Hello everyone!! We have had the most chill week ever, and it has been so nice! We are deeply wintering over here, I guess. It has just been so cold, and Michigan is one big virus out there, and we are content and happy and aren’t feeling the need to go anywhere, so… we didn’t. Billy has been off work for almost two weeks and it has been so good to just be together, having all of this family time.
Books:
I have been working on three different reads over break! I am slow reading Stillmeadow and Sugarbridge, which is a book from 1953, and is a collection of letters between the two authors about their rural lives. I love it and pretty soon it will be my main read.
I am also halfway through Moon of the Crusted Snow, a book I have wanted to read forever, and that I received from Dini from Dinipandareads. It was so sweet of her to send it to me, and I am finding it a fast, compelling, scary read! I am enjoying it very much.
I also listened to Dinner for Vampires, which ended up being my first book finished in the new year, and since it is a memoir, I get to check that off my challenge list. Lenz, known for her One Tree Hill fame, lived for almost a decade under the control of a cult called the Big House Family. The audiobook is read by Lenz, and it made the book feel so much more real, to hear her story in her own voice. I am glad that she has since been able to find happiness and independence.
Screens:
I told you we have been watching a lot of movies! The Paddington series of movies was adorable; I am pretty sure they are a family favorite for all three of us. I think we might actually make orange marmalade today even.
Wonka was the perfect Christmas break movie! Over the top, beautiful, musical, heartwarming – I absolutely adored it.
Hot Fuzz and The Big Year are old favorites. The Big Year is a movie that we watch every year, since maybe 2012? It just kicks off our year. And Hot Fuzz is our favorite of the Simon Pegg/Nick Frost movies.
We couldn’t believe how many actors we kept seeing pop up in the different movies. It became a game, like let’s see, is Olivia Colman in this one too? Hugh Grant? Just so many. We were definitely in a groove.
In-Betweens:
In between all of this, we have been organizing and cleaning, and working on our own little projects. I have been fun creating embroidery pieces that are personalized to my friends and myself. I have only made 2.5 so far, I am still working on mine, but I love this new phase of my embroidery.
The first two have very long stories behind them. Also, rest assured that none of us think ferals are trashy. I can’t do them freehand yet, and I am still working on my lettering skills, but I am really enjoying this. The rabbit with the Watership Down quote is for me. And ignore the shoddy print job, my printer doesn’t like the transfer paper.
Hello everyone!! It is a super windy day here today as I type this up. It is whipping past the house, causing the windows to rattle, or something to rattle on the house, but we are all cozied up in blankets and warm inside. A big thank you to the workers out there delivering stuff today!
We had a bit of a mixed up Christmas but it it ended up a good one. The Friday before Christmas my niece tested positive for flu b and then my brother and his wife did as well. Thankfully they didn’t have it bad, Mermaid Girl had a cough and was tired, while my brother and SIL had very bad headaches for three days. However, since Christmas day we were going to celebrate with other family members who are more compromised, like my mother and my MIL, and Mermaid Girl was still tired, we at the last minute shifted plans. They were going to stay home, as it was day 7 and the contagious period says 5-7 days, and then we would celebrate with them on the upcoming Saturday at my dad’s. However, we had all planned a dinner together, with everyone supplying something. So, we decided to stick with that plan, and just made enough for each other and my brother came and picked it up and dropped off.
But ack I get ahead of myself!! The week of Christmas I was still recovering from whatever I had, which I wonder now if it was flu b as well. I never felt terrible, just run down and coughing, with laryngitis. By the week of Christmas I was good, just still hoarse and raspy. Wyatt and I spent the week baking together, which was really fun. He was a good little helper! We made four dozen chocolate chip cookies (these are a family favorite!), gingerbread, and my grandma’s coconut tarts. I felt like I never stopped baking.
Christmas Eve we were supposed to go to my BIL’s, Billy’s brother’s house, but there was going to be a lot of kids there, my nieces and some of their friends, and I got nervous about my own lingering illness and so Billy went on his own for a bit, and wore a mask. When he got home, we simply ordered a pizza and watched A Muppet Christmas Carol. It was one of the most relaxed Christmas Eves I have had, and it didn’t feel too much like Christmas Eve until after Wyatt went to bed and Billy and I did our Santa duties. Then I couldn’t wait for Christmas morning to watch Wyatt and Billy open their gifts!
