Christmas Morning News of Incoming New Member of the Slotemaker/Jones/Weston Clan Along with Lasagna and a Potato Chipper

An unexpected Christmas present, from my sister Jackie, arrived on my phone, real early, this 2024 Christmas morning.

That which arrived on my phone included the above photo, with the following explanatory text...

"Ho Ho Ho Marry Christmas! We just found out Cade will have a sibling next Christmas! Due the first of August!"

A new addition to the Slotemaker/Jones/ Weston Clan to look forward to in 2025!

That would be my nephew Christopher, holding his first born, Cade, whilst also holding what looks to be ultrasound images.

No mention was made whether or not the ultrasound images revealed if Cade is going to have a baby brother, or a baby sister.

Also, this Christmas morning, an envelope was opened which arrived in my mailbox several days ago, with instructions that it was not to be opened until Christmas.

I always do what I am told, so, this morning I opened the envelope and found a Christmas card, along with a Christmas stocking, which, as you can see, via the below photo documentation, that I have added to my Christmas decorations, which previously consisted only of the red stocking with a bell on the toe, sitting atop a camel.

I was surprised to find the Christmas stocking was filled with crisply folded pieces of paper of the sort one uses to buy stuff.

There were a few packages, wrapped colorfully, sitting on the floor under my Christmas Camel Stockings. Upon opening one of those packages I found an item, from TEMU, made in China, called a Potato Chipper.

That is the Potato Chipper you see above. I will be pleasantly surprised if this Potato Chipper works well in the vegetable chopping department. 

If the Potato Chipper does work well, it would have come in handy yesterday, when I made a big pan of Lasagna, which is currently in the oven, getting baked.

In the past year I bought and broke, from Amazon, two vegetable choppers. 

Under the Camel I found another wrapped up item I like a lot. A sweater type garment in my gray signature color.

So, that is my Christmas so far, today. Soon my Christmas buffet will open, with that aforementioned Lasagna, and other stuff, including French Beans sauteed in butter.

And peach pie.

I made a page break after butter because it read like I was sautéing French Beans in butter and peach pie.

Anyway, I hope one and all are having as Merry a Christmas as I am on this bleak cloud covered cold gray Texas day in December...