Family news

We had Noche Buena, and we went to church Christmas afternoon only to find that since there had been midnight mass, the English 4pm service had been cancaled. Oh well.

Lots of people came for their gifts: mainly local kids. I gave the cook 700 pesos in 5 peso coins and it lasted an hour. Then we locked the door and only gave (larger amounts) to actual friends, relatives and employees kids.

Kuya cooked a gourmet supper for us, and then we watched an old Peter Falk Christmas move (Hallmark or lifetime) that I found on youtube.😊

So we had a nice but quiet Christmas.

There is a typhoon in the Visayas: Joy reports their home there is under water and some houses lost their roofs. The rain hit us last night, quite heavy, but no wind. Today the sun is out.

Our dog Baby is ready to deliver, and is making a nest under the front steps, so I locked her in last night. However, this morning I opened the door and she disappeared.  If she doesn't come for food we'll search for her later today.

Ruby is at her aunt's house in the USA for Christmas; spending Christmas with her cousins.

Alas, her aunt is not there (she is with her husband, an air ambulance pilot on call for Christmas, and will be having Christmas with him and her mom who lives in the area and has been too sick to leave home).

My son stayed home for Christmas (he usually visits family in Colombia) because he now owns a home, and his wife's family is visiting from Mexico and California for the holidays.