So, it's nearly 4:30 in the afternoon of Christmas Day here and we're finishing off last night's eggnog. The 'nog' is a blend of rum and brandy which makes the egg part quite yummy! We did have a small gathering last night with the French-Canadien tourtiere (a pork pie) served with pickles and ketchup in the manner of the Michigan U. P. accompanied with green beans and cherry tomatoes (successful, so they'll make another appearance at the New Year's Day dinner) and a simple salad. And eggnog, of course. Hadn't made it in years, but it seemed so appropriate! Dessert was skipped (didn't get made) and it's just as well. Made it this morning and we didn't have the correct type of pastry so substituted rolled out biscuits. Not quite the thing - though the raspberry/blackberry filling was quite good.
Last night we also put together this morning's breakfast casserole - which we've nearly polished off! Not sure what's for dinner.... We've been too busy planning for last night and a larger party on New Years Day to be concerned with the day-to-day menus. I think we may be out of quickie things to fix - oh, no!!!
Friends and family keep suggesting that we go downtown so they can see us on the SMA webcam, but the Centro Historico is crowded for the holidays and we don't really 'do' bunches of people. We will be downtown to meet internet friends tomorrow - maybe we can manage something then - though many of our friends and family will be back at work, I suppose. Maybe this weekend would work better? The Jardin is about a 35 - 40 minute walk, so it's hard to be precise about appearance times. We did manage it once!
We have finally hooked up with some internet friends who are in town for a few weeks from the Great Northwest. We'll meet in person tomorrow morning. David proceeded me as a moderator on the Yahoo Groups List about San Miguel. So we've been 'we'll have to get together' for a couple of years without success. Hope we like each other in person!
Other than the explosions at the stroke of midnight - those well-known aerial bombs, some of which were set off just across the street - kept Miyaki awake and barking, but eventually stopped. Both Miyaki and I are very glad of that!
Otherwise it's been a quiet day. Would watch the finale of the eleventh Dr Who tonight, but it's on BBC America and we only get BBC World News. Drat! Maybe we can get it on a tablet???
I hear Michael rolling the downstairs heater around in the living room, so I guess I should throw some clothes on (bathrobes are so comfy) and see what's up.
Chat with you later....
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