Two afternoon's worth of cooking are finished and two dozen Puerto Rican pork empanadillas were handed over to the ex this evening. Filling made yesterday, dough and made into meat pies today. They are good (we each ate a couple in the process). That was the biggest cooking project for the holidays, and doing it now means our family event on Tuesday will be easier, just the meals for that day and nothing else.

Thunderstorms overnight and lightning in the distance tonight - this is more fall than winter weather. Driving around this morning was in pouring rain; the sun came out this afternoon. It was clear this evening when I went out to feed cats dinner. On the way there most stores were closed but a Family Dollar was open and I was able to get five pounds of flour. Good save - I ran out this afternoon and need it for our pancakes (or maybe cinnamon rolls) for our holiday breakfast.