A Very Merry Christmas

It is just hours before our celebrations start !!  We are all almost ready ! I'm the only one who still has to do a bit of baking to call it done !

The past few weeks I have been busy knitting infinity scarves and cowls. I had tried arm kniting which is the newest fad here, but it was to hard on my wrists.I'm hoping to finish the 14th today. Everyone in the family is also getting hooded fleece ponchos for camping. After they've put them on, they'll let me know where they want pockeets and whether they want them on the inside or outside , or both.

ED and I had a day out on Monday. We picked up a few more gifts and had a lovely lunch.  This morning we headed out early to pick up the fresh fruit and veggies and were done and dustd in 90p minutes. Superstore had beautiful poinsettias for $2 so I bought to for ED to decorate her home.

Tonight we're having a buffet style meal with deli meats, cheeses, salads, fresh veggies and Italian buns. A few  snack type foods and olives and pickles will be put out to munch on. There might also be some asparagus  bundles  wrapped in baccon depending on how ambitious I am. Board  and or wii games will be played, the Santa gifts will be bundled off to ED's house and we'll hit the hay. Morning will come early with a 4 year old !

Breakfast will be simple. Bacon and eggs with toast and coffee. ES has to go to work at 2pm but we wil still eat around  5 or so. Turkey, stuffing balls, turnip[ rutabaga], fresh green beans, salad, crudite, mashed potatoes, olives and pickles. Dessert will be ice cream with the fruit liqueurs w made in 2013 ! Homemade dark fruit, cookies and squares. We have lots of snacky time things as well as baked goat cheese on baquette rounds. Eggnog, Prosecco and white wine will finish it out. Hmm, maybe some rum in there with the eggnog !

Yesterdy ED finally got the dog she has been adopting. Marley is an 8 month old terrier mix who is house trained and kennel trained. She has alived in a condo with a couple and an older dog. Big changes for her !  Should be fun !

Since last year  this time, when we were all on pins and needles wondering if the egg donor  was going to return to have time with YGS at Christmas to this year - a more relaxed atmosphere focusing on the season and the joy and the hope.