Happy Sunday! Can you believe Christmas is this week?? I'm in good shape - gifts all bought and wrapped, stockings ready, cards mailed, food well under way. Still, I feel like I have so much to do yet. And we haven't done one single Christmas-y thing around town all month. A local theater is showing The Muppets Christmas Carol tomorrow - maybe we'll head down to that.
Despite the lack of reviews all month, I have been reading (ok, more like listening) to books and I'm going to get some quick mini-reviews written so that I'm all caught up that way before the end of the year. Hoping that the desire to hibernate, that always hits me in January, will get me in the mood to actually pick up books more again.
Last Week I:
Listened To: In what has become my recent pattern, I didn't get finished listening to Hidden Valley Road before it was returned so I have several weeks to wait until I can get back to that one. In the meantime, I'm listening to Meg Mason's Sorrow and Bliss and really liking it. Up next is William Faulkner's The Sound and The Fury, which, despite having read a lot of Faulkner in the past and owning a copy, I have never read.
Watched: Lots of volleyball, lots of football, some Christmas shows.
Read: A Rosie Life In Italy: Move to Italy, Buy A Rundown Villa, What Could Go Wrong? by Rosie Melody. As you can imagine, a lot went wrong, including Covid.
Made: I feel like we've eaten out or eaten leftovers almost every night this week. My only real "making" is in preparation for Christmas: mints, homemade ice cream, dip, soup.
Enjoyed: The Big Guy's nephew from California was in town so Mini-him, Miss C, BG and I went in to Lincoln to see him, along with BG's siblings and their spouses, and a great-niece. Lots of fun, perhaps one too many cocktails.
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| Anyone else's tree topper past it's prime but the hubby won't part with it? |
Planning: On finishing up food prep for this week today and frosting cookies tomorrow. As prepared as I am this year, my to-do list is still long. Hoping to knock most of it out today so tomorrow can be all about relaxing, reading, watching a holiday movie, and listening to carols.
I'd say stay in my pajamas all day, but, let's me honest, I did that yesterday and I'm only putting clothes on now to go pick up the last of the groceries I need.
Thinking About: That thing I've forgotten. There's always something! At Thanksgiving, it was the ham - we were one hour from dinner time and I realized I hadn't gotten the ham into the oven yet.
Feeling: As excited as I am to have the kids here, I'm a little blue that we hardly ever get to be all together for Christmas any more. And feeling a little nostalgic - my mom's been gone for almost four years, but it still feels so strange not to be headed to my parents' house to be with the whole family.
Looking forward to: Miss H arrives tomorrow evening and we have her for a couple of days; Mini-him and Miss C will get to spend all day with us on Christmas Eve as her family will celebrate on Christmas Day.
Question of the week: How are you holding up through the chaos that is this season?
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