egg noodles

Another picture from last weekend in New York. We already blew up a few photos, framed them, and hung them downstairs. Just glad we weren't there this weekend!

I assume your thoughts are like mine when the week of Christmas comes around. There's so much food about to go in the fridge, you just can't imagine making something new and storing it in there. Not to mention, you're about to be spending a couple days in the kitchen and don't want to spend extra time each night working on the family meal. Course, when you're 7 months pregnant and have a broken foot, things get much trickier.

I've been happy to allow my mother the joy of taking care of the meal for Christmas Day as it will just be my folks and grandmother and ourselves. Paul's family comes in late Christmas night and will be around to play for the next week. Today, I'll post my plans for meals Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, hoping my mother has cooked up a great plan for Christmas Eve, too. And, later in the week, I'll post the ideas I have for the week that Paul's folks will be in town. Granted, Paul's mom and sister are great cooks and the menu's subject to change if they bring around a recipe they want to try or if Paul requests something in particular.

Click on the photograph to go to Paul's Flickr page for a closer-up view of the monkeys. There's nothing like sitting in a boat having a picnic lunch and watching the monkeys watch you and wonder how they can get across the river to partake, too. We had quite a show. One of the best times was when a piroux came by with a dog and three adults. The dog watched us 'til he saw the monkeys. He got in really big trouble for barking and scaring them. Thanks, Connie and Jack for a great day!