Christmas

Christmas dinner: an entire (small) turkey cooked in the microwave convection oven (with an inch to spare all around), stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, and cranberries. It can be done. Nice going Judy.

Sunday

Wow, what a storm! Howling wind, pounding rain. We put the jacks down and still it made the house bounce. It was a long night (Judy tells me. I slept through it). Some of the rain blew up under one of the slides and made the carpet wet during the night, so we spent the day today with fans and space heaters blowing to dry it out. Nothing serious. Ready for a quiet Christmas. Judy got a small turkey to cook in the convection oven. We tried to buy each other presents, but neither of us can think of anything we want and don’t already have. Limited space; can’t buy stuff just to be buying stuff, so we’ll keep an eye out for the next thing we want, then call it a present to ourselves. Enjoy.

Saturday

No walking barefoot on the beach today. Stormy weather; thunder, lightning, wind, and rain. Poor Annie is not enjoying this at all. Judy and I take turns holding the vibrating dog. The wind will push the waves up to meet the dunes at high tide tonight. No camping on the beach either. It’s supposed to calm down by Christmas.