MONDAY MORNING HAS COME DOWN

TODAY I AWAKENED AT 4:30 AM SO I BAKED SOME SCONES. I ADDED CRANBERRIES BECAUSE MY BELOVED DAUGHTER ATE THE BLUEBERRIES SATURDAY. HAHHA SHE LOVES THAT STUFF DRIED FRUIT AND CHOCOLATE.

DAD DOES HAT TOO. WHEN MY KIDS WERE LITTLE I WOULD BUY INGREDIENTS TO BAKE STUFF AND BEFORE I HAD TIME TO BAKE, THE INGREDIENTS WERE USED FOR SNACKS.

STILL HAPPENING KIDS ARE BIGGER HABITS STILL THERE. I WILL HAVE TO BAKE CHRISTMAS GOODIES WELL IN ADVANCE AND HIDE THEM WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE. MAYBE MY BATHROOM AND CLOSET UGH. THE CLOSET IS OFF MY MASTER LADIES BATH. DAD HAS THE GUEST BATH AND ONLY USES MINE WHEN WE HAVE COMPANY.

OF COURSE MINE IS CLUTTERED WITH EVERY BEAUTY THING I HAVE BEEN CONNED INTO BUYING. DAD'S HAS ONLY HIS WATER PICK TOOTH BRUSHES AND HAND MIRROR BRUSH AND COMB SET.
WHEN WE LEFT OUR OLD HOME IN CALIFORNIA I DONATED THE SILVER BRUSH AND COMB AND MIRROR SET TO THE CANCER SOCIETY HE BEGGED TO KEEP IT BUT I ALREADY HAD GIVEN IT TO THEM SO WHEN WE SETTLED HERE I BOUGHT HIM ANOTHER ONE.

I HAVE BEEN PREPARING MY RECIPES AND MENUS FOR THE HOLIDAYS TO READY IT ALL FOR A GALA CELEBRATION. I WILL HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE CHRISTMAS EVE AND SERVE FOOD AND SODA AND DRINK FOR THOSE WHO SO CHOOSE. NOBODY SEEMS TO DRINK IN OUR FAMILY, NOBODY DRANK IN MY OWN FAMILY WHERE I GREW UP IN SANTA FE.
THE FEW PEOPLE WHO DID DRINK HAD WINE BOTTLES ALL OVER HAHHA.
MY OLD UNCLE THAT I LIVED WITH UNCLE TONY USED TO KEEP A BOTTLE BEHIND THE COUCH IN THE LIVING ROOM. ONE DAY AT AGE 13 I DECIDED TO TRY THE WINE, I DON'T KNOW WHY I DID IT WAS PRETTY SWEET SO I DRANK ALMOST THE WHOLE PINT AND PROMPTLY THREW UP ALL OVER MY BEDCLOTHES . I GOT SUCH A LECTURE FROM TIA CARMELITA THAT THE DESIRE TO TRY DRINK WAS QUASHED PRETTY WELL.

I DID AT AGE 16 TRY CHAMPAGNE WITH MY FRIENDS. THERE WAS PETER THE RICH ONE CHARLES THE OPERATIC PIANIST ONE JOHN THE CHUBBY ONE AND MICHAEL WHO HAD SUCH A CRUSH ON ME HE COULD HARDLY LOOK AT ME BUT HE WAS ALWAYS THERE . HE TOOK ME TO THE SNOWBALL FORMAL AND GAVE ME A RED CAMELLIA CORSAGE TO WEAR WITH MY LIMEY GREEN DRESS .

I DANCED MOSTLY WITH BOBBY WHO WAS MY BIG CRUSH AND I FOUND OUT HE GREW UP TO BE A CAR SALESMAN AND HAD 4 KIDS LIKE ME AND WAS DIVORCED AND HAD A GIRLFRIEND AND WAS DYING OF CANCER WHEN I VISITED SANTA FE IN 1996. I TALKED TO WHAT FRIENDS I HAD LEFT THERE . WHEN I VISITED BUT I STAYED WITH MY COUSIN FRANCES AND JOE HER HUBBY. THAT WAS A GREAT VISIT. THEY WERE SO HOSPITABLE. AND JOE AND I DID SHOTS OF TEQUILA WITH LIMES AND SALT FOR FUN HE LOVED THAT.

AND LATER WHEN HE AND HIS DAUGHTER VISITED ME I MADE HIM SOME TEQUILA DRINKS MY GRANDDAUGHTER GAVE ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY.

I DO LIKE TEQUILA WITH LIMES AND SALT LOTSA LIMES AND LOTSA SALT.

BUT RARELY HAVE IT. JOE WAS MY ONLY TEQUILA PARTNER. HE WAS FUN!!
WE GIGGLED AND DRANK .

MY FAMILY IS THE MOST HOSPITABLE FAMILY I HAVE EVER MET MY COUSINS I DEARLY LOVE. THEY ARE LIKE SISTERS AND BROTHERS TO ME.