Christmas weekend

Despite Steven and Dan and I all having bad colds, we are having a very pleasant holiday weekend. We're all taking a lot of naps, which is probably keeping the colds from getting a lot worse.

Bill got another great scholarship offer in the mail on Friday - a near full scholarship from Eastern Michigan. So he will have an even harder choice come spring, with three spectacular scholarship offers from three universities.

Yesterday was Christmas Eve, and we had a pleasant day at home, listening to holiday carols, watching holiday movies like A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott and Miracle on 34th Street and It's a Wonderful Life. We cooked a great dinner of favorite foods (green salad, black eyed peas, garlic-Cheddar shredded potatoes, corn bread, and bratwurst). We had peppermint ice cream and Oreo cheesecake for dessert. The kids each opened one gift to celebrate the very rare occasion of me being home on Christmas Eve night.

Today we opened our gifts (Bill loves his Real Madrid soccer jersey)  and ate breakfast. We took the dog for a long walk in the icy drizzle. We gave the cats their catnip toys and played with them.

For dinner tonight:

green salad

beef pot roast with baby carrots and potatoes and with cherries

homemade biscuits

cornbread

homemade macaroni & cheese

Garlic & Cheddar shredded potatoes and black eyed peas (left overs from last night, but who cares)

cherry pie

blueberry pie

In addition, being in the mood to bake, I will probably make some gingerbread and some chocolate  chip cookies.

Tomorrow I have an extra day off. I will take Steven to Mott Children's Hospital in the morning for his follow-up visit for his head injury. Then I will take him out to eat at a nice restaurant with wonderful homemade bread called Angelo's, which is right near the hospital. In the afternoon we hope to go see The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.