Archive for December 24th, 2009

Christmas Eve

December 24, 2009

I think we’re ready!

The Bluebeak of Solstice and his buddy, plus Waterman with a hat Santa

 

And this is before the Christmas Eve party/dinner.

Jay spent about 45 minutes waiting in line to get the Honey-Baked Ham. Luckily it was sunny out. And the woman in line in front of Jay told her that the Whole Foods store had lots of pomegranates (unlike to two main grocery chain stores).  We managed to get out of the stores a whole hour before they close for the holiday. (Forgot the egg-nog (horrors) and also found soy-egg-nog this year.) I think the kids still have ALL of their wrapping to do, but Carl & Jay are pretty well done.

Sleep tight, and leave the cookies for Santa.

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The short story

December 24, 2009

Everybody is home safely! YEAH. Now the real holidays begin.
Only one small glitch yesterday, about a one hour delay at the border.
Really, the true border crossing only took about 15 minutes. It was the almost at the border, turn around to retrieve a forgotten passport. Well not really forgotten, just a sleep deprived – stress released – distracted moment of looking at the passport, but not actually putting it into any purse or bag that would be travelling south.

Everybody remembers the early morning wake-up on Christmas, running to the tree to see what Santa left. And then trying to convince the parents that it is time to get up. (My earliest memory is a 4:30 AM wake-up.) With all of the time changes, wierd sleep patterns and general holiday nuttiness this year, it should be interesting to see what time our family actually runs meanders to the tree this year.

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