Nursing, almost asleep baby in arms.
Presents placed under the tree for three little wee ones. .
Gift baskets (poorly) wrapped. Some already distributed.
Chaos of two family gatherings over. Two more to go.
Gremlins fed, watered and even smell kind of nice.
Mass amounts of baking completed by Geekster. Yes, he bakes, cooks, cleans and no, you can't have him. One day when he pisses me off I'll list off his faults. There aren't many but I'm quite good at making things up.
Mass amounts of dishes cleaned by The Maven. See? There's a fault! Talented but messy. The nerve.
Mass amounts of moody infant sprinkled in for good measure. Thus, mass amounts of tasks done with one hand miraculously completed.
Three hour drive coming up tomorrow. Snacks are packed because I am an excellent mother. Okay, maybe not 'excellent', but I packed them some cookies, which I feel make up for any parental shortcomings.
A certain Maven's gifts are taunting her under the tree. One looks suspiciously CD-like in size. Please-oh-please let it be the new RHCP CD, put together by the Jolly One's pointy-eared slave labour force. Will make for very happy me. I dropped many strong hints. "Geekster, I might like some new music. There's that little store under the bridge downtown. Their music is cheap; they practically give it away now. Hey-o, listen what I say-o: there will be no more Californication until I get some bloody Chili Peppers, ok?!. '
Peace on earth and hydrogen cars would be nice, too. But I'm trying not to ask for too much. Don't want to be greedy, you know.
Good friends, wonderful family and love everywhere. Merry Christmas to all of you. I should have bought and/or made more things for you to make up for having to put up with me the rest of the year. But if I were that nice I wouldn't need to give you any presents at all, because just being around me would be enough of a gift.
Note to self: being nicer could make for a cheaper Christmas in 2007.
On second thought, having to be that nice all the time sounds like too much work. I think I'll take Buying People's Love for $300, Alex.
Have a wonderful holiday, everyone!
Presents placed under the tree for three little wee ones. .
Gift baskets (poorly) wrapped. Some already distributed.
Chaos of two family gatherings over. Two more to go.
Gremlins fed, watered and even smell kind of nice.
Mass amounts of baking completed by Geekster. Yes, he bakes, cooks, cleans and no, you can't have him. One day when he pisses me off I'll list off his faults. There aren't many but I'm quite good at making things up.
Mass amounts of dishes cleaned by The Maven. See? There's a fault! Talented but messy. The nerve.
Mass amounts of moody infant sprinkled in for good measure. Thus, mass amounts of tasks done with one hand miraculously completed.
Three hour drive coming up tomorrow. Snacks are packed because I am an excellent mother. Okay, maybe not 'excellent', but I packed them some cookies, which I feel make up for any parental shortcomings.
A certain Maven's gifts are taunting her under the tree. One looks suspiciously CD-like in size. Please-oh-please let it be the new RHCP CD, put together by the Jolly One's pointy-eared slave labour force. Will make for very happy me. I dropped many strong hints. "Geekster, I might like some new music. There's that little store under the bridge downtown. Their music is cheap; they practically give it away now. Hey-o, listen what I say-o: there will be no more Californication until I get some bloody Chili Peppers, ok?!. '
Peace on earth and hydrogen cars would be nice, too. But I'm trying not to ask for too much. Don't want to be greedy, you know.
Good friends, wonderful family and love everywhere. Merry Christmas to all of you. I should have bought and/or made more things for you to make up for having to put up with me the rest of the year. But if I were that nice I wouldn't need to give you any presents at all, because just being around me would be enough of a gift.
Note to self: being nicer could make for a cheaper Christmas in 2007.
On second thought, having to be that nice all the time sounds like too much work. I think I'll take Buying People's Love for $300, Alex.
Have a wonderful holiday, everyone!