December 25, 2011

Sunday - Cold and snowy….Merry Christmas!

A really nice day!

Had a good day today. I slept in a bit and then got up and made breakfast for us. Actually though, to do him credit, F was a big help during breakfast making. I got him to do things for me like cook the bacon and cut the crusts off the bread. I made something I saw on Kayotic Kitchen’s site called Eggs, Bacon & Toast Cups. She’d adapted a Martha Stewart recipe. Anyway, we made it and it was good! Not an everyday thing, but for a special occasion a nice treat.

We ate them all up and then set to opening presents. Yay!

We both did very well in the presents department. My sister had sent along a lot of presents to both of us, so F got quite a lot. We both got t-shirts from Las Vegas, and souvenirs from their trip this summer. I got some DVDs and a new purse too, so just what I wanted (and told him to buy!!!) I never did find the shirt I bought F, so that’ll hopefully be found someday. I gave him a car emergency bag filled with things that I hope will be useful if something ever happens. There’s a blanket, some bandages, chocolate, a lantern, work gloves, a couple of toques, alcohol gel, a reflecting band to wear so cars can see you, that kind of thing. He got a Tintin book as well. He seemed happy with it all.

After a bit, F went out to get a haircut. I was going to take a nap, but decided to peel the potatoes for dinner. I did that, and watched some of the new WOWOW shows. When F came back, we went out for a light lunch to Kintaro Sushi. I wasn’t too hungry, so only had a little, but F had quite a bit! We drove around and saw some Christmas lights, then mailed a last minute nengajo. We went to the butcher’s shop and picked up our chicken, then came home.

I kicked dinner into higher gear and cooked the potatoes, got the salad put out, prepped the Yorkshire Pudding and such. I was busy. After a bit, I asked F to make the gravy for me, so he did that. It’s not a tough job, just I had to be 5 different places at once and couldn’t. Finally, everything was ready and we had our meal. The general consensus was that the food was good. I wasn’t happy with the Yorkshire Pudding though. I didn’t preheat the oven enough, so the muffin tins weren’t hot enough when the batter went in. Either that, or the mix was old.

After dinner and dishes, F asked me to go for a drive. We went to Tsuruoka Park, parked the car and went to look at the lights. Unfortunately, we walked over to them and went the long way round. It was cold out and there was about a foot of snow on the ground, so the walking was tough. We took some pictures and I’ll try and post them tomorrow.

We came home and had some tea or coffee and our Christmas Pudding. I didn’t even try to flame it this year. I think the alcohol has probably evaporated from our brandy! It was a nice end to the day. We watched Mission Impossible 2 on the telly and then that was most of our Christmas.

It was really nice this year. Not too super fabulous wonderful, just nice and quiet, the two of us together for most of it. Yay!

That’s about it for me. Oh, one more thing if you’ve made it this far. I’ve received a couple of nasty comments on my blog. If this harassment continues I’ll likely turn off comments for a while. Please understand that sometimes people with nothing better to do ruin other people’s fun for kicks.

Night, and Merry Christmas!