It’s Christmas Eve, and there are a surprisingly large number of presents under the tree with my name on them. Santa must think I’ve been a good boy this year.
Preparations for tomorrow’s feasting started today with the Tart Cranberry Dipping Sauce and the mac & cheese. We ended up with a monster 24lb turkey this year because the wife didn’t want to waste her time on a measly 13 pounder, which was the next smallest size they had at the store. We should have plenty of leftovers to take home with us.
Just about to get the turkey prepped for a nice long soak in the brine. The bird will soak for a good 12-15 hours or so before it goes into the oven for roasting. Then I get one of my favourite jobs, carving it up.
From the wife and I, we wish all of you a happy and safe holiday season and much prosperity and happiness for 2005!
It’s Christmas…isn’t it?
The wife and I were doing a little bit of shopping Sunday gathering a few more supplies for Christmas baking. One thing that struck me odd as we were walking around was just how un-Christmasy things were in the stores. Stores were relatively empty (although it was a little late on Sunday evening). All the racks and shelves of Christmasy things had been relegated to the back corners. There wasn’t even any Christmas music playing in the Target (I’m sure it was a welcome break for the employees). Couldn’t find any Christmas cards to save our lives either. If I didn’t know any better I’d have thought it was just another day rather than the holiday season.
Maybe I’m just going to the wrong places.
Let the holidays begin!
We finally got a start on our Christmas baking. A little later than usual. All of you people expecting cookies will just have to wait a little while. They’re going to be late this year. But they’ll still be just as tasty!
The tree is up too, with a few presents underneath it even. Christmas cards are coming in, but we’ve just been too busy this year to send any out. So to those of you that sent us one (and those who didn’t send us one), I apologize for not sending out a card. But we do wish all of you a happy and fun holiday season and all the best for 2005!
We’ve been thinking of doing one of those Christmas form letters people seem to be so big on. You know, those ones that you get from your friends and family telling you about all their accomplishments and big events over the past year. I thought it might be interesting to take it a step further and do one as a blog entry. The wife thinks I might be a little too ahead of my time though. I think I’ll give it a try anyway. It’s not like there are a lot of people reading this anyway. Or are there…
I want to buy stuff again!
You know, as much as I enjoy the holiday season, I’ll be glad it’s when it’s over and so that I can start buying stuff for myself again without worrying that someone’s already bought it for me for Christmas or my birthday.
A busy holiday season
The holiday season is always busy for me. Not with holiday things, but just work things. Most people see things slowing down at work during the holidays, but for me that’s usually when I’m the busiest. New equipment installations for some reason seem to happen most often between Oct-Jan as companies push for sales and installations to close out their fiscal year. Departments with new budgets buy new equipment which just happens to get installed this ime of year.
And then there’s me trying to get the last of the surveys done in the remaining few weeks of the year.
This year has been busier than most because of some of the new responsibilities I’ve taken on and have assumed. A couple more research studies to support, other projects to work on, and lots of web stuff to wor on.
It just never ends. In a few weeks it will be time to start the whole equipment testing cycle all over again.