Good morning dear readers, I awoke this morning with great excitement! It’s frigid outside but the toilet flushed! Apparently our pipes are not frozen (yet—knock on wood!) and my, what a relief that is. I came downstairs to the most beautiful sight of snow on the ground, and the wind is lifting the dusty covering on my neighbor’s garage outside my window. So we will have a White Christmas this year along with Baby It’s Cold Outside, which means a toasty fire in our aged fireplace, bedecked with Nantucket lightship baskets and yes, the squirrel Michael bagged in 2016 during his own dance with err, “altered states.”
I can’t quite believe that Christmas Eve 2022 is tomorrow—my, how time flies and note to self: live each day to its fullest, ride through those subtle mood shifts, and always try to find a silver lining (or some of those leprechaun gold coins) in each day. My feelings of anger yesterday have dissipated and I’m actually feeling somewhat playful this early morning. I found a cute, red winter bowler hat on Amazon that I plan to wear to one of my dinners out in the next few weeks. It was only $26.88, which led me on another search for a Magic 8 ball. I held off on buying one, as I have a sneaking suspicion there may already be an 8 ball up in the attic—at least I could have sworn I bought one years ago when I was trolling the Ohio Thrifts in Central Ohio. Many, many treasures to be found here in our abode on Columbus Street. If I could only get organized enough to start hunting around…
Winter storm Elliott is doing quite a number on the country this year. Today our high is projected to be only 2 degrees; tomorrow, Christmas Eve, 13 degrees, and Christmas Day 15 degrees. I’ll be ready with my thick sweaters from Target, furry boots and Mad bomber hat. I’ll probably stay in today, most likely tomorrow too, but Christmas Day we journey out to mom’s house for our annual gathering. This year we are having ham (thanks Amazon for delivering the Durkee’s!) and chicken, plus sweet potato soufflé, noodles, and some other tasty vittles. On Christmas Eve I decided not to go the beef tenderloin route, rather by some strange reasoning I have settled on a menu of squash stuffed with kale and sausage, accompanied with Cherry Yum Yum. Michael will of course need some bread, so I’m thinking of toasting some cracked wheat sourdough to serve alongside.
Sending along a Merry, Merry Christmas to you and stay warm!
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