Boxing Day

Not really sure what "Boxing Day" is all about, which is really bad for the daughter of two Canadians ...

I had a really great Christmas. Spent the day at The Kids' place, surrounded by family. Conversation was fun, food was plentiful (and extremely yummy!) and my little great-nephew was adorable. It was so good to have a little one around on Christmas! Sis gave him a hand-knit (of course) "Shrek" hat, which he was kind enough to leave on so that we could get a picture of him. I got home relatively early (around 7:30, I think) and watched a few episodes of Criminal Minds.

The Kids gave me a ball winder, a book of knitting patterns for "warm" climates, the newest Piers Anthony Incarnations of Immortality book, some gorgeous stitch markers and tapestry needle holder ... F gave me a Borders gift card (and one from Honeybaked Hams, that he got at work). And earlier in the week, I got a present from MB -- she sent me an awesome calendar full of pics of BBurke, and a gorgeous skein of blue/black yarn (cop uniform colors, of course!). If you click on the picture, you can see the awesome blue & black colors in the yarn - and the chocolate unicorn sucker shows up better, too!

It was odd to have not seen Duh yesterday, there have been very few Christmases that we haven't spent at least a few minutes together. I did get to see her on Thursday, for a little while. She gave me the green skirt and gorgeous bodice that I had borrowed for Ren Faire, and a small "pocket" flask. She seemed to like the necklace I gave her; unfortunately, she already had the charm I gave her, so she'll be exchanging it. Which is perfectly fine, of course. Just a little bit of a hassle for her. Maybe we can do that on Thursday, either before or after we go to City Hall to get her passport paperwork started ... as a Christmas gift to Duh and Happy, KC paid for the Mexico cruise that Social Club is planning! Awesome, right?