I had a wonderful day. The last movie of the day, I Django Unchained, Was great fun and Christopher Waltz was INCREDIBLE. I have to be at work tomorrow morning, so now I try to sleep.

Better living through chemistry indeed.

Zombie (cupcake) girls are the best!

I keep waiting to hear my mom make some horrible remark about FSIL when she's not here, but instead she keeps saying nice things about her.

Perhaps, once it seemed inevitable, your mom decided to accept / deal with / think of / consider your FSiL as a person. And one who seems (to me) to be a really lovely, fitting match for your brother. I see this as growth. Or an alien takeover. But whichever, it's a nice thing to read.

Oh, I hope to wake unGrinchified tomorrow. Christmas ended up overall good but it drains me on the best of years and this wasn't. Still, Dad was there and had a pretty good day. So we had this Christmas as a family. That makes all the stress to me worth it.

I might bitch about my family, but they are family.

Hilariously I finally am at my own home Christmas night and I could have watched the Dr Who special. For once. But it is dvr'd because (step)Mom texted and said to watch Leverage. Which I did. And it was a good call. Cause, you know, it's family.

As are you guys.

I can watch the Doctor tomorrow. I'd say I could sleep in but I have two huge pots of stock going. I need to at least deal with those. Then maybe sleep more.

Today I'll be (I hope) flying out of Flint, MI, in a blizzard. I'll land in Atlanta in 20+MPH winds, take off in them again, and land at Raleigh-Durham right after the massive, tornado spawning storms pass.

I see no way this could go wrong.

Eep, Calli. The weather along the route is indeed frightful.

Perhaps, once it seemed inevitable, your mom decided to accept / deal with / think of / consider your FSiL as a person. And one who seems (to me) to be a really lovely, fitting match for your brother. I see this as growth. Or an alien takeover. But whichever, it's a nice thing to read.

I think this sounds right. It would not surprise me if mother forgets/denies ever objecting. Whatever the reason I am sure the stress on the happy couple is drastically diminished, so a big yay!

I need to get to work, but still in recovery mode. Lots of good people, good food, good times, but whiped out now.

Travel~ma, Calli!!!

Cass, I'm glad you made it through okay and can recognize the good in the day.

Pix, wishing you smooth travels and a relaxed back.

We had a nice, lazy brunch and are now motivating to go see the Hobbit in 2D, then popping into REI. I don't have an REI near me, I'm hoping to score some Keens on sale.

Calli, good luck getting home.

P-C, whatever the reason (alien takeover is certainly a possibility) I'm glad for the outcome.

Cass, I'm glad your family Christmas was worth it, despite the stress.

smonster, are you coming here (my house) after Zog's?

I had hoped to see the Hobbit in 2D today, but the weather has given the wimp in me a pass.

So, FILING! That's my big plan. And some closet cleaning.

Believe it or not, it will be quite a recreational day for me.

Yay for the Poltermom holiday miracle! Boo to annoying family and adjuncts, including mine.

I'm in Nashville, because my college roommate, Linda, called out of the blue to volunteer to take a rather extreme detour on her route from Dallas to Clarksville, Tenn., where her daughter is spending Christmas with her inlaws. We talked nonstop from Atlanta here.

As has been traditional for years, my bff joined my mother, sister and I for Christmas Eve dinner. She and I were talking at our usual rate, and my mother and sister moved to another room and then threw a fit because we weren't talking to them and were talking about things they didn't understand, like sf television and books. Sigh. I wish I could walk out on Mom's repetitions of things she thinks people did to her 50 years ago.

We'll head back to Atlanta tomorrow and Linda will drive back to Dallas the next day. I hope the weird weather that way doesn't come back to bite her.

Happiest of boxing day or celebratory occasion of your choice to all of you. I miss you when I can only check in irregularly because my mother keeps complaining that I'm attached to me computer.

My best to the family of my heart.

I'm glad to hear that you had good company for the trip, Ginger.

My son called me to mention that he noticed the huge pan of noodle pudding that I was going to bake yesterday for the crowd, but totally forgot existed. Ooops. He is baking it now and I may still distribute it to family and friends because really huge pan. Maybe the office gets some too.

Thanks, all. The snow's falling pretty heavily at my sister's, but Flint isn't getting hit as hard so far. I love visiting my sister and her family, but I do have stuff I'd like to get back to in NC, if possible.