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         The life and times of Mark and Paula Persons

Sunday, December 12, 2010: Paula was in the Great Room with kids from the neighborhood who stopped in briefly.  She gave them the story about some of the ornaments on the Christmas tree.

Because the weather had been cold (-10 degrees overnight with a -25 degree wind-chill), Chef Paula was in the Galley preparing her famous low-cal vegetable soup from scratch.     

Soup always tastes great when accompanied by Swedish Rye Bread from Ingebretsen's in Minneapolis.  With a slightly sweet taste, it keeps you going back for more. 

On the table, the soup was terrific.  It had cabbage, carrots, onions, celery, a tomato base, and turkey left-over from Thanksgiving.  With the rye bread and Wisconsin cheese, it hit the spot.        

Who could end a meal like that without ice cream?  This one has chocolate and was served in a Christmas mug. 

Monday, December 13, 2010:  The morning temperature was 17 degrees below zero with a 25 below wind chill.  The high temperature predicted this day was around zero degrees.