I had an amazing nap. Seriously, all I've done today is eat, sleep and take a shower. Not one ounce of real work, but I am going to tidy my room later so that counts as almost-real work, right?
I got lovely lovely presents yesterday: an awesome leopard-print scarf (I can't decide if it's a scarf or a shawl...it's cuddly either way) from Uncle Luis and Auntie Vera, a hand-made bracelet from Lidia, Amazon gift certificates from Nicky and Steven, adorable little kitty earrings from Mom and Dad, and I used all of Mom and Dad's and Dina's Christmas money for this gorgeous Givenchy necklace that's all coppery-bronze chain and these amazing smokey jewels. It was expensive, but so so so worth it! Now I just need to increase the amount of off-the-shoulder clothing in my wardrobe, because it's the kind of necklace that you have to wear practically off your neck so that it sits right. Pictures will come later.
The crackers Lidia and I found were awesome: there were mini ones imported from England that each had two jokes and a trivia question, plus a tiny silver charm. I got a fish, it was so cute! The big ones we got had toys in them: a teeny die within a bigger, transparent die (so you only have to roll once), a noisemaker, a keychain, a top, a paperclip, a whistle, a fortune-telling fish, and I've forgotten the rest.
The food was great: sugar snap peas, yellow squash, goose, spicy pork, potatoes, red cabbage, veggie lasagna (so yummy!), rice, gravy and for dessert there was chocolate espresso cake and coffee.
Today for lunch we had Pin's eggs and poloni and it was just like I remembered (after I added salt). Mom is thinking about making oxtail stew tomorrow night, so I'm so excited, I haven't had that since last Christmas and it's delicious!
I think today is leftovers and I'm going to load up on goose since I mostly ate pork yesterday and the goose is SO yummy...and I saved the gravy. Actually, I'm hungry. I think I'm going to go snag some now.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
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