Merry Christmas, and happy holidays.

[kyrielle]

I hope today is merry for you whether you celebrate the holiday or not, and that the holiday of your choice is or was wonderful.

Today, I have the sausage I wanted for Christmas dinner, and enough other options to put together a good meal. I have a chicken-veggie dish cooking down in the crock pot (most of it will be frozen, assuming it comes out edible). I have snow on the ground, even if no snow is falling from the sky; I have a reasonable expectation that the snow on the ground will continue to melt off. And while I'm going to miss the pretty, I really do prefer the roads to be safe.

I have Drew, kicking happily in my belly (and waiting out the snow, good lad). I have Ray, being disturbingly cute now that Scott has worn him out with a feather toy. I have Scott, who wore Ray out with a feather toy, and chopped an onion for me, and made waffles for breakfast. (I owe him!) Somewhere in this house is a pretty cuddly Apple, I think upstairs after Ray's earlier rambunctiousness.

We didn't do a lot of presents this year (read, almost any), as is the case most years. But I did get Christmas cards sent out, and I don't need a lot of presents. My life is already full of the blessings that matter the most - family and friends; the cats; a warm, safe, comfortable house; the beauty of the world around me; plenty of food (even when I was whining about my options, I had so many options - just not the one I was wishing I had right then!)...this list could go on forever.

And that? That - and thus, yes, you! - are the best Christmas gift of all.

Merry Christmas. Thank you for making my world a brighter, better place.

Comments

[katbyte.livejournal.com]

Merry Christmas to you and Scott. Hi to Drew and the kitties.

Sounds like a wonderful holiday in Oregon.

[kyrielle]

Thank you. And yes, it was. :)

[davmoo.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that when I brought in my mail yesterday and first looked at the return address on this one card envelope before I opened it, my first thought was "who the heck are S and L?!" and laid it on the table to look at it later. It was only about 5 minutes later while I was fixing something to eat that I thought "Oh yeah! kyrielle and husband!" and went back and opened it.

And I started to remind you that you left out the nudie picture again. But when you are pregnant, that's just as well :-)

[kyrielle]

Why should you be embarrassed? You don't usually think of me as Laura, I imagine, so much as kyrielle - add Scott's name and it's confusing.

As far as the picture, you can always dream, but.... :)

OTOH, did it have enough glitter? :D

[canyoncat.livejournal.com]

Merry Christmas to all of you!

[lady-of-mists.livejournal.com]

:hugs: This post was really a good thing to read today. I love to hear about things that are going right. :)

[mandydax.livejournal.com]

GLITTER!CARD

[msphat.livejournal.com]

Awwww! This post just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. :-)