Good Morning!

[Paul B]

would love to see that menu.

I had pictures but my photo hosting service lost hundreds of them. But my wife's cousin is Sicilian like me and a great cook. He makes in a few different ways, octopus, shrimp, squid, king crab, clams (many ways) mussels, scungeel (or conch) squid along with 5 or 6 fish types in different sauces and pastas.

Wines by the case and I am baking a few loaves of different breads.

The table is 25' long and the kitchen is a total mess. :p

I didn't mention appetizers or desserts but forgetaboutit. We start eating about 3:00 and go all night. It's a good thing I just lost 25 lbs. :)

I will try to take pictures this year but unfortunately my kids won't be there. :(

 

[Ippyroy]

Good Morning! It's 26 this morning and expecting 8 inches today. We will see if that happens. I only have 16 hours of work to go and then I'm off for my weekend. No plans, just lots of needed rest. My new turn table arrives today, so I will be spinning records all weekend. I almost feel sad for my neighbors. I resisted buying the Devil Makes Three original record. I am proud of myself. Instead I ordered all of their other records. Have a great day and stay safe!

 

[dbowman5]

thanks everyone! good morning viewing and waiting for the coffee to perk Have a wonderful, or good, if you are not up to wonderful, day!!!

 

[Paul B]

MrsBugmaster, love the mice. :)

 

[Goaway]

Good morning, I keep working on croissants. Need some nice bread to go with a feast. I'll be making a roast beef for christmas eve. I am going to try my hand at a copy cat "lofthouse" cookies. I need to buy new cake pans. I'll have to take pictures if I ever make my raspberry white chocolate cake again. It taskes so long to make.

Sunny was throwing a fit, she wanted pizza rolls the husband and son had yesterday. She did eventually get a couple.

 

[Ippyroy]

baking at 6700 feet where I live is darn near witch craft. Water boils at 1 degree less for every 1000 feet in elevation. Brownies take a little over an hour, but cookies bake in 9 minutes. Cakes take anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour and a half. Cornbread is even worse. Sometimes you need to add extra flour, sometimes not. I can't count how many times I had to start over. Making candies is even harder. You have to subtract 12 degrees, but add 2-5 minutes.

 

[MrsBugmaster]

@Paul B oh, yes, we need pictures of that feast!

 

[Just John]

Good Morning!

 

[ReefGrammie]

Good afternoon! Crazy day yesterday and so far today. Afternoon ended with husband stranded in the mall parking lot with a dead battery. I drove out there with my jumper cables, but he was surrounded by cars and I couldn't get close. Couldn't roll the car out either. It took 2 members of mall security plus a fireman with a toolbox to get him started. Then, I tried to go to the grocery store. No parking places, which meant a trillion people were crammed in there, so I left.

Started over today. Grocery store at 8:30 a.m...much better, but I forgot the pie. Back to the grocery store after an appointment and there was no parking. Had to go in anyway to find a pie. I am done now. Packages are loaded, pie is loaded, and we will head to Nashville tomorrow.

I'm so sorry for all of you dealing with covid issues/other sickness/family this time of year. It's so hard when plans get upended. We're all trying to make the best of things right now. Our grandkids up north are especially having a hard time this year. We've been sending lots of random gifts, trying to cheer them up.

On a positive note, after losing our precious husky in July, my husband mentioned the d-o-g word this week. I think it would be good for both of us. We're going to start working on that after the 1st of the year. :)

 

[ReefGrammie]

Good morning! I think we're still going out of town. :rolleyes: We may be joining the sick-family-members-over-Christmas club. Got a call from our Nashville son yesterday saying Teddy was running a 103 temperature. He has no other symptoms and had covid a few months ago, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be covid round 2. He was bouncing off the walls last night, so we're hoping it was just a quick "kid virus" thing. We can be up there in just over 2 hours, so there's no huge rush to leave. I'm just enjoying my coffee for now and waiting for the morning update.

I told our son we might brave whatever Teddy has as long as it ISN'T a stomach virus. Nothing will stop us in our tracks faster than the dreaded stomach virus. Sorry son, we love you, but no. ;Hilarious

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas Eve. The holidays just seem to get more and more complicated with a certain virus thrown in the mix now. I wish you and your families well. For those who are traveling, safe travels. ;Joyful

 

[Peace River]

Good morning everyone!

“One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas Day. Don’t clean it up too quickly.” —Andy Rooney.

 

[WVNed]

Good morning
Merry Christmas Eve

 

[sp1187]

Good Morning Reefies

crisp morning warming up :confused: with rain in the forecast.:mad:

breakfast as soon as I send this.

set the smoker up and get more bacon going.

head to the bakery to pick up bread for tomorrow.

water change so the tank looks great for whoever shows up tomorrow.

if you are traveling please be safe.

smile at a stranger and greet them.
you're allowed.
it cost nothing to be nice.
have a great day.:cool:

 

[WVNed]

Heading out to find some last minute gifts. Staying safe.

 

[Goaway]

Good morning, heading out to do some last minute food shopping. Time to cross all i's and dot all t's.

Ran out of eggs baking yesterday. Going to make a few large batches of bread rolls for tomorrow. I think my biggest baking issue is a non calibrated oven. I turned the temps down by 25degrees and the bread looks much better after baking.

Merry Christmas eve! Happy holidays.

 

[Jeffcb]

Good Morning Reefers!! Tanking the day off. Going to do a water change and maintenance, Glue in a few frags and work on my photography. Got the whole day to myself and get to do what I want!

Have a blessed and wonderful day! Merry Christmas!!

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[WVNed]

Blessings
To many to count

Louie...Now with fan apparel

My wife is a real blessing too but if I put her picture here I would need to go to the emergency room.

 

[fishguy242]

Happy Holidays all... :)

 

[Paul B]

Merry Christmas everyone.

Lets not forget at this time of the year all the kids, including babies who are in the hospital fighting for their life and I pray they make it to enjoy many more Christmases in their future :)