Sunday, December 22, 2013

Christmas is coming....

I've somehow found myself in a place where i think we have oodles of time until Christmas. It's three days away. Well, less than that, as we're hurtling towards early evening on Sunday.

Even if i don't do a lot of decorating for it, i usually feel a change within me, anticipating its arrival. Not so this year, and can't say why, really. Maybe it's because it falls on a Wednesday this year. It can't be for the lack of snow, the last two storms brought a foot or more each. We had a bit of melt, and now we're gripped in this icy mess, since the warm and cold weather fronts are fighting one another, jockeying for position. We've had rain and freezing rain start last night and fall on and off today, leaving us with a half-inch (~1.75 cm) or more of ice on top of the remaining 10 inches (~25 cm) or so of snow.

I had such inside plans for today but chose instead to watch a movie in the late morning, leaving me in a dreamy state all afternoon. I've got the heat turned up, in case we lose power, and i've only just realized i don't have a flashlight within arm's reach and shall remedy that soon enough.

The presents are wrapped under the tree, except for one gift i bought for myself, i had planned on doing baking, but that didn't occur, and i can't believe we are almost to the end of the year.

I don't like to make New Year's resolutions, i much prefer thinking about those kinds of things around my birthday, but i do think i need to immerse myself more in real life and less in the virtual one. It's so easy when one works on a computer all day to keep staring at the screen after hours to catch up on one more thing, and suddenly the whole evening's gone.

One of the things i plan on doing with some of the away-from-the-computer time in 2014 is to make some Scotch eggs. I found a recipe in an old Watkins cookbook, and as i've got some packages of ground pork from my recent purchase of half a pig, this seems like a good time to try.

I'm also thinking more regular blog-posting should be on the list. I very much enjoy reading other's blogs, don't always feel like saying anything on my own.

So, a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. Season's Greetings, Jul, solstice, however you wish to mark this time of year as we see the days increase in the northern hemisphere, i hope it's a good one.

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  1. I don't make resolutions. I always have goals. It's not just a new year thing for me.

    Love,
    Janie

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    1. I have a list, sometime physical, sometimes mental. Sometimes, i'm just mental.

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  2. I always have the same new year resolution; to lose some weight. I've only recently managed to fulfil last year's resolution, so I'm hoping to continue into 2014 as well. It's the BIG SHOP today for me...... Happy Christmas, Cro x.

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    1. I wish you well with the BIG SHOP. I had planned on getting a few things over the weekend, but Sunday's weather was truly frightful, and the things i wanted to get will undoubtedly be there even if i don't get them until after Christmas.

      I'd love to shed some weight as well. I've been losing every so slowly, but now i've got these 2lbs that jump on and off. They jumped back on this week.

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  3. It is hard for me to feel Christmassy in this damn heat!

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    1. It would for me, too, Tom. It was hard enough when i lived in Virginia for two years and i know that's still a deal cooler than you. Hope you're sticking to the DomTom regimen.

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  4. I felt the same way all yesterday afternoon. Hard to get motivated with it so icky outside but this am is bright and sunny ! (I still just want to curl up with a blanket and a bad Netflix movie)

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    1. The movie i watched was "The Young Victoria." I really liked it.

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  5. It's the Wednesday thing, Megan. Wednesday is the middle of the week, not Christmas, for crying out loud.
    But have a very happy Christmas, the above notwithstanding (I love that word!)

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    1. It might also help, Joanne, were it to have off more than one day. But, i don't, so there's a part of me that's just toodling along, day off in the middle of the week, i won't know what day it is on Thursday, Friday won't feel like Friday, although i can check the righthand corner of my computer for date and time.

      I also think the six days of grey haven't helped. It feels like 77 o'clock all day. We're supposed to see the sun tomorrow. I'm glad of that.

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  6. I'm not one for making New Year's resolutions either. I say, let's just try not to have regrets...

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    1. I like that, Maria. I do have a few regrets this year, and should like to see myself not have them again in a year's time. Not so sure that i'll resolve not to have them, however.

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