All I Want For Christmas......

is a whole tv screen! our wedding present TV from 1998 is slowly dying. It constantly has a fuzzy bar at the top of the screen but that's been going on for awhile and isn't too bad since you can still make out the picture everywhere else clearly and the fuzzy section isn't totally snowy so that part is still mostly visible.

However the latest development is more troubling. Occasionally, the screen goes completely black except in one central horizontal strip. Usually it goes back to normal if we power off for a few seconds but I think it's a sign that our tv isn't long for this world!

Whew! Redeemed Ourselves!!

Well, as much as we could anyway! I insisted Shirley come back for another meal and luckily she was still speaking to us and agreed. She was here Tuesday night, trying to convince us that she'd already had a real meal but we weren't buying it! No one in their right mind reheats a dinner in the microwave and considers that a proper job of hostessing! "oh good! you're here for dinner! I've been saving a choice selection of unwanted portions from our meals this week for you to choose from, come on in and take your pick of our dinner rejects!!!! It's the latest in entertaining fads! You're the first to try it, tell all your friends!!!!"

Thank you Shirley for being so gracious about my latest social blunder and humouring us by coming back! We hope you enjoyed our instant replay of dinner invitations.

For the record, we had classy chicken with oven baked potatoes, some fresh cantaloupe and a Toblerone caramel cheesecake for dessert AND sent her home with a doggie bag! (it's totally OK to reheat leftovers the day AFTER being invited to dinner)