And We Can Officially Say the Holiday Season Has Been Kicked Off Because Mimi Sue is 79, and the Youngest Are Now Looking Like Adults

We celebrated mom's birthday yesterday with ginger chicken, four-cheese tortellini, the Kentucky cake, and Pam's winter moose-milk. We also woke up to snow, and it lasted all day, although the word is that it will melt over the next few days over a warm up. Looking like a green Christmas, after all. 

Meanwhile the Barnwell boys, with their mom, got their dose of Karralyne Karamel Karma Cupcake (the spazaga-doink who doesn't like to sit still long enough for a photograph.

Today is Wednesday...the day before Chitunga flies in and a low-key, non-eventful 24 hours off the calendar. We shall see how it all rides out.

I'm still exhausted from the cake, visiting with family, then the Perras, and running into Jennifer Thom at the liquor store (you never who you'll run into wherever you go in CNY). 

May your family members find their way into your homes this holiday, and may you tip a glass to those no longer with you. The rituals don't last forever.