Xmas Week

[walbourn]

cuddlyeconomist and I hosted Christmas in Seattle this year with Rhys, my folks, and Margo's mom all in town--unfortunately, my brother Todd wasn't able to make it due to too little vacation remaining. The house has been pretty crowded with parties and company, but with my folks staying at a hotel it hasn't been too crazy.

Margo watches Miracle on 34th Street every year--because the Post Office saves the day on a technicality--, but I threw in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather as well. Fun times.

This morning, Rhys made out like a bandit of course with grandparent presents, and everyone had a good time. Thanks to my Amazon wish list, we continue to grow our board game collection and I almost but not quite have a complete of Arkham Horror.

We decided that we didn't want to do another turkey for Christmas after having done one for Thanksgiving, so we tried a goose (AB: "This is America! Goose sat behind Maverick!") . It was excellent, although the 29 ounces of fat was a little terrifying--but at least we didn't actually consume that part. It was a quite a spread as usual, and I think we did about six loads of dishes in the last 24 hours. We had originally planned to spread the work out over a few days, but we ended up cramming most of it into today. The goose was fairly lean, so we don't have a ton of meat leftovers, but the stock I'm making smells pretty good.

I'm just looking forward to not going to a grocery store or Target tomorrow.