12-24-22 Santa came past my place!!
I was up at a decent time, preheated the oven and was ready to make nuts and bolts for a few gifts when I realized that on my odd shopping trip last weekend with mom I forgot to get butter. Can’t make them without a pound of butter. Got ready, tended to my Snow Peep story after shoveling, filled up with gas, only 155.9 a Litre!, and then stopped at Safeway. While I was there I also grabbed a platter with bread and spinach dip and dropped it off at Arby’s. By the time I was home it was after noon and I had much to get done. While the snacks were baking with stirring intervals at the 30 minute mark, I watched a Dan Levi and Kristen Stewart Christmas movie while I sorted and wrapped the last of my presents. I then whipped up a couple loaves of egg, bacon, chives, buttermilk and cheese for tomorrows breakfast and had a shower while they were baking. Once I was finally loaded into the car, I headed over to the Guedes house where 11 of us are staying overnight. We had a lovely ham dinner and then all loaded into cars to go to Bill and Deanne’s church for a lovely service before going to check out a light show and then candy cane lane. It was time to drop off Emmy with her Mom for the evening and then we started looking for Santa who drives around Cranbrook. Ash said, Mom I think he is going to your house, so we booted there to get parked before he came around the corner. I don’t know why we are on the route but it is a real blessing and I was as excited as the kids. Funny that we don’t get garbage or recycle pickup because it is considered a private road, but we get Santa!! After that it was back to the house so the boys could open their jammies and head off to bed. Love Gene’s Arby’s ones and Lukas’s Boba Fett! Then the adults got all the stockings stuffed, I beat Roger and Deanne at Rummikub, and finished the frame of a puzzle before deciding that this head cold is enough! Off to bed.
Mr and Mrs had someone come between them but Sandy Claws came to the rescue and restored peace in time for the holidays, Merry Christmas everyone!!
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