day

Woke this morning, after finally getting some decent sleep, to the task of baking biscuits and making coffee.

For breakfast, we had cold ham with biscuits, honey I bought in Michigan the last time I was there, and left over cranberries.

Dave remarked that this was his 5th year enjoying my life long, generations long traditions. He loves that salty pig!!

I think he's pretty happy about that!

We bought ourselves that exercise equipment as our gift to each other, but then we also did stocking stuffers.

However, Dave went a little overboard with buying me actual gifts that would not fit in a stocking....so while he got "mens" chapstick (it doesn't have flavor and isn't shiny), lectric shave, and old spice deodorant, a paperback, and a dvd....I got a gorgeous statue of Bastet, some nice smelling soap for my beautiful bath tub time, a cd, a pretty decorated jewelry box, and a scarf. AND, he says there's something else that was shipped on 12/16 but still has not arrived.

This from the man who wants to put a halt to holiday gifting between us. HAH!

After breakfast, I showered, then he showered, then my step son arrived, and off they went for their holiday bonding time. They're doing lunch and a movie.

During my time alone today, I will be baking ginger bread, doing laundry and cleaning up more from last night, and roasting a chicken for supper.

It will go nicely with the left over veggie casserole, and biscuits from this morning.

Also going to try making a batch of Dickensian gin punch! No really!

So, here's to tradition, and here's to remembering. Cheers, and happy holidays!!!