semiotic_pirate | Merry Christmas (Reply)

Or Yule, or Festivus... Whatever flavor your holiday, let it be merry.

For the first time(since we now have the big house) we here on Hushaby Mountain are hosting the hordes of family (7 total, this year, since my side if the family can't make it). I call it a horde because one of the seven is a whirlwind destructor of a three year old.

They'll be arriving by eight, only a little over an hour to go before the silent beauty of this morning is broken. Fortunately, they should be away by ten, since the mother of the children (the other is a very nice 13yo) wants them by 10/10:30/11.

There will be breakfast had by all; my MIL sent us home last night with bags of groceries. When I first heard about this, I thought it would be a simple breakfast of coffee cake, muffins, bagels, tea & coffee... Nope. I predict that there will be more time taken to make and consume breakfast than they have to sit about relaxing. Never mind the time it should take to wade through and both unwrap and appreciate each present in what is arranged in a record breaking assortment under the tree.

All I can hope is that the house is not destroyed by the destructor and that everyone has a good time.

Now though, I've got to find that recipe for making bacon in the oven!