Eat and Be Merry, Diets are for New Year's Resolutions

After things got discombobulated during the holiday season, and after running around like a crazy person, I feel like I am finally nestling back into domestic bliss. As we speak, the house is relatively clean, we re-organized the office space, and the laundry is spinning merrily away. It is good to be home and back in the swing of things.

This year the holidays were fairly stressful for me. My family lives a drive away -- a long drive, but convenient enough that I’ve never flown during the holiday hullabaloo. I certainly wasn’t missing much. My goodness, the airport was such a crowded mess: frazzled families, screaming babies, planes crowded with packages, and exhausted people like Rob and me who always managed to get in the way. We did luck out in terms of our flights and never had a delay or any mix ups. Unfortunately, with the weather and other emergencies this last Christmas, I can’t say that everyone escaped the airport so unscathed.


Our travel time was extended as we opted to fly in and out of Washington DC and drive the rest of the way to Williamsburg. This way, I got to spend some time with my friend in DC and the Smithsonian.

Anachronism was also integral to the trip as we visited Colonial Williamsburg and Historic Jamestown. We got to see all the folks dressed up in their old-fashioned garb and talk to them about the life and times of America’s messy past. I particularly enjoyed the Jamestown museum and the faux settlement. Rob particularly liked being able to explore and touch all the replicas of old tools, buildings, clothes, etc.



This highlight of this trip really was eating though.

We got Ben’s Chili Dogs in DC


Chick Fil-A every chance we got

I even found a Nandos in DC, which was a chicken restaurant Juliana and I frequented in South
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And of course Robert’s grandma took great care of us. Each morning there was grapefruit, poached eggs, toast, and fresh coffee. She also cooked dinner for everyone with some of the favored traditional recipes, and I always love a hearty home-cooked meal. Christmas dinner was buffet style at the retirement community’s dining room, and the spread was epic with salmon, halibut, shrimp, roast beef, turkey, soups, and of course salad, potatoes, stuffing, bread, and other tasty sides.

But, as with any trip, it’s always a comforting thrill to come back home. I was so happy to cuddle with my fat babies, sleep in our bed, and settle back into the business of domestic bliss.

So, I have fallen somewhat behind on blogging for the past month or so. For the next few days, I will be posting frequent blogs to catch up with some of the rough drafts that have been languishing in my documents. Then it'll be back to Sunday updates.