Christmas Conundrum

Every year since Andrew was born we've hosted a Christmas dinner for Patrick's side of the family. Usually it's on Christmas night (except for the first year because my sister-in-law was pregnant, and Christmas was too close to her due date). The first year we had a full ham dinner with all the sides and desserts, the second year we had lasagna, the third year we had soup and sandwiches, and last year we had lasagna (again).

I love having dinner at our house, and I love having everyone over. But this year I have a problem, and I blame it completely on Pinterest. I normally don't spend a whole lot of time on Pinterest, but here lately, I've been looking for recipes, and good grief, have I found recipes galore. And then my cousin and my sister keep repinning recipes, and as a result, I keep adding to and changing my menu. I think we're going to have a smorgasbord of different foods, but I may change my mind again. No matter what we have, it will be fun to just have everyone over and together. But seriously, if you have to make any sort of logical decision, stay away from Pinterest.

I mentioned on Twitter the other night that Patrick got me an early Christmas present. Most of you know I don't really like Ikea (as always no offense to anyone), and I hate that you have to walk 650 miles through the whole store to get to the end of the yellow brick road, and honestly, I'm just not impressed with the overall quality of their stuff (wow! major run-on). But there was this one small island that I really liked. It's all wood, and it's the perfect size for my kitchen. We went to get it back in September, but they were out of stock. Since it's a long drive, and since Patrick and I both hate Ikea, I had kind of given up on the idea of getting it. Anyway, the other day, Patrick had to go to Austin for something related to Real Estate, and he drove all the way to Round Rock and came home with this. If that isn't romance then I don't know what is!

And it now sits assembled in my kitchen. I'm so happy. It fits perfectly, and I now have something on which to roll out dough. Score! (You know, because I spend so much time rolling out dough.) And once again I must reiterate, if you love Ikea please don't be offended. I just can't bring myself to love that store.