It's Beginning To Look Alot Like Christmas...

YAY FOR DECORATING DAY!!! What a wonderfully festive day today was! I had Adopt-A-Block in the morning that was short on volunteers (just 3 of us) but was still a really good AAB.
Got home around noon and the Christmas decor came out of the attic!!! Sue and I got busy to work! With Sinatra's Christmas Collection playing in the background we focused on decorating the tree. Random decorations of tinsel, snowmen, reindeer, and nativities came next. A short break for lunch and then we completed the rest of the rooms. After the last snowflake was added to the window we sat down in the living room by the fire to enjoy a cup of coffee over a lovely Christmas film. . .

SOME OF OUR DECORATIONS:

Mini Christmas Tree

Mr. Snowman outside my room

"Urso" (Portuguese for Bear)

Our beautiful Christmas Tree :)

That pretty much sums up my day! Except for the exciting dinner we had. . .


THE STORY OF THE MAGGOTS:
So this is a rather funny but slightly gross story - so if you have a weak stomach prone to queasiness you might want to skip reading the following. Sue and I waited on dinner because we had such a late lunch but by about 6pm we were hungry so she went to make some pasta. It was DELICIOUS! (No exaggeration) Noodles in tomato sauce with pieces of zucchini, yellow pepper, mushrooms, and onions. Now I have become quite fascinated with the art of eating ever since I started watching Master Chef on TV. I can't seem to help it but now whenever I'm eating I try and savor every bite checking for it's blend of flavors and textures. Quite fun actually. Anyways tonight was no different and as I was thoroughly enjoying my meal, and after finishing half of it, I noticed what looked to be a maggot in my bowl of pasta. (Still not completely used to the different types of ingredients out here I was a little hesitant to mention it to Sue thinking it might be something that only resembles the miniature grub.) But no that was definitely a maggot. So I asked Sue; "Ummm are there supposed to be maggots in this?" Now noticing another one hiding behind a mushroom. She looked at me confused and after some discussion that maybe what I was seeing was herbs I picked one out to show her. Sure enough there were maggots in our dinner!!! After later investigating we discovered they were in the bag of pasta (we noticed some in the strainer - because they were the same color as the noodles they were hard to see if you weren't looking for them) I have now taking a careful look through my bowl and discovered about 12 others (in only the uneaten half mind you)! So yes I am certain I have consumed several maggots tonight! Thank you Tescos! Surprisingly I wasn't as sickened as I thought I'd be - however eating pasta again may not happen for some time. Needless to say, neither one of us had much of an appetite after that but managed to have a good laugh. Oh what a memory we both created! So yes this will go down as the night I, Julie Ochterbeck, ate maggots.

Well I wonder what tomorrow holds!
ps Everyone is saying there is to be snowfall but according to every weather station I have yet to hear anything about snow! We shall see. . .

xo
-J