Christmas morning started early, and hallelujah, I woke up finally without laryngitis. We bumbled our way into the living room and Wyatt was beside himself with excitement. But, he didn’t want to open his presents right away – I was stunned. He wanted Billy and I to open a few of ours. So I opened one and we had Billy open one as well, the one I was super excited about, his tiny baby bonsai. I wanted a picture of Billy and his baby bonsai and he turned it into a model photoshoot. Lol. Billy was very happy about his new baby and after opening gifts watched multiple videos on how to care for them.
Then Wyatt ripped into his gifts. We got him the usual type kid things, and then for his big gift this year, we got him a phone. All of his friends got them for their birthdays, and I think he felt left out. It wasn’t very much actually to add him to the plan so .. a phone it was. And he loves it. We also got him an instant camera and he has been taking photos of us all that low key look like they belong in a horror movie.
The guys got me gifts that are all for my little projects – crafting and drawing and sewing things. I am so excited!! And of course, my orange kitten. Only a few more weeks until I can bring her home! Until then she will be with her mama at our friend’s house.
And then we just proceeded to play around with our gifts! We had a pretty lazy day ahead, as our Christmas Day was reduced to hosting three people, Billy’s parents and my mom. They all came over later, and we did the normal things, and it was a great time. My mom, who has been struggling a bit, did fantastic. I was so proud of her and so glad that she came!
Saturday was Christmas at my dad and stepmom’s and it was another fantastic day. Lots of food, kids playing and laughing, presents and Christmas crackers with crowns. We had so much fun, and I think Wyatt fell asleep pretty early that night.
And here are a few random photos from the camera roll..and one of a very fancy baby Wyatt a few Christmas’ ago. Like ten Christmas’ ago.
And that was Christmas!
I hope that you all have had a wonderful holiday season doing what it is you love and being with those you love. I hope as well, that you stay healthy and do something that makes you smile today!
Hello everyone!! I hope that the past week has been good to you! It’s been a whirlwind of course around here, but a very fun whirlwind filled with family.
Books:
I found that I couldn’t read before Christmas. I think there was just too much happening, and I couldn’t relax. However, the day after Christmas I picked up a book and immediately just had that comforting feeling that you get when you sink into a good book. I am loving this one so far!
I also started listening to an audiobook as well. I was scrolling through Libby for a nonfiction book to listen to when I wanted to listen to something quiet, and ran into Dinner for Vampires written and read by Bethany Joy Lenz. I just saw her in A Biltmore Christmas, which is fresh in my mind, so I ended up starting that one last night. It is interesting so far. When we were younger, Billy and I really liked One Tree Hill for a season or two, so I remember this show as well.
Screens:
We spent some time over the past week watching Christmas movies, our old favorites, with the grand finale favorite of A Muppet Christmas Carol. That movie never fails to make me smile. We haven’t watched much post-Christmas Eve, but I am hoping to watch a movie tonight.
Wyatt and I finished up YouTuber Morgan Long’s Vlogmas series, which was a nice little bit of Christmas Cheer as well.
The in-betweens today are all holiday related! I will probably do another Christmas post, one last Comfy Cozy Christmas post, but mainly last week I did a lot of baking and wrapping, like a lot of people I am sure. Wyatt and I also spent some time on Friday just sitting at the table, working on our own projects. He was painting and playing with stickers while I worked on my planner. I got a new planner this year, a Hemlock and Oak planner, and I am loving it.
I feel like I have so much to tell you guys, way too much for this post. Plans for next year, projects, everything we have done. I feel like I am bubbling over with stuff to talk about but I try to keep this post less chatty! I will be posting soon, I can tell.
Hosting:
Just a reminder, Lisa at Boondock Ramblings and I co-host a few linkups and a Zoom Crafternoon together!
We have our Comfy Cozy Christmas for all things December and holidays (not just Christmas) that will be closing soon.
Hi all!! We are all getting over our ick. It is apparently the trendy new virus of 2025! I don’t usually go for trends too often and yeah, this one could have passed us by. Cough, laryngitis, headache, and I took the tests and negative so that is good at least. Just a gross virus. I am feeling better though thank goodness. I have got to get moving on Christmas! Which I dove into yesterday. I did so much! I shopped, I cleaned, I baked cookies, I watched holiday movies. I am a mom with a mission over here!
Books:
As for books, I haven’t been able to read. My mind is just going too hard to be able to focus on reading. I am guessing that I am done with reading for the year at this point, and will probably write my wrap up post soon. However, Billy, Wyatt, and I started listening to Greenglass House on audio together via Spotify last night. I have read it and I love it. I was planning on reading it to Wyatt this break, but my voice is not going to allow that, so I am letting audiobooks do it, and now it is a fun family affair.
