Today was a lazy but eventful day. We started the day sleeping until after 8:00.
When we woke up Suzette wanted to open gifts, so I made a cup of hot lime water with honey and she made coffee and we gathered in the living room. I gave her an I-phone 8 and bottle of truffle salt. She gave me a recycled bike tire message board and I selected one of the four Nepalese felt scarves she bought at the Santa Fe Folk Art show in July.
Then I started opening gifts folks brought us last night at our Christmas Open. I am surprised and pleased that folks bring us gifts, sharing the joy of giving at Christmas. I guess opening our home and entertaining for the evening is a form of giving, also.
The gifts included a jar of fruits and nuts preserved in honey from Lynn and Michel, a jar of homemade spiced pecans from Susan Feil, a bottle of Champalou sparkling Vouvray from Johnnie, a bottle of French Cruse Sparkling wine from Bill and Regina, tea towels, a coffee table book on the Wine of Romania from Aaron, a box of Buffet’s Candies from Sandy, and a bottle of Ecco Domeni red Italian merlot. What fun.
The food contributions to last night’s buffet were many and are described in the blog for December 24.
Willy arrived at around 10:30 and gave me a new game called Splendor and gave Suzette a Fitbit Alta. I gave Willy a New I-Phone 8 and Suzette gave him a new Hoover vacuum cleaner for his apartment so he will not need to keep borrowing our vacuum cleaner.
It was approaching lunch time and we decided to play the Splendor game and eat lunch. Suzette heated the last tray of blue corn shrimp enchiladas and made plates for us filled with enchiladas, mango pineapple salsa, and spinach avocado salad. Luke called and we talked to him for a while, so for a few minutes the family was together, which was nice. We nibbled on Jill’s delicious beef pate terrine and sipped MacMurray Pinot Gris as we played Splendor.
After lunch and a couple of games of Splendor, Willy departed and we packed our gift for Cynthia and Ricardo and rode to their home on the tandem. They invited us in and gave us a Puerto Rican Christmas eggnog drink named Coquito. Here is a recipe:
In bowl of blender, add evaporated milk, cream of coconut, coconut milk, sweetened condensed milk, rum (if using), vanilla extract and ground cinnamon. Blend on high until mixture is well combined, 1-2 minutes. Pour coconut mixture into glass bottles; cover. Transfer to refrigerator.
We sat outside beside their horno fireplace in the mild 60 degree weather and opened their gift, a zested from William Sonoma and four sweet limes, and talked for over an hour.
Then we rode home at 3:30 and relaxed. I napped from 4:000 until 5:00 and Suzette watched the first two episodes of “True Detective” in her effort to binge watch a series of shows for the holidays.
We then watched the news shows and heated bowls of PPI black beans and Duck Posole for dinner and I ate the PPI Avocado and spinach salad on a bed of fresh spinach. So a pretty healthy dinner, although I ate a slice of fruitcake and Suzette ate a couple of pieces of Buffet’s handmade candies.
After watching the Antiques Roadshow I climbed into bed and finished the Alexander Hamilton biography, this month’s book club selection.
Suzette came to bed around 9:00 while I was reading.
A pleasant day.
Bon Appetit
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