Today

Due to illness in the family (everyone is doing well now, but the status of that was very up-in-the-air as recently as Sunday), we had a couple of last minute changes to our Christmas gathering plans. First we were going to meet at a restaurant, but due to some uncertainty about whether the restaurant was open, my cousin M offered to host at the last minute. She and her moms pulled together a spaghetti dinner in record time, the rest of us brought whatever we had on hand to share, and we enjoyed a fine meal and conversation, as well as having our family gift exchange. It's been a long day, with a fair bit of driving (T and I went up to Santa Rosa to have a late breakfast with my parents, and then lunch was in Davis, so that's like a triangle with about 60 miles on each side).

For Christmas Eve, T and I made ourselves a little holiday meal: rib roast (which was his family's traditional Christmas main dish), baby potatoes, broccoli, and we bought a pumpkin pie for dessert. We've never done that before, but it was really nice. Now we're thinking about making it a new tradition. It's nice to have little traditions for just the two of us.

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! And a very fine Tuesday to everyone. :)