Soon I will be baking a pumpkin pie. Not that my family typically has pumpkin pie on Christmas, but there's a young boy who's a neighbor of my mother who has befriended her and comes over to her house daily to help her. He's a sweet and generous kid....and since pumpkin pie is his favorite dessert, we'll have pumpkin pie tomorrow for him!
My list (because anyone who knows me knows I always have a list) is short for today. The final food prep for tonight and tomorrow and final touches on some food-related gifts. And I'll do some more laundry and housecleaning (minor stuff).
The shopping and wrapping and decorating is done. I've been baking and now I have more than I know what to do with. The house is in reasonable shape. I think I'm all set which is a good thing since tonight is Christmas Eve!
I did better this year. Last year the grief monster visited me before Thanksgiving and didn't leave until after the new year. This year he must be visiting someone else and hasn't stopped by yet. This doesn't mean I don't miss Ed. Not a day goes by that I don't think of him, but this year is different...I'm in the Christmas spirit. So I will enjoy it as long as it lasts.
Hallmark movies or Christmas music are playing constantly. I've done baking and decorating. Lights are on timers so they are on to greet me each evening when I arrive home. It all makes me smile.
Today is a good day. Tonight will be Mass and then to my nieces to spend Christmas Eve with the in-laws. Then tomorrow will be at my mother's with my family. Tradition... And it's all good.
Merry Christmas All!
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