Well, considering I was convinced I wasn't getting squat from my mother this year, I ended up with a very nice pair of earrings. Not necessarily a pair I would've chosen for myself, but nice enough and versatile enough that I'll definitely wear them.

She seemed to like her gifts well enough. At least she didn't make outright faces and answer noncommittally when asked what she thought.

This is an improvement over previous years.

We made it through more than 24 hours without mention of my father although she managed to mention every other relative on his side of the family. I'm afraid she's working her way up to it.

I just need to survive until very early Saturday morning.

only odd gift were these naked clay dolls from Thailand. teeny , miniature things. naked.

So who else has to work tomorrow?

I'm closing tonight and tomorrow.

Worked today, working tomorrow. At least today, with the group home empty, the hard part was not actually snoring in case anyone came in.

{{{{{Askye}}}}}

Tomorrow, I have two monsters and some work to do, but no braving the public, thankfully. Greg has to work tomorrow and Saturday.

Nora, I actually quite like the wood/pattern of the cat's body, but the face is a bit too...something. My mother would love your gifts to bits. Maybe it's a generational thing.

My mom sent capes for the children that haven't arrived yet. Greg's parents gave the kids exactly what they wanted, which was very nice.

We've had a mellow day. Nick came last night, was loved on today, and left with a few presents and a lot of leftovers, which he loves. I made a very simple meal; Greg gave me paints, inks, and books about sumi-e; I gave him Tim Burton toys and a D&D book; the kids were spoiled by everyone and ate too much candy, and we had a marathon of Christmas cartoons that ended with a snack at 11 before popping the punkins into bed. It was nice.

I went to eat Indian food and see South Pacific at Lincoln Center. Variation on the usual Chinese food and movie theme. The food and the show were both very good. Actually, the show was really good.

Gronk. Home now. We had a great day with TCG's family. The little girls that have a crush on him were there, and they would not leave him alone today. It was so cute. They saw me first and forget about saying hello. The first words out of their mouths were, ''Where's your boyfriend?''

Kids and I had a good day. Stockings and prezzies in the morning, but at a reasonable hour for once. STBX came over around noon to exchange prezzies with them and share dinner. He left, I napped and then took the kids to a movie. They picked Bedtime Stories which was fun.

Today was really wonderful, but I am majorly full of gronk. And food. Spent all day at the daughter's visiting with the kids. Drank totally too much holiday cheer. Played with dogs (a yorkie, a papillion and a whippet) and petted kitties. My nephew, dad and brother came over in the afternoon for dinner and presents. Some folks played Operation (now with new sounds-barks and farts @@.) Some watched youtube videos of motorcycle racing and jet planes. The rest of us watched bunches of Torchwood (I got both season one and season two, hoot!) I am now ahemming the Doctor Who Christmas special before I finally call it a night. A totally wonderful Christmas! I hope all y'all's been merry and bright, too!