I didn’t realize how long it had been since the last time I wrote anything. Xander’s last week of school was very busy for me (more so than it was for Xander) because I had to get everything graded, and there were a couple of subjects that I had fallen very behind on grading, so there were a few days spent where that was all I did.

I thought I would have more time once Xander went on Christmas break, but there was way more to do to prepare for Christmas than I had anticipated, as well as a dentist appointment and an optometry appointment, and well, here we are, a day after Christmas and this is the first time I have blogged in over two weeks.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Ours, small as it was, was pretty good. I tried my hand at making gingerbread pancakes for breakfast. They turned out pretty well, despite that the first two were a little extra crispy. I think that’s just the way it is with pancakes.

We opened gifts and watched several Christmas movies, including Miracle on 34th Street, It’s A Wonderful Life, and Muppet Christmas Carol, as well as a couple of newer ones that I had never seen before. We also listened to Christmas tunes while the kids played with their new toys in the living room.

We didn’t go visit family this year, or any festivals, but we did head over to a local neighborhood that is well known for “decking the halls” or the streets, as it were, to look at Christmas lights. And, as you might expect in this year of plague, our Christmas was otherwise quiet.

For dinner, my husband made a pork roast and I worked on sides of mashed potatoes and green bean casserole, and then there was pumpkin pie and ice cream for dessert. We decided that, since it was just going to be the five of us, we really didn’t need a bunch of extra dishes, like we had done in years past. And we have plenty of food left so that tonight, we can do it all over again.

I hope your Christmas was as enjoyable as ours was, and I hope that amazing things will come to you in the New Year.