The Senior Tang Tradition is Broken

This would have been the first Christmas we would be on our own. Who could imagine that Dad would spend Christmas on his own. You just never know what might be around the corner. This is what we had planned for the Christmas dinner on December 24th. Rather than having turkey and ham, we had lamb chops and scallops wrapped in bacon strips with the "usual" trimmings.

Would you like to join us?

This is a close up of one of the plates. Why do I have to eat Brussel sprouts? It is........

We ran out of salad dressing. I had to use mom's favorate Zesty Italian.

The lamb chops and wrapped scallops weren't too bad at all.

To top it all, I baked my favorite apple pie that mom made for me.

The smile on the face said it all. I was very happy with the way the pie turned out.

Apple pie without ice cream is a "sin". I was sinless at least for a little while.

Yumm......y dessert.

A Very Nice Tribute to Amy S. P. Tang

I receive a sympathy card from the Frish Family. Sister Frish must have written the card. This is not an ordinary card I have ever received. In a few words, she depicted some of Mom's life services. This is the front and middle of the card. Just in case you couldn't see what is written, I will write it out for you.


"The song, "Scatter Sunshine" comes to mind when thinking of Sister Tang. That's how she lived life - scattering sunshine all along her way. Frequently we would hear, "she took me to the temple, she taught me about Jesus, she drove me to the store, she had me over for dinner, she washed my windows," and on and on. Her kind words and deeds will ever be missed. Love, Joe, Tish and Zach

Before and After

In oder to maximize my time these days, I thought of a creative way to multi-task when Michelle called shortly before Christmas, I used my toque to hold the cell phone down while cooking dinner at the same time. Not bad, uh!!

Santa recognized my need and put a wireless blue tooth for my cell phone in my stocking. Thank you, Santa, you are kind. Now, I can do many things at the same time.

In preparation for Christmas

Christmas Cheer

It was great to have Annie and Nancy here for Mom's Memorial Service on November the 29th (Saturday). I am grateful that they could come to give me their support. Annie left on Monday. After we took her to the airport, Nancy decided to set up the creche we made as a family in a family home evening activity 20+ years ago and the Chrstmas tree. If she wasn't here, I wouldn't have bothered. Thanks to her, the setting brings Christmas cheer to my life. And most importantly, it reminds me the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ some two thousand years ago who brought salvation to mankind.

Our hand made Creche we created some 20+ years ago in Edmonton, Alberta. Now it is deplayed in Bangor, Maine.

Dear Nancy, she insisted that we should set up the tree.

She sure had fun decorating the tree. We decided to put the bows back on this year in remembrance of mom. She made them

This is part of the Tang tradition. Dad always put the star on top of the tree - a final touch.

Merry Christmas to all and a good night. Santa will be here soon. I better go to ged. Otherwise, I won't get any presents.