Our Christmas Bells are Freezing

We've had so much snow that we had to cancel Christmas dinner with my cousin and his family. I was afraid they would get in an accident on the way here. It was really slippery.

In addition to that we didn't have phone service all day Christmas. Luckily our friend and neighbor Bruce called my cousin for us and then emailed us back to let us know when they were contacted on the road. They had been approaching Monument Hill and had decided to turn around and go back to the Springs.

Two days before Christmas I had cleaned the oven and in the process burnt out the heating coil by wrapping aluminum foil over it to keep the oven cleaner off. Yikes, with no oven our Christmas roast and quiches and rolls for a neighborly brunch were unattainable.

Dave and Emma went to Bruce's on Christmas eve and baked cookies. On Christmas morning Bruce baked our cinnamon rolls but declined coming because of the weather. I picked up another new neighbor, Young, a woman from Korea and brought her to our house, got the rolls Bruce had heated up and became very aware of how slick it was. Diane next door, John down the road and Jimmy up the road made it for brunch on their own volition.

So now my cousin and his family will hopefully be able to make it here Sunday. It's snowed all day again today and is supposed to snow through the night. But tomorrow and Saturday and Sunday are supposed to be nice.

We've already eaten the grilled roast, which almost caused our porch to burn down because the water under the roast dried up and then flames started incinerating the roast. So when Dave tried to move the roast it fell into the coals and the flames were leaping to the top of the porch. Luckily we got it under control.So we're going for Indian or Italian food for the replacement Christmas dinner because we can cook them on the stove top without the oven.

It's nice to have our phone service back, one day we will have an oven again. It will be self cleaning and I will refrain from using the harsh chemicals in the oven.

Whew, what a day.