Ho Ho Ho
It’s finally Christmas Eve here. Most of the presents are wrapped. A girl can wrap just so many presents before she poops out… and so, I’ve taken it in steps. The small man thinks the two presents (from relatives) under the tree are the only things he is getting this year. It’s pretty cute to see how hard he is trying to manage his disappointment. He has NO idea! A package arrived via UPS this afternoon and Jack met the delivery man (we were all watching National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Which, has reached cultural Icon status in this household!). Poor Kid, he asked what it was and IZ said, “never you mind” and I squeeled, “presents for Meeeeeeeeeeeee”. Which, was true. But slightly mean. I have my reasons. Most of them are already wrapped and hiding in my prayer closet.
Our Traditional Chocolate Pie is baked. I opted to encourage the sin of gluttony this Christmas and baked two. However, I thought my pie pans were 9″ pans so I made filling for them accordingly… turns out they are only 8″ pans and I had tons of extra filling. So the Pies are a bit overfilled… made topping with meringue an hands on experience. Lots of fun. I don’t think I have much steam left in me to bake anything else. Good thing we like Pie for breakfast around here. However, I suspect I could be enticed to rustle up coffee… if bribed.
Anyhow… now it’s time to just sit back and hang out. Wrap that last gift and light a few candles. (the neighbors are at it again with the Curry Fest… There are not enough candles in the world to drown out that smell!) There apparently isn’t going to be snow this year… but lots of rain instead. Oh well. Things could be worse… my lemon tree won’t mind the warm rain. Evidently, “dreaming of a white Christmas” is going to be far too literal of a sentiment this year.
Well… off I go. Merry Christmas.
