picked the daisies fine
December 31, 2007 | Filed Under ordinary

santa and henry eat cookies in bed while jude, who, unfortunately, fell asleep during the second-christmas-eve movie and would not wake up (even for cookies), sleeps, nestled all snug in my bed. ernie and i have a long night of wrapping and constructing to do, but it’s our favorite kind of long night, the kind powered by glee and sweet drinks and scotch tape. hooray for christmas! it didn’t feel like christmas eve today, and it shouldn’t, i suppose, since it is not christmas eve after all. i’m glad the boys don’t know to feel that it is another kind of eve, instead.

ernie began a kitchen renovation today. having him rip the cabinets from the wall was really fun to watch. the place already looks better and the paint is still in the buckets. hooray for kitchen renovations!
are those fireworks i hear? roman candles? something snapping and popping with spark and electric finery in a song of goodbye to the old year? investigation to follow. and a list of purpose for tomorrow.
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