Postby Kathryn-in-Canada » Mon Dec 25, 2023 10:18 am
Since today is the 25th, I'll skip my normal Monday House Blessing even though it will be a quiet day.
We take my sister to the train station in less than 2 hours and then on to dd's to see what the grands got for Christmas.
Then home for a quiet afternoon and evening. There is a fridge full of leftovers to eat, and all the Christmas movies I wanted to watch but didn't have time to.
Dh is wrapping the few presents for today.
The past two days were a full success. My brain worked properly and I got everything done and almost all done very well. (If you don't recall, my concussion in 2018 knocked out my ability to celebrate properly that year and I was just recovering in 2019, then Covid set me back and I wondered if I'd ever be able to manage big things or multiple events simultaneously, again.)
Saturday, I managed to make the filling for the tourtiere and mix up a half batch of sugar cookie dough. Once dd and kids arrived, they rolled out and we baked the cookies and I managed to get a roast beef dinner on the table, only a few minutes late. I had baked an apple crisp the previous day so that was our dessert along with biscuit twists that dd had made which we dressed up with jam or nutella to make them a dessert.
Sunday was the busy day, church in the morning (and ds and dgs came too) and then dgs sleeping at our place for his nap and playing around. As they were leaving to go see the other grandparents, I was assembling the tourtiere and getting it into the oven and that was our Christmas Eve dinner along with baking that ds had done. We were off to the church (little rural one 40 minutes away) right on time at 6:15 and the 7:30 service was a complete success. They had almost 40 people in it (they normally have 11) and my service was really well received. It felt like Christmas at that point for me.
I stayed up late visiting with my sister and have had a quiet morning so far. I'm off now to get dressed and eat something before heading to the train station.