Christmas Eve in Okemos

The girls and I are spending Christmas at home this year. We love our family of course, but we decided to relax and skip the travel this go-round. Instead, we spent today together, hanging out, and this evening we went to a movie (hence the pic in our handy dandy 3D glasses!) It was a great day and I am so glad that we are our own little family in Okemos.

Holidays 2009

I am sitting in the nest with Ash and Izzy. For those who don't know, the nest is our sofa. The Christmas tree lights are shining, holiday treats are baking (SIX dozen cookies and cupcakes- for the first time, I've used the double oven!) Holiday music is playing that I've had since BYU days when the girls were tiny. I remember decorating the tree to this music when the entire family was asleep some early morning at BYU. It was so satisfying to have the girls wake up and see the tree with tiny red ribbons tied on almost every branch. Those were the days of Santa, before reality set in. I can't wait for tomorrow- baking day with the girls and their friends.

Cold

I was very cold last night. So cold, in fact, that I was pretty sure that my furnace must not be working properly...but I was too cold to walk downstairs to check.

This morning, on the way to work, I fiddled with my car heater at least five times, getting a wee bit panicky- wondering if my car heater was broken, too.

Finally, upon arrival at the office, I turned on my space heater. All the way. I was still freezing.

Only then did it dawn on me that it is not my devices that are broken- I live in a very cold place!!!