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teddy_radiator) wrote2015-12-14 09:09 pm
teddy_radiator) wrote2015-12-14 09:09 pm
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December Delights - 13 & 14 December 2015
Well, where do I begin? It's been a lovely couple of days. We went to a Christmas party last night - our theatre friends T & W threw this awesome do. It was wine-themed, and their tree was the cutest tree made from wine bottles I've ever seen - it was outrageously festive and pretty. The ornaments were mini bottles and corks covered in glitter. They had wine-bottle choirs, and a miniataure sleigh and eight tiny winedeer. It was great fun - gorgeous food. T, who had seen my lament on Facebook that I can't find the old-fashioned gingerbread men with the hard icing around here anymore, made a batch of gingerbread men just for me. They were delicious.
Today TheHubs™ got the lead in a play he auditioned for, and I'm so happy for him I can't see straight. He is finally getting the recogition he deserves around here as an actor. It's a perfect role for him, and while it means I'll be spending most of my nights alone for the foreseeable future, I am incredibly proud of him.
We also found out today that my Stepson J has been making stunning grades on his college coursework and has been headhunted by another college. It's particularly thrilling because he has really wandered about for a long time, unsure of what he wanted to do, unmotivated and frustrated with himself. He started writing reviews for digital games, caught the eye of several companies who have enlisted them as their official 'blurb' guy and tester, and this college degree ties in with that. He's a very erudite and engaging writer, and I think he's impressed a lot of people. I think he's finally ready both emotionally and mentally to persue his dreams, and I couldn't be prouder of him.
It's unseasonably warm here, which I'm not crazy about - I've actually had to put on the A/C at times. Crazy. I have been baking today - choc chip cookies which were absolutely fab - I still can't quite get the right combination to keep them from spreading too much, but they taste lovely.
Tonight, we took a ride around town and looked at all the decorated houses. I love taking night drives like that. When we first got together and had no money to do much, we would sometimes just get in the car and drive around for a little while, talking and just zenning out. It was like that, with the added ooh and ahh of the lovely decorated homes we saw. Some were tasteful and understated - wreaths on windows and candlelight and spots framing the house. Others were OTT with lights of every colour on every bush, tree and eave. I love them all equally.
The last two weeks before Christmas I get really giddy about it all, and saturate myself in the sights, sounds, smells, tastes and emotions of the atmos. I start much earlier, but this is when I start to get really goofy about it. I think it's a left over from my teaching days, when everything was such a mad whirl up to the week before Christmas. Some part of my brain always kicks in about this time.
I'm working on a special game for my Christmas Eve guests - I'll tell you more about it afterward - I'm afraid to talk too much about it and jinx it.
Today TheHubs™ got the lead in a play he auditioned for, and I'm so happy for him I can't see straight. He is finally getting the recogition he deserves around here as an actor. It's a perfect role for him, and while it means I'll be spending most of my nights alone for the foreseeable future, I am incredibly proud of him.
We also found out today that my Stepson J has been making stunning grades on his college coursework and has been headhunted by another college. It's particularly thrilling because he has really wandered about for a long time, unsure of what he wanted to do, unmotivated and frustrated with himself. He started writing reviews for digital games, caught the eye of several companies who have enlisted them as their official 'blurb' guy and tester, and this college degree ties in with that. He's a very erudite and engaging writer, and I think he's impressed a lot of people. I think he's finally ready both emotionally and mentally to persue his dreams, and I couldn't be prouder of him.
It's unseasonably warm here, which I'm not crazy about - I've actually had to put on the A/C at times. Crazy. I have been baking today - choc chip cookies which were absolutely fab - I still can't quite get the right combination to keep them from spreading too much, but they taste lovely.
Tonight, we took a ride around town and looked at all the decorated houses. I love taking night drives like that. When we first got together and had no money to do much, we would sometimes just get in the car and drive around for a little while, talking and just zenning out. It was like that, with the added ooh and ahh of the lovely decorated homes we saw. Some were tasteful and understated - wreaths on windows and candlelight and spots framing the house. Others were OTT with lights of every colour on every bush, tree and eave. I love them all equally.
The last two weeks before Christmas I get really giddy about it all, and saturate myself in the sights, sounds, smells, tastes and emotions of the atmos. I start much earlier, but this is when I start to get really goofy about it. I think it's a left over from my teaching days, when everything was such a mad whirl up to the week before Christmas. Some part of my brain always kicks in about this time.
I'm working on a special game for my Christmas Eve guests - I'll tell you more about it afterward - I'm afraid to talk too much about it and jinx it.