Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve Dinner went off without a hitch.  Penny and Chet were here, along with my friends Mike and Stacey.  We had baked cornish hens, a long grain and wild rice stuffing with dried cherries and almonds, steamed asparagus, cranberry walnut whole wheat bread, and deviled eggs.  Yes, I made it all - from scratch.  The wild rice stuffing actually turned out really fantastic, and the bread was awesome too.  I'll definately be making both again.

Note my use of long grain rice and whole wheat flour.  =)

We also had that fruit tart for dessert, and it was pretty awesome.

I woke up this morning to the sounds of little feet running around - Emily had snuck downstairs without waking us.  I woke up Adrienne and told her it was time to get up because Emily was already downstairs.  When I left the bedroom, Emily was coming up the stairs and she said "Santa was here!  Come see!"

Emily got a bazillion gifts, but since this is my blog, I'll tell you what I got.  I actually gave Adrienne a list this year, and because she doesn't know when to stop, she bought pretty much all of it.  I'm not complaining, but the same thing applied to Emily. =)  Anyway, I got a nice new electric griddle with a removable cooking surface for easy cleaning, a bluetooth headset for my cell phone, some noice cancelling headphones for listening to the Zen on car trips, plane trips, etc, Family Guy Season 4 on DVD, and Pinky & The Brain Volume 2 on DVD (a last minute request!).  I also got a neat little "strainer spatula", and a nice big calphalon covered skillet for cooking.

Well, I need to get ready for the Christmas party over at Laurie's house.  Blog ya later!