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We headed to Connecticut on Friday night to spend the weekend before Christmas with my mother-in-law and the kids.

We heard a thump, that of course I ignored, and when we were going from the Hutch to 287 over to 95, the front passenger tire blew out.  I was able to get to the side of the road with no problem.  Charley jacked up the car and started to remove the blown out tire.  The jack broke as he was about to get the tire off, the car went crashing to the ground and we ended up having to call 911.  The really surprising part was when we first broke down a guy stopped and put out some flares for us.  After we had called 911 a state trouper, who set out more flares, stopped to make sure we were ok, and then the tow truck finally arrived.  He was able to jack the car back up and change the tire to the donut.  We drove on the donut 50 miles per hour all the way to CT. 

Once we got there we had a lovely time.  We had gotten our tires at the Sears so I took the car back there to get a new tire.  To my surprise we had a type of insurance on the tire so received a $53 credit toward the new tire.  Yeah Sears! While I was at the mall I went to a Christmas store and found an artifical tree for 50% off!  Score!

Lily had purchased a “meal in a box” with a spiral ham, mashed potatos, butternut squash, dinner rolls, and two pies.  It was really fantastic food and I ate ham for the next day, as we packed it and brought the leftovers to New York. 

We came home Sunday evening and I set up the tree.  It’s so pretty. 

I think it was after we had eaten dinner I decided to make a batch of cookies.  I cracked the egg into the batter and it was bad….really bad.  I tried to separate the spoiled egg from the rest of the batter, and then threw it all away, but somehow ended up getting myself sick.  It took a few hours until it completely took hold….then my stomach emptied with such violence that I felt like I was in a horror movie.  I ended up getting a fever and staying home from work. 

On the up side, Charley bought me a Panasonic Lumix camera which I have been having fun with.  So, even though there were some blowouts, it was a happy Christmas after all.

In the theatre we had a saying “leave the drama on the stage”…and then there are the people who attract drama….as much as I hate to admit it…I am one of those people.

My usual modus operandi is to stay as calm as possible when the drama breaks out.

Tonight I received a call from my husband that my stepson had been kicked out of the house and was sitting in his mother’s car outside.  Apparently he had found a bag that was full of old coins and also an antique bracelet that was his great-grandmothers…and worth $10,000.  My question is if it’s worth that, what is it doing in a bag with a bunch of old coins?  By the time I got his mother on the phone he was back in the house and hunting for the bracelet.  I told him he better turn that house upside down until he finds it.  Luckily for him, he did. 

I hope it would sink into his head to stop going through other peoples things. 

So, Alex if you are reading this,

STOP FUSSING IN OTHER PEOPLE’S THINGS! 

KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF OR I’LL MAKE YOU SIT ON THEM TILL YOU ARE 18!

 The second piece of drama has to do with the coop I live in.  It has gone through a huge change over the past two years with the coop winning a suit against the sponser which resulted in the sale of many apartments in the building.  The board elections are this week, and I’m running.  The drama is that there is a guy who has served on the board who decided he wanted to challenge the president of our boards position.  WELL…he went far enough to call me and try to recruit me to vote her out and him in as pres if I was elected to the board.  Again, luckily, all involved have decided to come to a compromise as to not rip the coop in half.  Not to mention that the woman who is currently the president of the board is a dear, dear friend who is just one of my favorite people on the earth.

So, the drama seems to have subsided for the moment.  I’m gonna go eat some chocolate chip cookies I just baked.  Cuz, where there is drama, there is comfort food!