Whee! Yay auntie!

congrates Askye! and to your brother and his wife!

happy happy and merry merry to everyone today!

Merry Christmas all!

Yay Auntie Ali!

Longer days are a good thing. Bring 'em on.

14-15 or something expected for dinner. My house is still a disaster. One of these years I will be ready in time. The dust bunnies may not be gone before the crowd arrives, but the food is yummy. I'm drinking wine before I start on cleaning the dining room.

I actually got to sleep in the morning. Incredible. But then CJ couldn't stand it anymore.

So, prezzies have been opened, Christmas breakfast has been consumed. The living room is still a disaster zone of boxes and wrapping paper and goodies everywhere. Electronic gear is charging at outlets throughout the house. K-But got her own digital camera. CJ got a portable DVD player.

The cat got a laser pointer - or I should say we got a laser pointer with which to torture the cat. Torture has commenced to much hilarity.

Xmas lunch was consumed. I'm going to be making something cobbled together for dinner.

Mom, Dad, andI got to tell everyone at the family dinner about the newest family member. There were some mixed reactions since my brother & FSIL aren't married yet.But they'll be married on the 6th and if they'd gone by their original plan they'd have been married in the summer.

Now I'm looking through baby stuff at Etsy and baby websites. Thinking about all the ways that I'm going to spoil the new sprog.

Mom's a little worried about them flying to Hawaii for their wedding and honey moon and then some traveling they will be doing for their business. But I'm sure they will be fine. The other worry is that since they both are self employed they don't have insurance, but they've already looked at the options and are applying for various things.

I've been dancing around all excited.

We just got back from seeing Sweeney Todd. My mother thought I laughed at the wrong times. I'm pondering wearing Mrs. Lovett hair to dinner -- if I do, my sister will probably pretend she doesn't know me. (My hair is being extra-frizzy today. I figure, might as well work with it.)

Merry Christmas!

It is snowing RIGHT NOW (AIFG) in Seattle and it's sticking. It's not meant to stick. We're supposed to be traveling 10 miles to a friends' house for Christmas dinner.

Blimey.

I think this is my first White Christmas.

Hey Pete. Sorry to have to be driving in the snow. I'm waiting until this evening and then I'll be doing the fun traffic filled drive back to Los Angeles.

We have no snow here, except for the grey stuff that's still on the ground from a few weeks ago.

Also, I have achieved Mrs. Lovett hair. Sort of. I can't find the right sort of clips to make it do exactly what I'm trying to make it do.

Gifts have been opened. Dinner will be at 3. Calls to various relatives are done. Merry Christmas all!