Screens:
We have been watching a lot of movies over here. I did a round up of some of the Hallmark Christmas movies we have watched lately, and since that post we have watched two more movies, one Hallmark, one not. We aren’t watching our traditional movies until, well probably starting today! We watched Oh. What. Fun with Michelle Pfeiffer and we really loved it. I asked Billy if he had ever imagined seeing a movie where Michelle Pfeiffer was married to Dennis Leary and he was like absolutely not. I had to laugh, because me either. We also watched A Biltmore Christmas, which we both liked as well. Out of all the Hallmark movies we have watched this month, that one is our favorite so far. I liked the call back to the 40s, the jargon, the transatlantic accents. And it was just so beautiful, shot at the Biltmore, one of the places in the US I would most love to go. Sigh. A room with three fireplaces? What a scene that was!
I have also been watching Morgan Long, a vlogger on YouTube with Wyatt. She is doing a Vlogmas and posting everyday and Wyatt and I watch every night. She is just so pleasant and cheery!
Wyatt has been kicking butt at therapy. I am so proud of him for enduring all he has been through this year. I hate that he has to be so strong, but he handles it so well, better than most adults would most of the time.
I am almost done with Christmas shopping, and wrapping. While Wyatt paints, I wrap a few gifts. I need to do his gifts still, but everyone else is wrapped. Woohoo! I just ordered a bunch of cookies and treats to make a gift basket up for the staff of the senior living complex where my mom lives. She receives some extra services and I wanted to give them something from her. I need to get something to put it all in still though! At this point, Billy and I need to get the house ready for Christmas dinner, as we are hosting (eek), and get the roast that we are making, and finish up the baking. And stocking stuffers, we need stocking stuffers. I also need a gift idea for my dad. He always is adamant that I not get him anything, but I always get him a little something. I just never know what. He doesn’t really have hobbies – he is a man of his generation, he just sort of likes to do work around the house. And flashlights. I guess I could get him a flashlight? Ugh. I don’t know.
I didn’t get a chance to put up Soup and Story Saturday yesterday, but I do have the linky up for anyone to use whenever you would like to post along! I will not be posting this upcoming Saturday at all, we are doing Christmas at my dad’s that day.
I made a crock pot chicken and dumpling soup the other day, and it was one of those hearty type meals that just warm you up. A comfort food. It was soooo good. And I really really need to remember to buy carrots.
I am going to share my story tomorrow, as part of Comfy Cozy Christmas.
And that is it for me today! I hope to be bopping around visiting all of you soon!
Hello everyone!! I hope that you are all having a great December so far! Ours has been good but has looked a little different than what I had planned, since we all came down with a cold. However, although we haven’t been able to do the big ticket items on our list this year so far, we have been enjoying Christmas at home with movies, shopping, and wrapping. I am hoping to be able to get to the Detroit Zoo for the holiday lights in the next few days though. I am feeling ok, it is just that cough and laryngitis that linger.
However, I wanted to tell you about all the Hallmark Christmas movies we have been watching! We spent all last weekend watching them, bless my husband’s heart. We watched three: Christmas at the Catnip Cafe, Tis the Season to be Irish, and The Christmas Cottage.
We started with Christmas at the Catnip Cafe, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. Olivia has a career as a marketer in California, and thinks she has finally found her dream home, a slick and shiny condo. Unfortunately, the down payment is more than she can afford. She thinks her dreams are answered when she learns that she has inherited her aunt’s cat cafe. Olivia heads across the country, planning on a quick sale and then getting back to California and her new condo. However, Ben , her aunt’s partner at the cafe and a local overworked overwhelmed vet who often does vet work for cookies rather than money, does not want to sell. So they make a deal: Olivia does all the planning and helps during the three week Christmas season at the Catnip Cafe which has multitudes of activities, and Ben will sell. And of course, as this is a Hallmark movie, we do get our HEA. I loved this one because of all the cats, of course. And because of Ben’s villainous eyebrows.
You all know I am such an interiors and set person, and this one did not disappoint. It was full of warmth and texture and color, a mix of old and new. And Olivia’s aunt’s house had the most beautiful stained glass window. Sigh.
