Countdown
Tree trimmed--Check, including the Gentleman Husband's beloved Sputnick.
Car prepped for the Christmas journeyings--Check, including a fresh battery for the flashlight.
Cameras and video cameras charged--Check, not that I will remember to use either of them.
Cookies baked and plated for Visiting Teachees--Check.
Cookies delivered to VTees--Nope, and now they are stale and gross.
Crucial Christmas movies watched--Joyeux Noel, A Muppet's Christmas Carol, and Under the Greenwood Tree so far. Doing good!
Knitted gifts completed--Um, still scrambling there. May be delivering some IOUs tomorrow morning.
Gifts wrapped--Yeah, not so much.
Christmas cards--Nope. Keep an eye out next year, though!
Groceries purchased & laundry done--Check, thanks to furloughed GH who gets to be my handsome house elf for the week.
Bathroom cleaned--Check, thanks to ME, and I feel I possibly deserve a major award for my efforts there. Have had to stop myself from dragging guests back there. "LOOK! The bottom of the tub is WHITE NOW!!"
Slavering over tonight's menu--Ooooh, check. My responsibilities include crab-stuffed mushrooms and the brussels sprouts + bacon from Thanksgiving because I didn't get to eat enough of them then.
Moments where I have felt the Christmas spirit--Check, check, check.
And now here's hoping that we all have several days full of peaceful, Christmas-spirit-feeling moments. Merry Christmas, everyone!
I'm Steph, a librarian and mom of 3 (not sure how that happened). Let's chat books, food, Sumptuous Literary Adaptations, poop, knitting and maybe some crazy Mormon Feminism.
6 comments:
Love the stale VT gifts. This year I re-treated (this is akin to re-gifting). You take a few samples from the incoming goodies and pass them on to your Visiting Teachees. I am normally not so lame, but I didn't feel like baking that day. I am pretty sure Santa is getting re-treated too.
There is nothing wrong with re-treating. I do it. But it's a secret.
Merry Christmas Nemmy! See you in 16 days!!!
Watching Under the Greenwood Tree totally got me in the Christmas spirit too. I loved it even more than the first time I saw it (with you, remember?). Merry Christmas, Miss Nem!
i LOVE the muppet christmas carol! The songs are adorable.
Your link to the brussel sprout recipe was greatly appreciated. You raved about it so much that I made it even though my family and I have never eaten it before. We LOVED it! We've had it several more times and the kids get excited to see we're having them. I would have NEVER thought my kids would like brussel sprouts... so thanks!
Anon, you have just made my day. I can't wait for my DAD to read your comment--he's been resisting me as I try to tell him how great these puppies are!
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