Pre-Christmas

Just a few images from today's visit to my sister's:

  We had a lovely time, can you tell? (Gotta love the "tree" made from vegetables, huh?) Chappy's just exhausted, but in a good way. My niece loved her leg-warmers, and even more loved the ticket to Phantom of the Opera from my parents. My nephew unfortunately was coming down with a cold and so wasn't as high-energy as usual, but he seemed pretty happy, too. (My sister calls him "Mr. Christmas"--he's that kind of enthusiastic--but he spent part of the afternoon napping rather than playing with his presents, so . . . hopefully he'll feel better tomorrow.) The theater tickets are for this coming Saturday, so my sister will be driving my niece down to head into New York with Mom, and then we're going to go get some tea/coffee together, which I'm looking forward to. I pretty much never get to do things just with my sister--there are always other family members around--so just spending some time, the two of us, will be nice, even though she keeps mentioning that she can't stay for long. I'm not sure what, exactly, that means in terms of time, but hey--I'm determined that it will be nice for both of us!

So, not only did we have a good Christmas Eve Day, but look who drove past our very own house tonight? Yep, Santa Claus himself (or, possibly, one of his helpers since the real Santa IS pretty busy this time of year). Every year on Christmas Eve, he drives around town on a fire engine, stopping to say hello and pass out goodies to the kids.

And this year, nobody was freezing cold, either. It was an unusually warm day. About 50 degrees. When I ran Chappy outside for potty breaks today, I didn't even bother putting on a coat! I can't remember the last time THAT happened for Christmas! Unlike, say, the folks in Colorado who are finally digging out of that blizzard. (I wonder if my best friend's brother ever managed to get a flight out?)

Hey, I even got the VCR working again (I hope) after it ate "Sleeping Beauty" last night . . . it appears to be working again but I'm afraid to put a new tape in the machine to see . . . but still . . . phew!

Now, a random couple of things: An article on some rather . . . odd . . . things that are illegal (or legal) in various parts of Britain. Then, this handy link to whether or not it's important to know if your dog is left- or right-pawed (along with some other, earlier links to similar articles).

But now . . . I've got to get to bed. Santa can't come if I'm still awake, you know! (The paradox of trying to force myself to go to sleep on the hardest night to sleep of the year is one of my less-favorite childhood memories of Christmas. I mean, the pressure! If you can't fall asleep and Santa doesn't come, you're basically letting the entire family down by preventing him from stopping by, and yet . . . such excitement, who can sleep?? . . . Although,. Chappy seems to be managing just fine.

Oh, and Bonnie, who I mentioned yesterday, who said she might be getting one of Chappy's much-younger siblings? Apparently she and her son brought home TWO puppies on Friday, both girls, from the same litter. I can only imagine the cuteness . . . Congratulations!!

Comments

[Carol]

A Very Merry Christmas to you and yours! {Chappy} I'm lost in Christmas blur somewhere & had to break from it, so where else would a knitter/blogger go? x

[Deb]

Merry Christmas!!!!!!

[Bonnie Cocuzza]

Chappy you are such a good boy to wait for Grandma before opening your gifts. I hope my girls are as good as you. Today I'm going to post some pics of your half sisters for you to meet. Oh and Chappy I can't thank you enough. If I hadn't met you through your Mommy's Blog, I wouldn't have my wonderful little girls. This was the best Christmas ever for me because of you, Sophie and Sarah. Merry Christmas!

[Kat]

The vegetable tree is awesome.

[JessaLu]

Oh I bet those puppies are unbelievably cute! :o)