...the aftermath of Christmas...the needles falling from the tree, the cookie containers getting lighter, the chocolates picked over. The Christmas coffee is the best, Margaret got me whole bean coffee from a local roaster, gingerbread. It's just a hint of gingerbread, you get the fresh, deep coffee flavor with just a whip of the spices, so absolutely delicious.
This fine morning, I woke up far too early, as Paul got up to go hunting. I hemmed and hawed and tossed and turned, then decided to just get up. Puttering around the house in the dark, turning on all the Christmas lights and seeing the sun rise is not too shabby. The dogs went out, came back in, had some kibble, the kitties got fed, and shh, a wee bit of cream when I made my coffee. They are all here in the living room with me, cuddled up and napping.
Christmas morning, Oscar and Sonja, Evelyn, Camille, Charlotte Claire, Jon and Rosi
I am a bad photographer, Paul made Evelyn a beautiful walnut table, and I didn't get it in the pic. She was so pleased. ( He also made one for Emily, and one for Kathryn.)
Surprise, a new phone!
A nice auntie with cousins Blythe and Jamie
Elise with her cousins Jamie, Blythe, Ruth
With my new mug,
Liberal Tears. :)
And, yesterday we went out and about, Char, Cam, Sonja, and Kathryn...
This fine morning, I'm headed to the pool, then we're going to see the new movie Wicked, even though I don't like the moral character of one of the actresses...stealing another woman's husband when they had a newborn baby...but as my kids pointed out, if you went by moral character in movie stars, you couldn't watch anything. I thought it would be a fun outing to do while Miss Char is home.
In other news, this happened! Evelyn Joy is engaged to Nate! A spring wedding is in the works. Details to follow...
And, have a really good day.
9 comments:
Congrats on the engagement!! Whirlwind wedding season in your family!!
And don’t forget in Wicked the moral character of that same actor in the movie who left his post partum wife. Truly awful story and she seems like a lovely woman- she is a therapist to women who have had medically complicated pregnancies and stillbirths.
But as
Oops published my last comment before it was done- I was going to echo your point that if we only watched movies with actors that follow our own moral code we’d have very little to watch. You can just hope that they learn to follow a better path (look at Justin Bieber for example or Selena Gomez, both were very wild and have now settled down)
Hi Della!
Congratulations to Evelyn and Nate!! How are exciting 🥰 When does Charlotte head back. It was lovely she could come home for Christmas.
We had a lovely Christmas here too and it was +4C 😳 Great for those who had to travel. I’m going to start putting my decorations away on the weekend I think. Get this place tidied up!
Have a wonderful day!! 😊
Marilyn from Canada 🇨🇦
An engagement!! My granddaughter got a ring, too!! I loved all your photos (always) and I liked how you described turning on Christmas lights in the dark and enjoying the sun coming up. Happy weekend!!
Congratulations! So exciting for them and you!
Happy New Year, may the Lord bless you in the coming year!
Valerie
I agree, we would have very little to watch. When I heard that about Ariana though, oh my goodness, the both of them, shameless. Have some self control, okay, you're attracted to someone, but for goodness sakes, we are not animals. Anyway, the movie was pretty good, a little too much singing, but it was enjoyable. I would have honestly liked it a lot more if I hadn't known about that whole disgusting cheating situation.
Char is here until the fifth, and it is wonderful to have her here. You're putting Christmas away? I dread that. The house looks it's best in Christmas attire. I'll leave out a few pine trees and the red furry blankets, at least for a bit...
Oh congrats to your granddaughter! It's very exciting. :)
Thank you, Valerie. Life is full and rich and interesting, and God is good. :)
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