I'm glad you're feeling better, Cash.
We got an unexpected inch of snow here tonight. It looks lovely. In about 10 minutes well be heading out to see Les Mis.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Dec 24, 2012 3:51:27 pm PST #5535 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Liese S. - Dec 24, 2012 3:54:41 pm PST #5536 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It's snowing here too!
Glad to hear it, Cash.
DavidS - Dec 24, 2012 4:10:52 pm PST #5537 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Guess who can't listen to Christmas music tonight? Me!
At EM's house. She got rid of her CD player when she got her iPod, and then her iPod died. She's getting a new one from Emmett tomorrow (which I loaded with Christmas music) but she won't get it until tomorrow.
We've already watched Elf and nibbled our way through an antipasti tray. Dinner in a couple. Matilda's wound up, Emmett's head first into electronics and JZ's hiding in a book.
Beverly - Dec 24, 2012 4:12:57 pm PST #5538 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
We've misplaced a box of ornaminks: the stuffed calico ones I made, one of H's velvet beaded ones, the flocked paper tin soldier, angel, and gnome on skis from the Christkindl's Markt in Nurnberg, the Santa hats for Dougal and Truman bears, and most woeful of all, the candle clips. I have the candles, but they're fruitless without the clips. (No fruit for Bev).
Still, everything's done, the teevee is pretending it's a fireplace, and the local fire department just drove slowly down the street serenading us with Vaughn Monroe and Bing Crosby carols over the PA--cheesy as hell, but I have to admit it's charming, too. I'm about to succumb to Christmas schmoop, oh noes. I'm still winning on LDB, though. If I get to midnight, what do I win?
Merry Christmas Eve, everybody!
DavidS - Dec 24, 2012 4:17:03 pm PST #5539 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hey Bev, I found the Santa hats for Dougal and Truman bears.
sarameg - Dec 24, 2012 4:18:56 pm PST #5540 of 30001
My eldest has also been head first into electronics, as today is his bday, so he got a new ds3d and Starcraft. Parents just departed back to the hotel, we're watching A Charlie Brown Xmas and younger nephew is cuddling with mom. Soon they need to go to bed so we can wrap all the "Santa" presents(my sil's thing, but she's off her game this year.) And I thought I was done!
Liese S. - Dec 24, 2012 4:19:57 pm PST #5541 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Aww, that sounds great, Bev. Schmoop away!
Connie Neil - Dec 24, 2012 4:31:21 pm PST #5542 of 30001
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Just bought tickets for The Hobbit for tomorrow. Yay, Peter Jackson Christmas tradition! Without bonus heart attack!
shrift - Dec 24, 2012 4:54:38 pm PST #5543 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
My mom has been sick with a cold, so today I ended up making the chocolate goodies and appetizers, and the traditional family holiday meal that has been passed on for enough generations that we don't know its original name. I also did all the clean up. I'm super tired, but at least it gave me a pass on playing hide and go seek.
Scrappy - Dec 24, 2012 5:10:45 pm PST #5544 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Our friend Ed, who spends Xmas with us each year, just arrived from NYC. Yay! We have delicious white chili in the crockpot. We are opening presents tonight, since tomorrow is our Movie Day (I'm sure I've mentioned that we work up a schedule of movies and meals for the day each year and invite friends to join us for any or all of them). Only three this year, as they are all so damn LONG.
Ed and Jason are sitting out in the backyard, smoking cigars and comparing iPad apps. They've been friends for 30 years and I love that we get to share the holidays with him.