I love the glow that comes after the whole family arrives, the gifts are opened and the wrappings cleared away. I sit with a cup of coffee and my feet propped up and listen to the chatter of my children while Christmas music plays in the background. On this particular Christmas day we watched Jim Carrey dressed in green fur create havoc on the poor people of Whoville, for the umpteenth time. It's really hard on me because through the whole movie I wish that once in my life I'd had a figure like Christine Baranski's. I can say for certain that it is just as wonderful when it all takes place on Christmas Eve to accommodate work schedules.
On Christmas day around noon we packed all non-working family members off to SIL's parents home to continue the gift giving, eating, singing, and regular old fashioned cheer spreading! By late afternoon I was so tired I could hardly keep my eyes open so we headed home for a light supper and yet another Christmas movie on TV, while I did some knitting. It doesn't get any better.
The knitting is coming along but I gave up on the Pi shawl and went back to the last sleeve on the white cotton sweater with lace edging. The Pi shawl is sleeping in the basket until further motivation. I decided that I am so close to finishing the sweater that I can realistically expect to wear it this winter so what I really need is a cowl to go with it.
sipping this...
watching this...
Life is good.
