- I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas
- Know that not all are spectacular and that not all folks like the holidays
- But I do, assembling as much of the family as we can and making the dishes we always make marks the years for me
- With the poignancy that brings
- High point was seeing Miss Heidi fast asleep in a fluffy eyeshade
- I will remember that
- I will forget the part where the new dog decided to mark the corners of an unfamiliar room by lifting his leg
- Back to high points
- My formerly cynical youngest son had decorated lit candles around the place and a fridge full of drinks when we arrived
- Candles
- My son
- My husband had an idea of filming us all inside the house with a drone
- We put a stop to that plan
- Note to new couples
- Pay close attention to your first Christmas menus
- Once the kids get used to it you are making the same thing year after year
- I made mistake with a little number called Potatoes Romanoff
- Sour cream, potatoes, cheese casserole etc.
- Fine dining for sure
- Everyone still wants it but modern eaters just pick at it
- Heaven forbid that it isn't on the table though
- Now onto New Year's
- Sister and brother-in-law here for the week
- Dinner and a movie
- Men want documentaries
- Not often I am speechless
- Thinking about sewn items I wore most this year
- Turns out my own eyeshade
- Highly recommend for deep sleeping
- Heidi gets this
- Also a frumpy polar fleece sweater thing with good pockets
- Wore it about 10,000 times more often than my careful blazer
- Note to self
- Remember you have an ordinary life
- Had the neighbours in
- Man across the street won the lotto and quit work years ago
- Full time job now is monitoring the street
- Most informative guest
- Picks things up when he dog sits and snow shovels
- Takes out my garbage when my husband travels
- Won the lotto and takes out my garbage
- Not the only one around here who feels the pull of the ordinary life I guess
- Good neighbours are good things
- Did some baking before my company arrived
- Then ate it all before they did
- This is actually true
- No shortage of new year's resolutions to make around here
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