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God bless us, every one.
Dec. 25th, 2009 12:37 pmFinished: brother's hat, grandma's scarf
Unfinished: mom's scarf, dad's hat
(Dad still said his new hat looks better than his old one, even though it's really only got a cuff and then an inch or two above that right now.)
And Mom's scarf was SO CLOSE to done I didn't wanna go to bed last night. But I was tired. She was very impressed with the pretty dropped yarn over stitch I used for the 5 inches at each end, and the main part of the scarf was seed stitch, which is generally my favorite stitch.
A lot of my presents this year were of the awesome lounge-about comfort variety: pjs, Bath and Body Works stuff in sweet pea and in eucalyptus spearmint, an I.O.U for a bathrobe because they couldn't find one I'd like in time, tea mug, and a couple books. I wholeheartedly approve of this relaxation trend in gifts. Plus I got an absolutely lovely scarf from my cousins; I can never have too many scarves.
Amusingly, the I.O.U. was one of my favorite presents. My dad really wanted me to have something to open, because everyone else in the family was getting a new bathrobe or snuggly blanket. So he wrapped up his new robe, addressed the gift to me, and wrote a note saying that this was his robe, and it could be redeemed for the purchase of a new bathrobe for me.
My biggest and best present, though, was a wheeled laptop bag, because my back and shoulders are a disaster and I was in agony a lot of days this fall. YAY, ONE LESS HEALTH PROBLEM TO WORRY ABOUT! I don't particularly like wheeling bags, but it's gotten to the point that I really need a bag like this and was kinda dreading the expense this spring.
Also, having my aunt and uncle and cousins over for brunch and present-exchanging was so nice. We always see them on Christmas, but usually not for a Christmas celebration. We're going over there later for birthday cake for my cousin; she's a Christmas baby.
~*~
I hope everybody is having a really nice day whether you celebrate the holiday or not. And for those of you who do celebrate it, merry Christmas!
...And my brother put Straight No Chaser's 12 Days of Christmas on auto-repeat for over half an hour today. It is horribly stuck in my head now.
I watched Mickey's Christmas Carol yesterday. Return to childhood. It was wonderful.
Unfinished: mom's scarf, dad's hat
(Dad still said his new hat looks better than his old one, even though it's really only got a cuff and then an inch or two above that right now.)
And Mom's scarf was SO CLOSE to done I didn't wanna go to bed last night. But I was tired. She was very impressed with the pretty dropped yarn over stitch I used for the 5 inches at each end, and the main part of the scarf was seed stitch, which is generally my favorite stitch.
A lot of my presents this year were of the awesome lounge-about comfort variety: pjs, Bath and Body Works stuff in sweet pea and in eucalyptus spearmint, an I.O.U for a bathrobe because they couldn't find one I'd like in time, tea mug, and a couple books. I wholeheartedly approve of this relaxation trend in gifts. Plus I got an absolutely lovely scarf from my cousins; I can never have too many scarves.
Amusingly, the I.O.U. was one of my favorite presents. My dad really wanted me to have something to open, because everyone else in the family was getting a new bathrobe or snuggly blanket. So he wrapped up his new robe, addressed the gift to me, and wrote a note saying that this was his robe, and it could be redeemed for the purchase of a new bathrobe for me.
My biggest and best present, though, was a wheeled laptop bag, because my back and shoulders are a disaster and I was in agony a lot of days this fall. YAY, ONE LESS HEALTH PROBLEM TO WORRY ABOUT! I don't particularly like wheeling bags, but it's gotten to the point that I really need a bag like this and was kinda dreading the expense this spring.
Also, having my aunt and uncle and cousins over for brunch and present-exchanging was so nice. We always see them on Christmas, but usually not for a Christmas celebration. We're going over there later for birthday cake for my cousin; she's a Christmas baby.
~*~
I hope everybody is having a really nice day whether you celebrate the holiday or not. And for those of you who do celebrate it, merry Christmas!
...And my brother put Straight No Chaser's 12 Days of Christmas on auto-repeat for over half an hour today. It is horribly stuck in my head now.
I watched Mickey's Christmas Carol yesterday. Return to childhood. It was wonderful.
