Happy Friday and Christmas Eve eve! It’s been a busy week of holiday celebrations and last minute gift and food shopping. After all the shopping and wrapping and prep, Christmas is finally here! Today a big storm is hitting us, with freezing rain and high winds. We were notified yesterday that our schools will dismiss early. That’s a nice holiday gift!
We are going to my cousin’s for Christmas Eve and we are hosting Christmas dinner, so it’s been a little stressful trying to plan and shop for everything. But, after two years of doing Christmas with just the four of us, it will be nice to finally celebrate again with family! I hope everyone has a very merry Christmas! Here are five from this week:
1. Hanukkah – Sunday was the first night of Hanukkah. My husband is half Jewish. Since the kids were little we’ve always celebrated at least one night of Hanukkah with latkes and lighting the menorah.
This year we also played dreidel and enjoyed Rugelach from Homestyle Desserts in Peekskill and jelly doughnuts. You can check out my Hanukkah celebration reel.
2. Reading – This week I finally finished reading Mistletoe & Mr. Right. My reading time this week has been pretty much nonexistent! I’m hoping to finally enjoy some down time after the holidays and have a bunch of books on my TBR pile!
3. Cooking – The menu this week included Tofu Banh Mi sandwiches, Vegetable Lasagna Soup, 20 Minute Basil Chickpea Curry and pierogies with roasted broccoli.
4. Holiday Work dinner – Last Thursday a group of my work colleagues went out to dinner at Las Mananitas in Brewster. We had a White Elephant gift exchange and it was nice getting to catch up with colleagues I don’t get to see a lot during the day.
5. Cookies – I just learned that Homestyle Desserts now ships cookies! We love this local bakery and I bought our Rugelach for Hanukkah from them. They sent me some of their 4 oz. soft bake jumbo cookies to try out their new delivery service. You can see the reel here.
6. Dog Haus – We took a break from our holiday shopping with a quick dinner at Dog Haus in Mohegan Lake. This Sooo Cali with a Beyond Sausage was very good! It has wild arugula, avocado, tomato, crispy fried onions and a spicy basil aioli.
7. Memes – some memes that made me laugh this week!
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