The movie did have some parts that just didn’t make sense and gave Billy and I a little laugh , but Billy and I rarely watch a movie with a critical eye. The very reason some people don’t like these movies is exactly why I like them! And I am of an age now where I am not ashamed to admit I like things, even if they are unpopular. I like what I like and I am good with that.
You can see some of the cats here, on the Hallmark website. There was even one that reminded me of my own Miso!
You can watch this one on Hallmark via a free trial through Amazon Prime, Roku, and YouTube.
Next, we headed overseas to Ireland, with Tis the Season to be Irish.
Rose is a free spirited wanderer, who loves being on the move, being in new cities and countries and towns, and not being tied down to one spot too long. She is a house flipper and has set her sights on a cottage in Ireland, that looks absolutely adorable online. Bonus, it is located in a town that her mother (now deceased) had once visited and loved. However, when she arrives it is in complete shambles and the realtor, Sean, is also anti-house flipper and a historic preservationist. The two have a bumpy road as Rose must work with Sean in her plans to flip the cottage, keeping it in standards he approves of as the cottage is historic. Sean is also the most homebody homebody too. When the two start to have feelings for each other, they question just how such a relationship will work out. One thing I liked about this one is that both Rose and Sean are older, in their forties, and I thought that was a cool change.
I enjoyed this one, but more than the romance aspect, I loved the friendships that Rose there. She made friends with another woman who was renovating a cottage, except she wanted hers to live in, not flip, and a woman who had lost her husband and was visiting the town because it was where he was from. I loved the interactions of these women as they began their friendships together.
And there was a cute animal in this one too! Lambchop, the sheep who was devoted to Rose. When Billy and I were guessing at the reason that would suddenly shine the light on Rose that she needed to stay, I suggested that she would discover that the sheep was an ancestor of a sheep that her mother knew during her stay. Lol. I was pretty bummed too, that despite being in Ireland the interiors of these houses and buildings were a bummer. The views of the landscape however, were gorgeous.
You can watch this one on Hallmark via a free trial through Amazon Prime, Roku, and YouTube.
Ok, moving on. The Christmas Cottage.
This is the tale of Lacey and Ean. I mean, we all know they are together in the end, it’s a Hallmark movie so no spoiler there. Lacey is an interior designer, who is at the top of her game. She doesn’t design lovely living spaces though, full of warmth and whimsy, she designs work-home spaces, that are all white and designed to be perfect for, I guess, never leaving work behind? Which makes sense because Lacey is in a relationship with her design firm partner Roger, and their relationship definitely seems more business than pleasure. They have a genuine friendship I believe, and the same goals for their business, but as for a romantic relationship? That doesn’t look like something they have (and is confirmed by the end of the movie).
Lacey is the maid of honor in her best friend Ava’s wedding, which sounds magical. A Christmas wedding, followed by a night in Ava’s family cottage, which has a charming legend surrounding it. Legend says that whoever stays a Christmas night in the cottage will have a happy and lasting marriage. Ava’s brother, and Lacey’s ex, Ean, is the best man, so the two are thrown together quite a bit with their duties, and these duties include decorating the cottage for Christmas. They are there reminiscing about their past together, when they are snowed in for the night. And maybe there just is some truth to that legend, as Lacey’s outlook on what she wants begins to change. Or maybe it wasn’t the cottage that changed her mind, maybe it was just Ean.
This was a cute one! The set was so rustic lodge at Christmas and I was so there for that. I loved Ava and her bubbly personality and her love of everything, and I loved the nostalgia of this movie. After the Catnip Cafe, this was my favorite. Sorry, Tis the Season to be Irish. I enjoyed you but of the three you came in third. Still good though.
You can watch this one on Hallmark via a free trial through Amazon Prime, Roku, and YouTube.
And now I am off to find more to have Billy watch with me this weekend!
I have a little cold that I have been nursing my way through and spent the weekend being cozy and warm and watching movies. I fully intended to write my Soup and Story Saturday post last night, but I ate my soup, took a shower, crawled under the covers, and that was it. Game over. All productivity was lost after that.
So I am just combining it today, sort of, with this post.
First off, what I am reading. I didn’t do much reading last week, unfortunately. Before I got the ick from Billy and Wyatt, Wyatt and I finished up his book, The Celery Stalks at Midnight. I didn’t get a chance to grab my library book at all, and in fact, Billy ended up picking up my holds Friday night, with all the books I wanted to read in that stack. So I finally got to start the book I had been waiting for.
It is literally everything I need right now. I am reading slowly but I am really enjoying it. This series is such a light fluffy series and that is precisely why I like it.
