Night Deena! Have a great day tomorrow.

Oh, awesome! You are a good auntie. I need to collect that show some day.

Nicole got it for me. She Rawks!

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brownies in the oven - and Santa is in florida - accding to Norad

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now here are some different trees

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Being assured that it's on a truck and out for delivery when it's clearly not being delivered is just rude.

Bastards! You gotta love the good, honest customer service, don'cha?

I might do some more baking after the festivities tonight with Dave's help.

Oh! The peanut butter brownies are my favorite. Of course, I've only ever tried your pb brownies (so far) so maybe it's best if you send me an assortment. /greedy

DH and I took a long walk in the city and just talked.

This sounds lovely, Beth. I'm glad you both were able to just spend some quality time together.

All my stuff is in one place, and it's the same place I am! Yay!

Yay -t!!!

They were actually pretty helpful, and are now tucked up in bed.

Dude! I guess Christmas came a little early in Deena world. What a lovely gift.

They were singing manamana all throughout diinner, and made me promise that we could watch more of them tomorrow.

Awww! Do you know yet if the Vincent Price ep is on the dvds? I loved that one.

In me news - spent a good part of the afternoon and evening at a friend's house. We wrapped presents for her two kids and then made a large dinner for us, the kids, her DH, and her visiting father and brother. Very low-key, very relaxing, lots of beer drinking and garage smoke breaks.

eta: Oh, and also football. Go Broncos!

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Got Yugoslavian Christmas cookies baking and as soon as they come out of the oven, I'ma going to bed. I overbeat the meringue topping, so I'm kinda curious to see how they turn out. Tomorrow I need to get up failry early so I can get the pork roast in the crock pot. Once that's done, finish cleaning the living room and making individual gingerbread loaves. By then, everyone should be over who's coming over and the merriment can commence!

My daughter and I opened a Christmas Eve gift each. Hers was a nubbly green/purple/black plaid purse with a black handle (very important as her coat is black and she was dissatisfied with her recent purchase of a purse with a brown handle.) Mine was a new travel coffee cup with a totally closable opening so it can't spill at all. Wonderful! It's nice to know that gifts are well chosen.

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I spent portions of this evening listening to a George Winston cd that Dan gave me, and him reading a Laurence Housman Christmas story (that I started reading to him but with this cold couldn't finish), and sipping a hot toddy. Dan had a hot toddy, too. I'm corrupting him for Christmas, apparently. Good thing that he liked it, as my plans to shop for a present for him got derailed on Friday by him walking through the door before noon.

He strung lights all over the house while I was gone. It looks lovely.

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I'm now in my San Diego dive bar. Best part of Christmas. Some years the only good part of Christmas.

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Is the usual crew there this year?

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t waving

Not in verichat?

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I never reauthorized Verichat. I need to do that.

If by The Usual crew you mean me, the woman working the bar, and two other strangers, then yes. They are here. Yo, ho, ho and a virgin birth.

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