Remember me? The one who promised to blog every day of Advent? Yep, that’s me. Between preparations for and celebrations of the season, mixed with illness, I’ve not had time. I think about it every day, but then I decide to live my life for that day instead of blogging about it. How’s that for an excuse deep?
My birthday party on Saturday was a blast. We had a ton of people here (you could barely move in our little house). And we had loads of fun. My cocktail, named after me (me, me, me), was a hit. We went through something like 10 bottles of champagne and two bottles of elderberry juice concentrate. It was good. I made my usual chocolate chip pound cake with buttercream frosting (both from one of my favorite cookbooks, The Whimsical Bakehouse, by Kaye and Liv Hansen.
The party went from 4:00 in the afternoon until a little after midnight. Our house was a total wreck at the end of the evening–just as it should have been.
The next day was my actual birthday (which I share with Beethoven and Jane Austen doncha know). I declared the day to be “jammie day” (I’m big on this type of day) and we hung out in our jammies. dAhub and Girlfriend did run out and get a Christmas tree–but then hurried back and got back into jammies. I spent the day in bed, resting, reading and knitting. Can’t think of a better birthday.
So, now we’re back to our regularly scheduled illness. I was sick last week. dAhub finally succumbed yesterday and Girlfriend woke up with a sore throat and a cough that sounds like a seal barking (the seal barking aspect has died down and now it’s just a cough). So, we’re all home.
Girlfriend and I have spent the morning trimming the tree. She really loves to unwrap all the ornaments, exclaim over them and then find a place on the tree for them. We have a ton of ornaments and we often have to limit the number that go on the tree. But, that doesn’t mean she can’t look at each one and remember the good times we’ve had each year.
Luckily, we’ve sent off the presents that need to be mailed and we are always late on our holiday cards, so we have nothing that we HAVE to do today. So, we’re just going to continue to hang out in our jammies and enjoy some family time.
I can’t promise that I will actually blog tomorrow, but know that I am thinking about it. Anyone want to do a guest blog? Since I’m so famous and everything, I know everyone will be dying to do one.
