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12/19/2003 Entry: "IT'S LIKE WAITING FOR SANTA CLAUS"

IT'S LIKE WAITING FOR SANTA CLAUS

Ready and waiting. That's where I am.

Mr. Claus and Jack have gone to bed and I'm busying myself with blogging and waiting for relatives to arrive.

There are two large casseroles of sausage, egg, cheese strata in the refrigerator. I didn't slack on the fresh fruit as everyone likes it too. It's a mixture of frozen sliced strawberries, Fuji apples, Asian pears, pineapple chunks, Ruby Red grapefruit and Clemtine sections. I made juice to cover it from frozen orange juice concentrate, Karo syrup, sugar and lemon juice...and the juice off the fruit. I'll add sliced bananas when I serve it.

Then, I cheated a bit, and made quick and easy breakfast rolls out of frozen roll dough, a mixture of butterscotch instant pudding, white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves....with melted butter poured over the top. Half of it is loaded with pecans...the other half is plain. The rolls are resting on the countertop and will be ready to bake in the morning.

All our family members will be here in the morning...except for Rod and Mackenzie....to visit with the Houston relatives. It will be a fast and concentrated kind of gathering. And fun. With three dogs and a two-year old, it should be a noisy, active happening. We take advantage of opportunities for getting together whenever they roll around.