Christmas
I've been having a good Christmas so far. I got socks, bath stuff, a new mattress pad that has a heater in it, a new computer mouse, a chronological KJV Bible, a book, some food items, a hair removal tool, a cute T-shirt with an owl on it a plush owl that can be used as a hot compress, and two cute budgie plushes. The budgie plush from Des was Sweet Pea from the secret life of pets. I think Mom and Des must have collaborated some because Mom was going to get me that one, but I got a different one from Mom. I had seen the Sweet Pea plush when I was volunteering at Operation Christmas Child. It was in a box I was inspecting, and I thought it was cute. And now I have one. We had biscuits and gravy and casserole for brunch, and then will have snacks and desserts later. Colby was over with Nick this morning, and he liked the homemade dog biscuits that I gave him for Christmas. He got to rip the tissue paper off the box. He was very interested in Sweet Pea, and he also sniffed out my chocolate covered cherries. I did let him have a couple little pieces of my bacon jerky from my stocking. Nick left around noon and forgot Colby's dog biscuits. They weren't with Nick's stuff because Colby had gotten the box open and got crumbs everywhere. So we had to put them out of Colby's reach.
Yesterday we had Christmas Eve service at church, and Dad fixed ham, roasted, potatoes, roasted brussells sprouts and asparagus and pineapple for Christmas Eve dinner. Nick was over for that too, but he was tired and cranky from jet lag last night. Then Mom and I went out and looked at lights in a nearby neighborhood. We also watched some of the Raleigh Ringers last night before bed.
Most of the goodies I have made are gone. I still have a few caramels and gingerbread cookies left, but I ate the last two truffles today. The divinity I made last Tuesday is completely gone. I think there may be one bite of cashew fudge left, and a few squares of chocolate fudge. There is a lot of peanut brittle left, but I can't eat it. There are still cranberry jellies left too, but I think it's because they got forgotten about since the party we threw for the Caterpillar staff on Dec. 13. I'm going to put them on the plate with the Turkish delight I bought a while ago and held back for today.
I plan on hitting half price Christmas stuff tomorrow. I hope to find some pretty wrapping paper because I ran out of my favorite shiny blue paper. I had bought a roll of shiny green, and we have another roll of shiny green, but if I can find more shiny blue, I'm getting it. Or, I'll get shiny candy cane striped paper if I find it.
Mom and I plan to make a few more sweets for this weekend. We are going to meet Dad's family at Pipestem State Park in West Virginia. It is halfway for us and them, and it is cheaper than Gatlinburg, which is where they wanted to meet us.
Yesterday we had Christmas Eve service at church, and Dad fixed ham, roasted, potatoes, roasted brussells sprouts and asparagus and pineapple for Christmas Eve dinner. Nick was over for that too, but he was tired and cranky from jet lag last night. Then Mom and I went out and looked at lights in a nearby neighborhood. We also watched some of the Raleigh Ringers last night before bed.
Most of the goodies I have made are gone. I still have a few caramels and gingerbread cookies left, but I ate the last two truffles today. The divinity I made last Tuesday is completely gone. I think there may be one bite of cashew fudge left, and a few squares of chocolate fudge. There is a lot of peanut brittle left, but I can't eat it. There are still cranberry jellies left too, but I think it's because they got forgotten about since the party we threw for the Caterpillar staff on Dec. 13. I'm going to put them on the plate with the Turkish delight I bought a while ago and held back for today.
I plan on hitting half price Christmas stuff tomorrow. I hope to find some pretty wrapping paper because I ran out of my favorite shiny blue paper. I had bought a roll of shiny green, and we have another roll of shiny green, but if I can find more shiny blue, I'm getting it. Or, I'll get shiny candy cane striped paper if I find it.
Mom and I plan to make a few more sweets for this weekend. We are going to meet Dad's family at Pipestem State Park in West Virginia. It is halfway for us and them, and it is cheaper than Gatlinburg, which is where they wanted to meet us.