December 26, 2007

Oh Man!! I ate too much!! At first I felt strange going to celebrate the holidays with other people's families... like I was invading their private celebration. But then I thought about all the holidays at home in Oregon with my family and how we had people there from all over the place, elderly neighbors who couldn't be with their families and students who could not go home to their countries to be with their families. This is the first year I celebrated Christmas without family. I was not sure I would have a good one, but I really did.

Dinner last night was home grown turkey, homegrown and home-cured ham, local organic potatoes, organic carrots I grew, I took bread I baked (they love my bread), wassail for me since I did not drink wine with everyone else at the table, and home baked goodies. It was delicious.

My friends gave me a stainless steel pot and pan set as a gift, so I actually have cookware again. I thought I must have been a bad girl this year as Santa did not come to my house, not even a lump of coal. But He did. My refrigerator/freezer is magically/mysteriously working again (and it is no longer leaking to boot) and Santa apparently knew I was going to my friend's house and he left me a few tools over there to add to my new toolbox.

Christmas Eve I went to another set of friends. It was odd to me to go out for dinner, but from the restraunt being filled to capacity, it must be a fairly common thing with many families.

I actually had so many invites for both nights that I had to turn alot of them down. I will try to make the rounds today on Boxing Day, in order to visit everyone, but I am also on day 3 of the magazine, which I hope to have done within another 3. Today I also have out of town friends coming by to visit and maybe have a dog sled ride. That would be good since I have only had my team out three times this season. I will not get them trained and conditioned at this rate *sigh*. I also noticed I need to bring more wood down to the cabin with "Cyrus" at some point today. It also snowed last night so I should shovel out the driveway. I still have not figured out a dog sled plow yet.

I had many emails regarding "The Cinnamon Bear" vintage radio show I have been posting for the last couple weeks and I am glad everyone enjoyed it and I hope you had alot of children listening to it as well. I so remember that show as one of my Christmas memories as a child. I hope you all had as good of a Christmas as I did.

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