Cooking for Christmas dinner: meatballs and eggs for the timpano, mushrooms and onions for the portobello Wellington.

Sitting down to Star Wars with Meghan and the dude.

Starting to plan the Christmas portobello Wellington and the Christmas timpano.

Meghan’s family’s Christmas dinner at Tom and Mary’s.

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I think last night was my first real experience with insomnia. Do not like.

Solved the “what do I do with this leftover Mornay sauce?” problem by putting it on roasted cauliflower.

Today’s kitchen victory: croques madames. Mom came over.

Lunch with Meghan and Amy at Café Turko.

I’ve now gotten hit with a second cold bad enough to keep me home from work, which is basically unprecedented.

This morning’s kitchen victory: crêpes de blé noir, with jambon, gruyere, and eggs.

Yesterday’s kitchen victory: bouillabaisse Marseillaise. Mom came over.

The kids and I bussed to and from sushi.

Each Christmas season, your score is the number of days after Thanksgiving before you get earwormed by “•••••••••••••••••••••••” by ••••••••••••••; if you make it through Christmas, you score 50. My score this year is 5.

Got tickets for Star Wars. The Majestic Bay Theatre has reserved seating now!