Happy Wednesday!

I had family plus Auntie Gladys' friend Vera to lunch and tea and all went well. I remembered I'd forgotten the sausages on Christmas Day so I cooked those with fresh roast potatoes and parsnips. We ended up with turkey/sausage flavoured roasties and gravy which worked really well. Gravy was thick and nearly black which went with more sausage flavour.

I took my aunt and friend home as aunt had become a bit fragile - Only one glass of wine, but too much tea and chocolate cake and a fragile back. The staff at the care home were in melodramatic mood and said they were about to send out search parties as they didn't know where Gladys and Vera were! As getting my aunt to the car is quite a producion it was more a staff slip-up than anything I suspect. my sister confirmed that my aunt and vera had made their farewells even if they didn't apply for late night passes!

Today I had my third Christmas dinner - turkey, roasties, peas, carrots, sausages and stuffing with gravy - All leftovers reheated in microwave, but hottest dinner so far as I wasn't fussing over others. It was delicious! reheated roasties, like cold ones are really good.

Tonight I am having a party. Only about ten of us, but will be a nice get-together at ths in-betweeny time. I'm off to buy some wine, cocktail sticks and sausages. It's going to be very corny and I hope fun. A theme and fancy food seemed too much effort, so it;'s going to be 'traditional' food and silly games of the Charades and Trivial Persuit type. I did serve 'ironic' cheese and pineapple on sticks at last party and they disappeared almost instantly! I shall serve again without the irony!

And tomorrow I am seeing my lover!!! Have been exchanging emails and had chat on phone today.