Friday, December 25, 2009

This Christmas Was Much Better Than Last Christmas

Even though the weather left a lot to be desired, and the economy kept us from exchanging gifts per se, I would have to say this Christmas was much better than last year's version. The reasoning being for what happened and what didn't happen.

The thing that happened was that the dinner I made (slow-roasted standing rib roast (made all the better, thanks to Penzey's), baked potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower in a cheese sauce, dinner rolls and Lady Fingers Torte for desert) came out wonderfully. I've been making all of the holiday meals for my family since my mom passed away ten years ago. Even though I consider myself adept in the culinary arts, I always felt the stress of cooking since she had amazing skills in the kitchen, and she was an awfully hard act to follow.

But this year I outdid myself. And I really knew it when my dad, who rarely says many nice things about people to begin with, looked at me, with a tear in his eye, and said, "Your mother would have been proud of this." Trust me when I consider this to be high praise indeed.

Today, I must have been in the zone though. It definitely helped when a certain you-know-who didn't ruin my Christmas morning, like he did last year.

5 comments:

  1. Happy to hear you had a nice Christmas... :-)

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  2. Thanks Anon...I hope your Christmas was nice too.

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  3. Ouch.

    But in my defense, I know your Christmas was good, because Santa always saves the best presents for good commenters.

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  4. I was prepared to have a lengthy conversation with myself...but now that you actually replied to my comment I guess I can't do that anymore.

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  5. Oh, dear me! I am so sorry for interrupting, please continue. I'll just sit over here and be quiet.

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