Christmas Eve 2022

Well I made it out to the gym on my motorcycle today but the gym was closed because it sprung a leak in the roof. It has warmed up considerably so the freezing rain is past us but there's a lot of water out there. That heavy rain is washing all the snow on the streets away. There's still some snow and slush on the side streets but the main roads are fine.

I stopped off at the grocery store to pick up a few items but when I saw the long lines I said nope. I don't really need anything for the short term. I'll pick a few items up on Boxing Day when the supermarket lines thin out. It's just nice to know we're all back to normal after the freezing rain.

I was going to head up the mountains tomorrow but it's warmed up so much it's even raining on the mountain. So after running around like a maniac I'm just gonna relax and pull a Bruno Mars for a day. A co worker asked me if I was still going to make a Christmas dinner this year since my kids are out of the county and I was like of course.

My brother used to buy turkeys on sale and cook them up so he'd have lots of left overs. Growing up we always had glazed ham on Christmas Eve and turkey on Christmas day. Now that I'm doing my intermittent fasting I made my glazed ham a few days ago. It's pretty simple. Ya just get a bottle of Dijon mustard and mix it with equal amounts of brown sugar and cover the ham then throw it in the same covered roasting pan you use for the turkey. I always serve it with mash potatoes and cream corn. This year I'm trying something different with the veggies for the turkey.

I saw it on a cooking show the other day on a break at work. The guy blanched potatoes, carrots and parsnips. That means you bring it to a boil without cooking it all the way through. Drain it and throw it in the oven on a roasting pan with lots of olive oil and season salt. You bake it for quite a while and squish it with a spatula before it's finished cooking. Looks good. I'll have a go. I already did the mash potatoes with the ham. I like this Swedishtorch idea. They're really cool.

Most of my family have all passed away. I don't see Christmas as a sad time I see it as a quiet and peaceful time. Getting away from all the hustle and bustle and all the stupidity accompanying the noise that unfortunately goes along with it. Peace and quiet. It's refreshing.