I spent a lot of time curled up watching shows with Wyatt, YouTube, movies. This is not usually me but I will say I am feeling pretty rested. Wyatt and I watched lots of Frog and Toad. He will watch them over and over, and we both really enjoyed the Christmas Eve episode a lot.
As for movies, we have watched Emmet Otter’s Jug- Band Christmas, Christmas at the Catnip Cafe (which was soo cheesy but I 100% loved it), Bramble House Christmas, and Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas. Tonight, we are going to watch another Hallmark Christmas movie. I am excited!
Soup and Story:
I won’t make this post super long with a story, but I was so grateful for this ramen last night. I absolutely love it. The restaurant is at the back of a gaming center, where people go to play tabletop games like DnD and Warhammer. It is pretty smart for them, because people will sit and play all day and they are probably just making so much money off the gamers which good for them. This food is amazing too. I could eat it everyday.
Around the Interwebs:
So I cohost a few different things with Lisa at Boondock Ramblings, although I have been doing poorly the past 10 days or so. I am just going to quote her here:
Lisa at Boondock Ramblings and I host a monthly bookish link party called A Good Book and A Cup of Tea. This link-up is for book and reading posts or anything related to books and reading (even movies based on books!). Each link party will be open for a month. You can find that link up for this month here.
We are also hosting Comfy Cozy Christmas! Anything holiday related – any December holiday – at all that strikes your fancy and you write about, please think about sharing on our linky. You can find the link for that at the top of my page in the menu or here.
We also will be starting Crafternoons back up in January and we hope to post the dates soon!
And that is it from me today! Stay safe and take care of yourselves my friends!
Greenglass House is one of my favorite MG reads. I just love everything about it.
The Enchanted Greenhouse may sound like it should be a spring or summer book, but it really takes place in the snowy winter. One of my favorite things during snowy season is to visit greenhouses and conservatories, and be reminded of heat and green growing things, so I think that contributed to my love of this book.
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden is all about the winter and snow. I read it during a snowstorm and it was perfect.
Fox Crossing is just a cute little read – I loved this whole series!
A Blizzard of Polar Bears was not my favorite honestly. I wanted to love this series and I will probably give it another chance now that I have reminded myself of it, but there is no denying that this book that takes place in the Canadian Arctic is a snowy book. It wasn’t bad, from the scientific pov but the character herself is a bit too..action hero sometimes.
The Frozen River is actually on my TBR. I never got to it when everyone else was reading it! Maybe this winter.
The Shining. Seriously, there is no way I could have made this list without this book.
I was obsessed by Goolrick’s writing years ago, and A Reliable Wife is phenomenal in my opinion.
While the Earth Holds Its Breath. This book sounds absolutely lovely, and I have it on my TBR for winter. So I guess you guys got a tiny preview of my next week’s post this week! Lol.
I am excited to see everyone’s choices today!
I hope that whatever you do today, you do something that makes you smile!
Hello everyone!! I hope you are all having a wonderful December so far! Things here are beginning to look like Christmas. Snow outside, our indoor decorations are up, I have some Christmas homeschool in the works, and we have been watching Christmas movies.
My grandma made that white tree. It had reddish orange bulbs before, but I replaced them with clear lights and I like it better. I do need to replace the star that was at the top. I think I can find them on Amazon, more than likely.
That little Christmas tree, the green one, is covered in ornaments that Wyatt and I have made together every year since he was old enough to help. I need to pick an ornament for us to make together this year still, but I love this little tree.
I have been hiding little bits of Christmas places this year. A little teapot ornament with mice tucked in among the plants on the sill, a tree ornament from 1978 on a shelf near my books. I like running across these little bits of the holiday as I go about my day.
I decked my dresser all out this year as well, with Christmas books and a plaid wool runner, and my vintage Regency Christmas romance books. The stuffed Highland Cow was a gift from my son this year; I have named him Sir Reginald, as he looks like a down on his luck member of the gentry.
I am not quite done decorating, but I am so close.
This area is a little blah still, so I want to add some greenery to it.
The tree is Wyatt’s favorite, hands down. He loves when the tree goes up, and loves helping to decorate it. I love our assortment of ornaments. We have more than we can put on, with many leftover from my childhood, and from life before Wyatt, really. So we try to do a mix, some childhood, some Billy and Erin pre-Wyatt, then the ornaments we collected when he was born.
I even decorated Miso, much to her annoyance.
