Christmas is coming and I'm getting fat. Why do my children have to be such good and generous cooks?
I know I shouldn't complain. For the first Christmas in several years I have all eight of my children home for the holidays. We celebrate by laughing together, making a joyful noise - which is sometimes even harmonious - by reading our favorite Christmas stories and by eating delicious food. I have some very good cooks in the house. My recently returned missionary is going to make Danishes in a couple of days. I want to be careful of my calorie intake so that I can indulge when he does, but my daughter made Black Forest Brownies for Home Evening treats and she tells me that she's making cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Someone else was talking about chicken enchiladas and I need to start the traditional Christmas baking including: candy cane cookies, sugar cookies, fudge, divinity, rocky road candy, and my husband's favorite, romance cookies. The only thing that can save me is that because of the sheer number of mouths we feed around here, there is little chance that I will get much more than a nibble of any of these scrumptious treats. But I do have a bizarre metabolism - I gain weight just thinking about food. Too bad I can't lose weight by thinking about exercising, but who wants to think about that?
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Having to be on a diet during Christmas is almost MURDER. Christmas in our house is always eat on chritmas eve open Presents the next morning and ater thet Lazy around. :-)
ReplyDeleteDon't worry too much about eating Christmas treats - There's always the New Year to catch up on things. :) Maybe that's the wrong thing to tell you, but that's what I like to do.
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