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Sunday, December 25, 2011

Christmas 2011 at the Perry house

Yesterday was mostly spent making a trip to Alabama to visit MonsterMustDie's mother. We left in the morning and visited with her at the Stephens house for a while before going to the traditional lunch at Cracker Barrel. MonsterMustDie had his standard choice of chicken & dumplings. His mother had the holiday special beef stew. I had the vegetable plate, which is by no means a vegetarian meal. There is enough ham in everything to amount to a full serving of meat.

By the time we got home in the early evening, I had an awful headache and my back and legs were worn out from sitting so long in the car. Friends in the neighborhood had invited us over for eats and drinks but he went without me while I drank lots of water and laid down in a dark soft place for a while. After loosening garments and relaxing for a while, I felt well enough to walk up the street to join everyone for what turned out to be a very nice visit and chat. It was just what I needed to do after the day's ordeal.

We exchanged gifts while watching Sunday Morning and had toast made with the Cuisinart toaster I gave MonsterMustDie for Xmas. It seems like not much of a gift but this is a man who loves toast, checks out toasters nearly every time we are shopping together, and has not had a toaster the entire time we have lived together. He did not like my old chrome toaster, which I left at the condo for tenants to use. Now, he finally has his own toaster.

It's raining all day today and I've already got cabin fever. Dying to get out and do something but there is nowhere for me to go and nobody to do anything with. Puttering around the office while MonsterMustDie watches Christmas Story and other animated movies.

Tonight, it's dinner with my family at my brother's house. Photos to come of his family's new English Bulldog.

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Otis

The newest family member is Otis, Brenda and Andy's new English Bulldog pup.



Tomorrow, back to my job search and finishing a couple of small projects, probably after going by Binders or Sam Flax.

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