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I had such a merry Christmas. Some highlights of my holidays include:
-playing games and decorating cookies with my in-laws
-digging through antique stores with my mom
-spending Christmas day with brother and sister-in-law, who live in Phoenix and don't often get back to Ohio for the holidays
-riding through the mountains of West Virginia with knitting, hot tea, good music, and Nate, Percy and Caesar for company
-seeing how much my nephews LOVED their handmade gifts
-watching Percy unwrap his presents (and try to unwrap everyone else's)
-feeling cozy, even without snow
-having Caesar with us, even if he wasn't always thrilled about all the traveling
-documenting the trip with Instagram
-re-reading favorite books from childhood
-watching classic holiday movies (Christmas Vacation! Emmet Otter! Holiday Inn!)
-seeing old friends for the first time in years
-celebrating my dad's 71st birthday with slightly inappropriate gifts
-finding a box of my grandma's Christmas ornaments, after thinking for years that they had all been accidentally sold
-and feeling very, very lucky to have such awesome people in my life
Nate and I made the trip back to Cincinnati yesterday, and today I'm settling back into work, typing away on my dissertation by the light of the Christmas tree while slushy rain falls outside the window. Not bad, not bad at all.
Did you all celebrate the holidays this weekend? What were your highlights?
2 comments:
So glad to hear you had a good time at Christmas, and that Caesar is feeling better.
Wishes of a happy new year for you and your family, human and otherwise =)
Wanted to share with you my version of your faux bois packaging. Thanks for the tutorial. I loved how it turned out. http://www.flickr.com/photos/whimsicalwoodland/6589167461/in/photostream
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