Onion soop hamburger..... Ingredients must be ground beef, 1 package dry onion soop mix and some other stuff. It's really quite good. Say what you want about dry soop mixes but they do have their uses besides soop.....yes, I write soop and not soup.

Well my Christmas day was the worst in our family's history. On one hand it was good to see my two nieces in one room together and catch up on their busy lives but our Christmas evening included slamming doors, screams of "shut up!!", tears, and dinner plates left half uneaten. At one point my Mom and I were the only ones left at the table quietly enjoying our turkey and stuffing. The others were spread all over the house in tears.

As it was we didn't sit down to dinner until 9pm and with all the drama that happened half way through the dinner, we didn't finish dessert until midnight. After dropping Mom off, I got home at 1am and was so wound up that I didn't get to sleep until well after 2am. Clearly it was the worst evening I've ever had with my family. Next year, I think I'll take a page out of my brother's book and fly away to some exotic place for the winter or better yet, maybe I'll take a trip to Pacioma, CA.

So bartenter please slide on down an ice cold beer and one of your burgers. Many thanks.