All is CALM and all is BRIGHT. My Christmas motto. It was fun to do and it was a good reminder to stay calm and enjoy the bright. I give myself about a C+ on the execution. I was a solid B+ until this last bit, but I held onto a passing grade! Yea ME!
This was a Gretchen Rubin tip and I'm totally into her full force again. She's the reason for my fun year a few years ago when I did My Happiness Project. I have some fun, interesting planning coming for 2019. It's a mash-up of Gretchen Rubin, Rachel Hollis and Brooke Castillo. It's an all girl show this year.
Bring it, ladies!
This is the quietest morning all week. Hubby is sleeping, youngest at work and I have lots of time for a solid morning routine. I don't know why I expected no alone time this morning. Hubby was up until 1:40 playing video games (yes, he's always done this LOL) so he's solidly snoring this morning.
I have ONE last dreaded cooking duty for this holiday season ... slicing the raw ribs. The recipe doesn't work to cook them in a rack and then slice. I worry about cutting my fingers (there's often a extra piece of bone on the rib from where it was machine cut in the the rack) and the ribs are COLD and that activates my Raynaud's fingers. It also takes a long time to disinfect after raw pork. After that, it's all EASY!
You don't exactly think Asian pork ribs when you think Christmas, but my gang does - and I can never change it. I've tried, suggested, cooked additional meats - NOPE.
Asian ribs, mashed potatoes with all the goodies (cheese, sour cream, bacon, chives), flat salad and roasted veggies (green beans, onions and tomatoes). Small munchie plate to start (cheese, meat, olives, nuts, crackers, etc) and we ADDED a cocktail. This addition was all thumbs up! It's a classic Cosmopolitan in a red-sugar rimmed glass - all from scratch (no mixers!!!). My people are strange but they come by it honestly (apples not far from the mama tree).
Last year, we started a new tradition to save all the Christmas cards to open on Christmas Eve. We divide them, each open our stack and then have a just-for-fun contest. Best card. Worst card. Most effort. Least effort. You get the idea. We vote on overall winners in each category. Then we pass the groups around to see every card. It's probably a dying game since cards are dropping every year. We stopped last year and started giving our card money and making a donation to Releash Atlanta. It's a double win - no pressure to mail cards and money to dogs in need. Everyone sees our mugs on social media anyway.
Merry Christmas (Eve) to all!
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