[jyl]

I've been really restrained this holiday. Drank maybe three glasses of wine on Christmas eve, just one beer a day for the week before that. Eating the occasional Christmas cookie but really small portions at dinner. I'm cooking most of the dinners, which means I'm not too interested in eating them (funny how that works for me). Dinner last night was crab, and shellfish is supposed to be a gout flare trigger food for some, but mine started before Mr. Crab went into the pot. Just a mystery, I'm not too upset, figure one significant flare every couple years isn't bad. An inconvenient time for it, though.