It was sunny and in the low 70's all day. Not exactly the stereotypical white Christmas, that's for sure. But it's kind of nice to be able to leave the door thrown open while I'm in the kitchen baking a last minute pie and toasting pecans for the Pink Salad (which, this year, is green).
We had a nice leisurely breakfast at Brians', which we never do anymore since it's usually too crowded with pretty gay boys rehashing the parties and bar crawls from the night before. But this morning we had our choice of booths and were quickly digging into food fit for giants...a chili cheese omelette for Kevin and a stack of gigantic pancakes with peanut butter and honey smeared all over them for me. I can't help but wonder if anyone ever eats all the food on their plates there because we both left half our meals behind.
The rest of the day was uneventful, aside from the pie crust I was wrestling with when I made the apple pie I promised the family for tomorrow. There's very little in this world that will drive me to murderous rage faster than pie crust that refuses to behave because I really hate the idea of serving a pie with a tough pie crust. in the end, it looked pretty and smelled even better so here's hoping it tastes as good as it looks.
In between were phone calls from friends and family, and a nap (of course...what Saturday is complete without a nap?), and then we headed to The Butcher Shop for our First Annual Christmas Eve Date. We've decided to abandon all family on Christmas Eve from now on and go out just the two of us for a nice dinner. We talked about the wedding and complained about the waitress and had a very nice time together.
It's been a nice Christmas season this year. I have good friends and great coworkers and a fantastic year coming up. I have 75 Christmas cards hanging on the wall because I signed up for two card exchange lists and they all make me smile as much as the cards from old friends. There was good news of babies and weddings and husbands home from Iraq, and over the next couple of days there will be good times and laughter with family. There's not much more I could ask for, really.
But the presents will be fun too.
Merry Chrismahanakwanzayule, everyone. May it find you and your loved ones happy and healthy and close to your heart.
We had a nice leisurely breakfast at Brians', which we never do anymore since it's usually too crowded with pretty gay boys rehashing the parties and bar crawls from the night before. But this morning we had our choice of booths and were quickly digging into food fit for giants...a chili cheese omelette for Kevin and a stack of gigantic pancakes with peanut butter and honey smeared all over them for me. I can't help but wonder if anyone ever eats all the food on their plates there because we both left half our meals behind.
The rest of the day was uneventful, aside from the pie crust I was wrestling with when I made the apple pie I promised the family for tomorrow. There's very little in this world that will drive me to murderous rage faster than pie crust that refuses to behave because I really hate the idea of serving a pie with a tough pie crust. in the end, it looked pretty and smelled even better so here's hoping it tastes as good as it looks.
In between were phone calls from friends and family, and a nap (of course...what Saturday is complete without a nap?), and then we headed to The Butcher Shop for our First Annual Christmas Eve Date. We've decided to abandon all family on Christmas Eve from now on and go out just the two of us for a nice dinner. We talked about the wedding and complained about the waitress and had a very nice time together.
It's been a nice Christmas season this year. I have good friends and great coworkers and a fantastic year coming up. I have 75 Christmas cards hanging on the wall because I signed up for two card exchange lists and they all make me smile as much as the cards from old friends. There was good news of babies and weddings and husbands home from Iraq, and over the next couple of days there will be good times and laughter with family. There's not much more I could ask for, really.
But the presents will be fun too.
Merry Chrismahanakwanzayule, everyone. May it find you and your loved ones happy and healthy and close to your heart.
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