Christmas Eve is also Verna’s birthday. So, to give her a good early start for it, I fixed one of her favorites for breakfast – country-style biscuits and gravy.
Here’s to having a great birthday, baby!
Family
A Christmas Mum at Mom’s
This pretty flower is growing next to Mom’s front porch. I’m not sure about the ‘Christmas Mum’ designation, but why not? The colors are right and ’tis the season . . .
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A Good and Healthy Meal
We just love to prepare meals at home. It’s been a long time since we went to a restaurant.
The last time we ate in a restaurant was on our anniversary this past September at the Silver Legacy Casino in Reno. I can’t remember the time before that, but it was probably in Avalon the year before, also for our anniversary.
Today, we prepared pork loin lo mein; we started with a recipe from Rachael Ray and modified it to suit our taste. In the original recipe, spaghetti is used; we chose to use pre-cooked, refrigerated lo mein noodles from the international section of the supermarket. We omitted the eggs, scallions and mushrooms and used chopped onion, minced garlic, savoy cabbage and bean sprouts. We left out the chicken and used pork loin cut into ¾-inch cubes. We prepared the sauce per the original recipe.
And the result is a wonderful, healthy dish where we see every step of the preparation – we know exactly what goes into the food – unlike in a restaurant where you can only hope that they prepare the meals as you might have.
Visiting Point Vicente
Today, we went for a walk along the cliffs at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center. It was an absolutely beautiful, clear day. We saw Santa Barbara Island, pelicans, Catalina Island and a couple of fin whales spouting offshore. We almost had the place to ourselves except for a few whale watchers up on the observation deck. Bear always enjoys the walk and she did today, too.
Mom’s Christmas Amaryllis
This past October, we were in the Phoenix, Arizona area getting ready to head home after a nice vacation. We stopped at a Wal-Mart to pick up a couple of travel items when I spotted a stack of amaryllis bulbs in boxes – you know, the early Christmas gift package. I bought one to bring home and give to my Mom to grow for the holidays.
Today, we went for a visit and saw the results of her efforts. Click on this image to enlarge.
Going For A Ride
The hoomins took me for a ride today. I like to go for a ride. Click on me for a big picture.
