December happenings around here

I had planned on having someone come over today to learn about how I do my work because she is thinking about getting into doing what I do for a living. She had to cancel today, so Aunt Sue and I took off over to SanDestin to go to the new Sephora store. We had never been to one...let's just say it was FUN to be in there and see so much make up and other beauty items. Definitely somewhere we'll be going back to when it's not so crowded like it was today.

We ate lunch at Tommy Bahama Cafe. Always a good lunch there.

We ordered a crispy fish sandwich. This is what arrived. If we had known it was going to be so big, we would have shared it.

We had the crab bisque. It was so good.

I took my leftovers home, but Aunt Sue didn't want to take hers. She was able to eat more of her fish than I was.

I got a new tablecloth and placemats for Christmas day. I used my Christmas china. It was the first year I used the glasses. I bought them at a Gail Pittman outlet store a few years ago. For Christmas dinner, we had beef tenderloin, mashed potatoes, cherry and coke congealed salad, sweet potato casserole, broccoli and cheese casserole, cornbread dressing, macaroni and cheese and rolls. For dessert we had praline pecan cake. It was a lot of food and so good. I sent leftovers home with everyone.

This is my daddy opening his gift from mama. It's a keyboard. He knows how to play the piano and organ. He grew up with those. But he wanted to practice, so mama got him this. This is the only picture I took of any of us opening gifts.

We babysat the neighbor's dog on Christmas day. Aunt Sue went over with me and the husband to check on them in the afternoon. I took her picture in their back yard. It's so nice back there.

Our nephew's doggy stayed with us for a week at Christmastime. He is a good boy, but he got into a few things while he was here.