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| Maya having her Christmas cookie |
We arrived in Odessa in time to do a little Christmas
baking, last minute shopping and for me to come down with hives. Yikes!
It’s official. I am allergic to
Christmas. My face, hands and lower legs
were about the only thing spared, the rest of me looked like a strawberry. And let’s not talk about how bad it itched. But Santa sent a cure and by Christmas Eve I
was all better. What a relief! That was my Christmas present.
I wasn’t the only person with ailments. Both my parents were sick with colds and
feeling terrible the day we got to Odessa.
With some rest and a little chicken soup they too recovered before
Christmas. And none of the rest of us
caught their colds.
A wonderful Christmas Dinner!
My brother and sister-in-law, Tim and Linda, had all the
Christmas festivities at their house this year which was such a fantastic
thing. David and I helped some with the
cooking, but they did all the hard stuff.
Linda’s aunt, Ramona, was a huge help in the kitchen. The food was amazing – turkey, two kinds of
dressing, two kinds of green beans, asparagus, sweet potatoes, cranberry-orange
salad, homemade bread, and three homemade desserts - pecan pie, buttermilk
chess pie and German chocolate cake. Needless
to say we were all stuffed.
The aftermath...
The next day we took
down the lights, the tree and all the Christmas decorations at my mom and dad’s
house and finished most of the leftovers.
Then with my parents all well and tucked in under their new heated
throws that David and I gave them for Christmas, we took off for the Big Bend
Country to ring in the New Year.
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