There goes another year. Yesterday was pretty good, I won't lie. It was nice to get up on my own (though the cats wanted food as early as 8 am so I didn't really sleep in) and make a tea. The family I'm living with right now bought me a gift of pjs with an adorable print of owls on them. They're so cute. :3
And I also got some chocolate. What's Christmas without chocolate? After tea and presents, my sister picked me up and we went to my mom's house for more presents and Christmas dinner. Which, in my family, is traditionally eaten about 1 in the afternoon. Weird, right? It's always been that way, ever since my Gran was a little girl. That's how my mom was raised, and that's how we've always had it. I think I'll continue it with my own children in the future. It's kind of a unique tradtion passed down from the women in my family.
Long story short, it was a lvoely day, and afterwards my family and I played a couple rounds of Crokenhole (I don't think that's how you spell it). It's a game with a specially shaped board with circles with different points, and a hole cut in the middle worth twenty. Essentially, you use these "pips", which look like checkers pieces, and you line them up on the base line, then flick with your finger and send them across the board, aiming for the hole in the middle. You can play with up to four people, as there's four sections on the board. Once someone from another team (or another player) is on the board, your goal is to use your "pip" to knock theirs off. At the end of the round (each player has 12 pieces, therefore 12 shots) you add up the points. There's a ton of different ways you can do this - the simplest way is to just add up all the points you got and write them down. We've been playing ever since we were kids at my grandparent's house, and we use the "cancelling" method - if two markers of different players are in the same point space, they cancel out, and you don't get any points. So you cancel all the matching, then if there's two fives on one team and one 10 on another, those cancel, and so forth. At the end, whoever has points still on the board, they write those down. The points denominations are 5, 10, 15, and the middle "pot" is 20. The points get higher the closer you get to the middle, and of course the circles are smaller. Essentially, this is what the board looks like:
Anyway, after that and our turkey comas subsided, I went home and relaxed for a bit more. My sister came over and we watched a chill movie - Julie and Julia, one of my favourites. My roommate was working on a new puzzle on the floor, so I had my two kitties on my lap while watching the movie. It was a nice way to spend Christmas evening. What a nice day.
And now, a lovely picture roll.
Pic before work one morning. I love the blue in my eyes here. It's almost opaque.
Ahh, the Christmas kitties. <3 I bought another collar so they could both be festive. They're so happy about it, can't you tell?
Meet Emmett the giraffe, a needle-felted creation my sister made for me for Christmas. I love him!
My family dog Timbit, Christmas morning at the house. She looks really unimpressed (she doesn't photograph well when she knows I have a camera in my hand), but in truth she was very excited and all grins. I wish she'd be better at smiling at the camera for me. She's got a great smile. <3
Me and my roommate wearing hats from the Christmas crackers at her house. :)
My new mug - a Christmas present from my roommate. Very touching, as I broke my favourite one that night I cut my toe open. Smartiepants. Thankfully I now have a new favourite mug. <3
And another pic with the mug.
Okay, I think that's it!
