Christmas Eve

We had our Christmas Eve dinner of tomato soup and Italian bread. We ventured out in the pouring rain this morning and ended up at Panera Bread for lunch so we were not real hungry tonight. A lot of the streets were like lakes with the rain and melting snow. I made a pumpkin pie for tomorrow and a pan of caramel rolls for breakfast tomorrow morning. We will have ham, mashed potatoes and corn tomorrow too. My sweet little granddaughter "hates" mashed potatoes and corn so it has become kind of a family joke. We really like both. I got a very pretty silver necklace for my birthday. I took a picture of it for when it is stolen I will have it for insurance purposes. I sent my list of stolen items off to State Farm a couple days ago...so will see what I get out of that. Those caramel rolls smell great. I am really into baking bread. I was looking at the King Arthur catalog and decided to send off for some sourdough starter and try making sour dough bread. Can also make pancakes, waffles etc.with the sourdough. I make awful pancakes, which is okay because I beleive it is the only thing Lenny cooks (to my knowledge anyway). Oh yeah, he does french toast too. Having tomato soup for Christmas Eve dinner reminds me of when we had Christmas Eve dinner at the Flying J truck stop in Durham, North Carolina. Lenny had just gotten out of the hospital after being very sick with Ecoli and we needed propane for the motorhome so we wouldn't freeze so we just decided to eat there. It wasn't all that bad and there was a lot of people eating there. Another year we had Thanksgiving dinner at Shoney's in Charlotte, North Carolina. That was really good. Oh well!!! My wish is for everyone to have a wonderful time.