MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I hope everyone is having a festive day! It's just my Dad and I celebrating at home today, so we've been keeping it pretty simple and relaxed. As have the felines..
They're all hopped up on catnip. Lucky little fleabags! I crawled out of bed around 9am and quickly got to making pancakes before tackling this pile:
This is my loot. You know you're nuts when your Dad buys your protein powder for Christmas. Ha! It certainly won't go to waste though. I also got a new blender! No more 1980s time-warp blender yay! The cup on top of it is really neat, it's clear hard plastic and is insulated for frozen yum-yums on the go.
I also got a couple of sweaters (love!), a Victoria's Secret gift card, a Frank Sinatra cd and that huge box in the first picture..was a big flat screen tv! I begged my Dad to return it though and keep the money for himself because I'm not a big tv watcher..never even had cable! He insists that I keep it though..
Dinner was very plain and simple...and disgustingly healthy. Turkey, carrots, green beans, corn bread muffin, mashed sweet taters and homemade cranberry sauce! (Recipe below) Not pictured: giant ketchup dipping pile, buttah and parm cheese for my beanies!
Simple Cranberry Sauce;
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of fresh cranberries
- 1/2 of orange juice
- 1/2 cup of honey
- 1/2 tsp of grated orange zest or 1tsp of lemon juice
Directions:
Bring cranberries, juice and honey to a boil in a saucepan, then simmer on low heat until thick, stirring continuously. Add orange zest/lemon juice.
Done! Perfect if ya like your sauce tart. ;)
Stephan and I exchanged our presents last night. That boy went overboard this year, he really did.
I am damn serious about my wool socks in the winter. This is my first year not recieving tools as a present, lol, so the snap-on socks took their place just fine :)
For him I got a Ruger .22 Rifle with a scope, external magazine and some other accessories.
I think he likes it :) Now I have to go shower, get ready and head to a wedding reception! Well, after we have dessert..Apple Pie a la mode!
Footnote: Erika, why does your Christmas seem so lame and unindulgent?
After re-reading this post I felt I needed to address this after seeing how boring and grinchy my Christmas looked. Well, my mom passed away six years ago, when I was 17, and although it seems like enough time to heal, it never gets any easier. I don't have any brothers or sisters and the rest of our family has split apart a lot over the past couple of years. Therefore, it's just my Dad and I and Christmas is just like any other day for us, just with gifts, a tree and a fat bird in the oven! Reading about everyone else's festivities lets me indulge and celebrate vicariously though ;)
So make sure you really cherish and appreciate the time you have with your families this season.
I can't even put into words how lucky I am to have the few people I do have with me to celebrate <3
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