Unusual Christmas
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. Ours was snowy, which was a nice change from recent years. It felt more like the Decembers of my childhood than the wimpy winters we've been having lately.
Also, I had the opportunity to snuggle a lot with this charming cat, Bo.
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Bo is my sister's cat. Her two cats live with her boyfriend in Minneapolis while she's going to grad school in Boston. The cats spent the Christmas holiday at my parents' house, though, because the boyfriend was out of town. The other cat, Elliott, was too timid to come out from under the couch.
I had a good Christmas despite several things being out of whack (my mom wrote a nice post on Pink Argyle about one of the major reasons Christmas was out of whack this year). Like my mom says, the important thing is spending time with family. And I guess one nice thing about having a weird Christmas is that we get to have another Christmas when my sister's in town next weekend. We're going to try mulling wine, something none of us have ever done before. It should be an adventure. I'm not very adventurous when it comes to Christmas (I get pretty stuck on our traditions, to tell you the truth) but I think it's good to be shaken out of my routine sometimes. I hope 2008 is a year of being shaken out of my routine... in a good way.
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A belated Merry Christmas to one and all!
(If I had my own blog, you'd see a link to rant about a tv ad selling buttons that read "It's Okay To Say Merry Christmas To Me". I'm not kidding. It was a real commercial. There's also a local car dealership's radio spot with Sant himself saying Happy Holidays. Local blog readers would know the ads as Denny Hecker's)
Anyway, we hosted Christmas lunch, adding the center leaf to our table to fit 8. I was happy to see we could fit more than that into our home without being crowded if we needed.
Afterwards we headed to my brother-in-laws for dinner where we rediscovered a scalloped corn dish that we're going to get the recipe for this time, and I discovered the wonders of white chocolate almond bark with Craisins and pistachios. I'm always pleasantly surpirsed when something so simple tastes so good. Since I was the only one out of 14 to try a piece, I went home with the tin. Score!
The cats bought us a dartboard. I took it as a hint they want us throwing things at it instead of them.
Posted by: Mike | 9:19PM, 12.26.07
Spellcheck is my friend. The above should read Santa, not Sant. It's December 26th, and I've got a headstart on the naughty list.
Posted by: Mike | 9:21PM, 12.26.07
*raises Guinness*
Here's to shaking routines.
Posted by: Wil | 2:09AM, 12.28.07
Mike: as usual, you are funny. Glad to hear your Christmas gathering went well!
Wil: Do I have to drink Guinness?
Posted by: andrea | 3:33PM, 12.28.07