , fuchsia and gold. Lots of peacock feathers and glittery ornaments and candle holders.

These pictures were taken with flash and my new little Sony pocket camera with anti-shake. That is the only way I could have taken these photos in the dark. They don't really do the scene justice. The food, music and company were equally fine.

Thanksgiving Dinner with Family

Several years ago, our son was sick on Thanksgiving morning and couldn't make the drive to Houston. The table was set with a place for him already, so we filled his plate, photographed it and the buffet and emailed his Thanksgiving Dinner to him. This started the tradition of photographing our feast.

This year Tom had a nifty new hi-def video camera. We even talked about video-taping our dinner so we could just watch it instead of doing all that cooking next year.

Here he is finishing his desserts.