When I called our daughter Maria and son-in-law Justin in L. A. to tell them we wouldn't be home for their Christmas visit my daughter said, "I haven't seen Grammy in years. And this would be a great opportunity for the girls to get to know their Great-Grammy! We'll fly out to Grammy's for Christmas!" |
So Tom, Tommy and I set out on the morning of Thursday, December 21 on the 10-hour drive from Columbus to Seaford, stopping at our perennial favorite place along the way for lunch just outside West Virginia ,
As my daughter and son-in-law carried their sleeping children into the house and plopped them into the king-sized bed that they were sharing with me, my daughter whispered to me, “All the girls have been talking about the whole trip is making ginger bread houses. Please tell me you brought the ginger bread houses!”
However, there was, alas, first breakfast to be made,
And by then dinner time had rolled around, so we went to everybody’s favorite Seaford spot,
Among our selections: