I had big big plans for Christmas Eve. If you go back and read my post from a couple of days ago, you will get a pretty good idea of how the day was supposed to go. Unfortunately, we all know what happens to the best laid plans of mice and men.
I woke up at 4:45 on Christmas Eve not feeling the greatest, but I had to get the brisket on the grill that I had prepared a couple of days before. I trimmed a lot of the excess fat off it and then I liberally applied some rub to it.
I went outside to get the grill started and as I was standing over the grill with the smoke blowing in my face, I immediately felt nauseous. I stepped over to the side of the house and dry heaved a little. Feeling better, I went back to work.
I got the brisket on and had the good old Weber Kettle cranking along at about 250 degrees F for the next six hours or so.
I came inside and sat on the couch, but I wasn't able to get warm. A short time later, I found myself in the bathroom throwing up. And that's pretty much how the rest of my day went. 
Then while she went to spend our traditional Christmas evening with her family, I spent the rest of the day between bed and the bathroom.
Christmas morning we typically go to her parents for brunch, but worried that I might still be contagious, I once again sat home alone. Definitely not my idea of a perfect Christmas.
Needless to say, I am pretty spent. My body aches from all the muscles I didn't know I had throwing up, I'm doing my best to stay hydrated and keep food down.
She said everyone raved about the brisket, so there is that I guess...
Since it's Friday, I wanted to share some more silver that I picked up earlier this year when the price was closer to $50, not $70 where it sits right now. Oh, by the way, my nephew was pretty happy with the two pieces I gave him for Christmas, and he made out relatively good given the current value of those items!
I had yet to add a Britannia piece to my collection, so I was really excited to grab this one from APMEX back in November or whenever it was I bought it. It's really pretty and I think it has a truly timeless motif.
I still have a few more silver pieces I am going to share with you in the future, and then that will conclude all of my allocations for the year. Hopefully by the time I am ready to buy next year the price will have come down a little bit. Or it doesn't and I sell instead of buying next year...
It's safe to say this is a very untraditional Christmas for me this year. The three big events that I look forward to all year (Christmas Eve, Christmas Brunch, and Christmas Dinner) look like they are probably going to happen without me. All I can do is just rest up and get ready for 2026. After the way 2025 went, I think it is safe to say that we have no clue what 2026 has in store for us!
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