It's December tenth today and Christmas is just a little over exactly two whole weeks away. I have the turkeys, the stuffings (we love boxed and frozen mixed now, who has time to make it from scratch?), the desserts, the butterflake rolls, the carrots by the dozens of pounds, potatoes too, wine for those who want some, eggnog and rum for the others, and fancy drink, AKA cranberry juice mixed with ginger ale for the teetoter boys.
I mailed the Christmas packages home today. It's not a record by any means. I've been so sick since our trip. I've been struggling to get things done and God bless, everyone is helping but then there's so damn much to be done it'll never all get done and that's okay too.
The trees are up. Decorated and lit. The garlands and candles are out. The wreathes. The tiny trees and snowglobes are poking out from around books and skulls (not human. Actually bear but that's a whole other post) and vases. The lights are on outside all the time, around the clock now. I have a few things for Ruth and Henry and one thing each for the boys but as far as shopping goes I'm screwed because I am still completely under the weather and not able to run around. I did get a few huge rolls of wrapping paper after deciding I didn't want the plain brown butcher paper after all. I have probably five hundred feet of it because I'm a crunchy minimalist at heart but I'm also a raging Taurus so it's fine if some things are wrapped in champagne bubbles and velvet. Right?
Right???
So yeah, I guess the next two weeks will be pure shopping and cooking. I already hate watched Meghan Markle's 'Holiday' special where she elevated a bunch more stuff. They should just make a character for her on the Avatar series on Netflix. She could go around elevating all the things! For fucks sakes, that's enough. She interrupts everything and injects this forced casualness that comes off as pure arrogance. I know rich people and she's trying too fucking hard.
I need candy canes to stir into my hot chocolate, but cinnamon flavoured ones, not mint because I don't like that much mint and I do love cinnamon.
I got four packages of Christmas crackers to pull at the start of Christmas eve dinner and will be making more tourtieres for Christmas day dinner. It's supposed to snow a little! It's going to be amazing.