Day Before the Day Before Christmas Eve

Since I'll only be posting twice this week it didn't seem fair to use up a language for only two days' worth. Our office is closed from Christmas Eve through New Years Day and I don't think I'll be posting at home, though I may surprise you. Especially since the keyboard I took home from work on Friday seems to be compatible with my Mini (as opposed to mine which was all of a sudden experienced a sad painful rejection). We'll see. I often spend the holiday break in quiet contemplative seclusion.

Now that Sallie is living out here we feel obliged to get together for Christmas. Neither of us is big on the holiday but we'll eat a nice meal, sing a carol or two, watch a movie, and open what presents we have. I need to figure out how to wrap hers. I doubt I have any real wrapping paper at home. I think a newspaper or paper bag might have to do. I've been planning the meal and bought lots of veggies at the farmers market on Saturday. I'm having sweet potatoes and brussels sprouts and cauliflower. I need to pick up a roast of some kind. Maybe I'll stop at Trader Joe's tomorrow. Sallie's bringing rolls and a pie from Costco. I was hoping for gravy but she couldn't find the turkey gravy they had at Thanksgiving.

I'm getting hungry. I better get going.