christmassy.
in Loved Ones, there are pictures here, Thoughts and Feelings
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I came home to Pennsylvania tonight to decorate the Christmas tree with my family.
And indulge in some Christmassy merry-making with friends and family alike, all throughout the weekend.
I took the bow that came with our tree and put it onto Strider, and guys–LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
I am thrilled with this photograph.
I absolutely cannot be sad and look at this picture. Those two things do not coexist for me.
I will be keeping that picture on my phone. You know, to be able to look at whenever I want to. Or need to.
And after we decorated the tree, my parents and I gathered around the piano (as much as three people can gather, I guess) and sang some Christmas carols. It was bliss.
I love this time of year; but I especially love the people I share it with. I am really missing the California portion of those people, though–especially tonight. Me and my brother Jase are generally the ones who string the lights and hang the star. I think it’s because he’s the tallest and I’m–well, I’m the perfectionist and probably care the most about how things look. Anyway, it was my first time ever decorating a tree without him. But I tried to focus on the people who were there. And then I made them sing. And life is always better when you’re singing.
And, of course, there’s that picture of Strider to look at again and again and again.
And again.
tis the season
in Funny Stuff, photography
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I’ve noticed a trend on other blogs.
So not to be outdone, allow me to contribute to the lovely Christmasy moments exhibited everywhere else.
I mean, even my brother’s blog is snowing.
So because it’s the season and all that, I was inspired to bake.
Imagine my utmost delight and pride when I pulled these things out of the oven.
just call me mrs. fields
And just like a good elf, I busied myself with scraping.
I turned up the Christmas carols a little louder so as to drown out the sounds of the knife scraping the flattened dough off the cookie sheet.
Very special Christmas cookies call for something a little more…specialized then a spatula, you know.
And look, now aren’t they just gorgeous?
you're welcome, santa
I’d leave you the recipe on my recipe blog, but that would require me actually having a recipe blog. And I don’t know how many different recipes I can write that involve peanut butter, saltines, or edamame anyway.
But as you can imagine, I’ve really had to beat off my family from devouring all of them in order to save some for Santa.
Merry Christmas.
Now go make some cookie scrapings of your own while you contemplate the reason for the season.
