Jean & I had a really special Christmas Eve this year. We had five close friends over for a lunch of Jean's favorite finger foods, and everything was exceptional! We had bacon wrapped water chestnuts, little smokies cooked in currant jelly and mustard, jalapeños stuffed with a cream cheese and sausage mixture, then wrapped in a half a slice of bacon, a cheese tray, a pickle tray, little ham sandwiches, spinach dip/w Hawaiian bread, and a red grape salad. For dessert we had a home made Red Velvet cake.
A time of reflecting, and resting came next. Then Jean and I opened a few presents, and we really racked up! A box of pink & green mints from Sally Lane's Candy Farm, two calendars, a hand painted Mrs. Butterworth bottle, and the piece de resistance: tickets for two to see the eagles, and dinner on the boat.
The older we get, the more we enjoy living in this community. I have to make my living in metropolitan areas, but, by golly, my home is in Paris, Tennessee, and it always will be!
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Christmas
Jean & I really had a memorable day, here in Henry County. With Jean losing her Mother back in September, this is the first Christmas season without Sue. Homer and Sue's house was always the gathering place for her kids, grandkids, and great grandchildren, but we decided that this year we would have the festivities at the lake.
We reserved a room with two double beds and a parlor, and it was a great idea. We used to always have a big Christmas dinner at Sue's, with Polly & Jean cooking the meat and the desserts, and George's wife and Polly's kids bringing the fixins'. This year we let Paris Landing State Park Inn do all the buying, cooking, and clean up!! We had an excellent meal with barbecue and catfish fillets for the entrees, and plenty of vegetables, salads, and desserts!
We then went back to the room and played Christmas trivia. It amazes me how much I do NOT know, when it comes to Christmas songs and traditions. As we were playing, a bald eagle came fairly close to our windows and perched in a tree. It wasn't long before his mate joined him. There were also many, many, ducks swimming in beautiful, cold looking, Kentucky Lake.
We all had a very fine day in Henry County, in a venue that I can highly recommend, and I do hope other Henry Countians take advantage of things that are available right here at home.
We reserved a room with two double beds and a parlor, and it was a great idea. We used to always have a big Christmas dinner at Sue's, with Polly & Jean cooking the meat and the desserts, and George's wife and Polly's kids bringing the fixins'. This year we let Paris Landing State Park Inn do all the buying, cooking, and clean up!! We had an excellent meal with barbecue and catfish fillets for the entrees, and plenty of vegetables, salads, and desserts!
We then went back to the room and played Christmas trivia. It amazes me how much I do NOT know, when it comes to Christmas songs and traditions. As we were playing, a bald eagle came fairly close to our windows and perched in a tree. It wasn't long before his mate joined him. There were also many, many, ducks swimming in beautiful, cold looking, Kentucky Lake.
We all had a very fine day in Henry County, in a venue that I can highly recommend, and I do hope other Henry Countians take advantage of things that are available right here at home.
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