It's been snowing off and on here in Portland for the last week. There was enough snow and ice every day that the kids were out of school all week - bet they were happy! It started in again this morning and hasn't stopped - it's about 2:00pm now. The freezing rain will start somewhere around midnight here in the Portland area - outlying areas will begin around 8 pm. Many of the flights at PDX are cancelled - both incoming and outgoing. I'm sure there are a lot of really sad people trying to get home for the holidays, and they have no idea when they will be able to leave.
The weather people are in heaven - they've pretty much been on the air non-stop since Monday. With the ease of the internet, people are able to take videos of their areas of town, and then send them on in to the TV stations to be shown on the air. That does make it a little more fun to watch - not quite as tedious as seeing the same news people saying pretty much the same thing over and over. At this point it sounds like this will stick around for a few more days - at least until Tuesday. This sure isn't great for the stores - people can't get out to shop - less money being put back into the economy. It is what it is, can't do anything about it.
I finished my shopping yesterday, and wrapped all of my presents. Today I made a batch of pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting - yummy! I have a big pot of chili simmering away on the stove - smells delicious. When it's done cooking, I'll freeze it and then get it back out again for Christmas Day dinner.
Christmas morning we'll have a whole crowd here for brunch - somewhere between 11 and 15 at last count. I'm going to make a caramel apple spiced french toast, fruit, juice and champagne. I think Kelley will be bringing a strata with sausage to go along with it. When brunch is finished and people who are leaving for other places have gone, we'll do our quick change trick. We'll whisk all of the decorations, dishes, glasses and food off of the table - along with the tablecloth and placemats. We'll pull out a clean tablecloth, new placemats, new decorations - and start all over again with new place settings. We'll be all set for the next group that will be arriving for dinner. By the time Christmas Day dinner rolls around, I think most everyone is pretty full - so dinner will be pretty simple and light. Chili, french bread, and maybe a salad. Of course we will also be serving beer, wine, champagne (my personal favorite)and soft drinks.
Two days after Christmas we will be doing the Larson Family Christmas at our house. It looks like we will be lucky enough to have everyone be able to make it this year. It's hard to get everyone together at the same time with so many committments during the holidays. Dinner that night will be lasagna, french bread, salads, and whatever people bring beyond that. I'm sure we won't go hungry - always much more food than we could ever eat - but it's all so delicious.
Time to go check the snow again and see how deep it's gotten since I last looked.
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