Saturday, December 25, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. Recharge web work all day: styling in new site build. Sam, Kerry, and Mom Ryan came over for Christmas luncheon. Patrick and I prepared frozen items from Kingdom of Dumpling on Taraval Street: pork and vegetable buns, Chinese pancakes, and various kinds of dumplings with dipping sauce. Together we ate 56 dumplings—about 12 per person. From frozen the buns took the longest and needed more than 20 minutes of steaming. The dumplings needed at least 13 minutes, probably more. For next time: we needed more than two trays so that everything can be finished in quicker stages. We exchanged Christmas cards, and Kerry and Mom Ryan opened gifts. Dessert: Cane River bourbon balls, Patrick's banana bread, Commander's Palace pecan pie. They departed; Sam driving them home. Patrick and I cleaned then rested. Later for dinner Patrick had Uncle Sam's cereal with blueberries and milk. I had a medium salad with super greens, iceberg lettuce, green onion, red onion, blue cheese crumble, and ranch dressing. We watched Daredevil s1:e2 on Disney+ then various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes then installed computer updates. Late meal: small iceberg lettuce salad with red onion and ranch dressing and vinegar-free Lemonette Italian herb dressing, unsalted cashews, pretzel sticks, TJ’s Step Up to the Snack Bar mix, water to drink.