The After-Christmas Post

Christmas didn't go as planned. I spent the week sick, and with everything else going on, we didn't do anything Christmas until Christmas day. Normally, we cook our meal on the 24th, leaving the 25th for leftovers and present opening. This year, it all landed then. I did though, spend Christmas Eve's Eve on the couch, watching a binge of Hallmark Christmas movies. I watched maybe 3 1/2? Yes, that was pure desperation. I only watch those when I am near death. Okay, I wasn't near death, but was desperate for something to help me pass the time. It's no wonder I couldn't sleep well that night - I mean those movies are the stuff of nightmares! It reconfirms to me what is half the problem in society today, But, back to Christmas.....

So, Christmas day dawned, and it was time to begin the preparations. I was going to make 2 chocolate pudding pies (not for me.) And I didn't think to check how many eggs were in the fridge of course, before I went in there to make the pudding. Menu planning was a little skewered, but thankfully we got everything we needed for the important part, which is dinner. Well, come to find out, there were only 3 eggs left (thanks to someone's omelet monster that morning.) So, we decided to go ahead and see if we could pick some up in town. This was after 12, so we missed probably everyone who was open earlier. And they were all sold out of eggs at both convenience stores we stopped at. So, onto plan B for desserts. A batch of sugar cookies (they are terrible. Really terrible.) and 1 pie. This time I didn't burn the pie crust, But, we also neglected to pick up any disposable pie pans, the one remaining from Thanksgiving was sort of - well, not an option. So, I used this bowl we have that is similar in dimensions to a pie crust. But I neglected to add enough butter or cook the pie crust long enough for it to adhere to the pan, and the pie was all set to slide right out, making serving it interesting. That's the only meal disaster we had this time around, which is really nothing.

After dinner, it was time to open the presents. We had a very blessed Christmas this year. I can't believe what all and how much I got!

The lighting is notoriously bad in the living room. What you get from no overhead light. (Not as evil as no a/c, but pretty inconvenient when you want to take decent pics.)

All in all, it was really fun. I enjoyed it, and all the delays I think ended up making it an even better holiday. :)

Looking forward to the weekend, and my DC Jodie came!

The last couple of weeks have seemed like a whir of craziness. I am so ready for a weekend to relax. Tomorrow I will do the general house cleaning, but the rest of the time, in the words of Aaron Rodgers, RELAX.

We got all of our running done today. Switching from doing the majority of our shopping from Wal-Mart to Winco is really nice. I still had to run into Wal-Mart to get the remainder of the things needed, but spending less time in that zoo already improves my day just with the thought of it. Winco is peaceful, with wide aisles. So if someone decides to have an impromptu meet up at the end of one aisle, blocking the whole area off (I just needed lemon juice for pity's sake), then there is still space for shoppers to go around them without waiting with pained expressions for the people to realize that THERE ARE OTHER SHOPPERS. It's wonderful. I also enjoy that I get to bag my own groceries. And this way I can keep things appropriately grouped, not overly filled, and for Pete's sake, no heavy stuff in with the bananas, so it makes me a happy camper. :)

In news other than shopping woes and wonders, I got my Doll Chateau in the mail yesterday. Which reminds me, I need to leave my seller feedback. I had him on layaway for the past month, and here he is!

 

What's not to love about that face? I missed my old one. This one is more yellowed than the one I had (no big deal) and what's totally awesome is that he is so nicely strung. My old one was a loose flopper. While endearing in relation to his character (Winky, the Christmas critter), not very convenient for posing purposes. I mean, this body is pretty incapable of those awe inspiring poses you can see with certain dolls, but being able to hold his arms in a pose is pretty cool.

I am hoping that maybe, just maybe I'll have some time to make some things for my dolls. I still have a naked bitty bitsu, now my DC Jodie. Oh, and my MSD. He has pants but that is it. I don't really enjoy my dolls being naked for some reason.

Here's to a fantastically productive, fantastically relaxing weekend!

Yesterday was pretty much like Christmas

Thanksgiving was very nice. I didn't end up making that pumpkin pie as I intended. After everything else was made, I pretty much decided it didn't sound good enough for the effort. The day was a wee bit of a cooking disaster. The worst of my blunders - aside from mistaking the melted butter with garlic for the melted butter intended for my crust (I was able to salvage part of the crushed cookies I put into it, and just threw out the rest) -  I ended up burning one of the pie crusts so badly I had to throw it away. I've never done that before. :/ So I made a graham cracker crust to replace it. The other chocolate crust in the oven hadn't burned much, I just cut off the burnt part and all was well. Except for the fact that is was ROCK hard.

That night I was lucky enough to grab from Junkyspot a Bobobie Tony marked down to $122 during their Black Thursday sale. Yay! I had bee wanting to get another MSD, and what a deal! I had to think it over initially, as I wasn't sure if I wanted that sculpt in that color. I had previously had a LT Ming, so I knew I like the color, but my last Tony was in WS. Which is what I was hoping to re-get. But it would have been stupid to pass him up. And, he came yesterday.

As soon as I opened him, I knew he was definitely the right choice. I love the sculpt even more in the light tan. Along with him, I also got 2 Living Dead Dolls I got for an amazing deal of $20 each. Jinx and Hush. They are sealed in coffin, and waiting to be freed. I did take their shrink wrap off last night. I also got an amazingly wonderful swap. (And - almost the most wonderful of all, I finished the Military coat commission. Done. Finally.)  So, yesterday was really like Christmas!

I'll add pictures as soon as I get my camera uploaded. :)