9:06 AM- showered, dried hair, combed hair, brushed hair got fed up with hair brushed teeth, got dressed, brushed hair, applied face(aka makeup), and announced i was ready to go...all in an amazing 52 minutes!
Drove to where i will be working on other side of town, and then went to nearby grocery, which has best bakery...on par with the more snooty, and expensive, and bought food for the next three days. Thankfully had credit card, since a roast to feed us all Christmas eve and Christmas day( its just the three of us) added $68 to the shopping bill.
Went to starstrucks for coffee...I swear they have some really tasty coffee, but some of it is so high octane it should have a warning label (Side note: our government here in CA is planning to do just that " Warning: This beverage contains caffeine which may cause nervousness, awakeness, warm you on a cold day, and may otherwise be enjoyable,use with CAUTION.")had the usual ubertalle and some gingerbread...
On way home, we stopped for honey to "load up" on cigars, which actually smell good until he lights one up(YUCK- open the window will ya)
Came home, put on my sweats, and put away said groceries, unloaded the dishwasher, listened to some music, played with the puppy, started enjoying the first of 5 days off from work!!!
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, and whatever seasonal greeting you choose!!
Coming soon, my other favorite day- Hogmanay (hog-muh-NAY) "In Glasgow and the central areas of Scotland, the tradition is to hold Hogmanay parties involving singing, dancing, storytelling and consumption of copious amounts of alcohol, which usually extend into the daylight hours of January 1."
In my family, I honestly can tell you that my family all got together at my grandparents, and grandpa and the boys (dad and his brothers) and other men folk would (as dad said) sling the bull starting Dec 31(New Years Eve) until well into the next day usually about 2 am or when the stove went cold( grandparents had wood stoves everywhere in the house, didn't install central heat until after grandpa died in 1983) sleep a bit, and then resume until it was time to either go home or go to bed...The copious amounts of alcohol was all whiskey (you know Scots only drink whiskey, its the uisge beatha in Gaelic or "water of life" )
Seasons Greetings!!! 
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