I took the hat off after the photo, and she forgave me. She got all cuddly and warm and purred away, which is always nice in the winter isn’t it, a nice warm cat on your lap?
We watched A Garfield Christmas the other night, and there is a scene that touches my heart and makes me tear up so much now, as an adult.
I am not quite done decorating, but I am so close.
We also watched Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, which is one of my own personal favorites, and Wyatt is beginning to love it too. Billy, he tolerates it for me, but we do have our own little jokes that we say to each other all year from the movie. We watched it last night, and I wanted to make it a whole thing. So we set up the den all snuggly and cozy, and I had a little plate of Christmas treats, goodies like cinnamon stars and almond windmills and vanilla peppermint pretzels. It was magical.
I have some other posts coming up, but I thought this would be a good one to kick things off.
As for reading, I gave it my best, but I was defeated. I had a DNF. The Hogfather. I am going to try again next year, after learning more about Discworld. Lisa’s (at Boondock Ramblings) husband suggested I start with The Color of Magic instead, then read the Death line of books first. So, I will give it another shot!
Sorry Hogfather. We will try again next year.
This week I am reading the next in the J. Penner Adenashire series, A Fellowship of Games of Fables. I love Jez so I am excited to read her story! And, I must like these books because I almost never read past book one in a series!
The Screens:
So, we have been watching all the Christmas and holiday things we can find. We watched all the episodes of the Victorian Farm Christmas, Tudor Farm Christmas, A Garfield Christmas, and Bramble House Christmas, which is a Hallmark Christmas movie. I of course loved it. We also watched Paddington for the first time and realized, Billy is Paddington in person form! Ok, he just has a Paddington style coat, and loves orange marmalade. Everything we watched was perfect.
It was a slow week around here. It was not only arctic cold out, but Wyatt was feeling under the weather. So we took it easy, especially since he had a big appointment with the orthopedic surgeon on Friday. The surgeon is very pleased with Wyatt’s healing, and has decided it is now time to schedule the next surgery, this one to remove the hardware they put into Wyatt to hold his hips in place as he healed. I am so not ready for another surgery, but he said springtime, and that it will be an easier recovery.
We also got lots of Christmas shopping done, mainly via the internet but Wyatt and I also took a secret trip to pick up a gift for Billy. I won’t say what it is here but I am excited. Saturday we also masked up and went to something called Echoes of a French Noel at the River Raisin National Battlefield near us, and had such a great time. Then this morning I went to the Potter’s Market with Chrissy and Kelly. I will do a coffee catch up post later this week, but we had so much fun!
Tonight we are having a comfy cozy movie night, with hot chocolate and treats in front of the little fake fireplace tonight, and I am so excited!
And that is it from me for now! I hope that whatever you do, you do something that makes you happy!
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date
Hello everyone! I hope that you are all doing well! Last week was a busy one for us, but we had a lot of fun with family. I spent most of Wednesday baking and it was wonderful. I had my little assistant with me for part of it, which was nice as well. Today we are decorating for Christmas which makes me happy! We even have snow for it!
Read Last Week:
This was such a light read and perfect for a busy week. I didn’t like it as much as I liked the first in the series, but it was ok. I did love that there was a baby dragon. I am still planning on reading the next one in the series in December.
Reading This Week:
Last night we had our first big snowstorm of the year, and it felt like the perfect night to start Hogfather. I’ve been wanting to try Terry Prachett and this seemed like a fun one to start with.
We are not watching too much, at least last week. We finished up the Bake Off, and I think that was it. We did watch Mickey’s Christmas Carol with Wyatt, because I wanted to kick off holiday movie watching. And since then he has put it on a least fifty more times. Lol. Tonight we are going to watch another movie. We have them all in a jar and Wyatt draws a name and that is what we watch. Always a surprise now! I do plan on adding in other holiday movies from Hallmark, or that are for adults – the ones in the jar are kid movies.
Around the Interwebs:
Lisa from Boondock Ramblings and I are also beginning our Comfy Cozy Christmas Link Up! Comfy Cozy Christmas isn’t just about Christmas, it is anything holiday related – any December holiday – at all that strikes your fancy and you write about this month. Movies, books, traditions, activities. I am excited to read them! This link should be up today!
Also, just a reminder that Lisa hosts a monthly linky, that I help with, called A Good Book and a Cup of Tea. Make sure to link up any book related posts! We love to hear!
And that is it from around here today! I hope that whatever you do today, you do something that makes you smile!
Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs.. 