i have enjoyed being home by myself the last couple of days. i slept a lot the day after xmas, not getting up until 11 a.m. as a matter of fact, i am not even sure i got dressed that day. i know for sure i did not leave the house.
i have puttered around, listened to a lot of cds, and watched a few movies. i have also gotten caught up at least on the paper version of the ny times sunday editions that have been hanging around in a pile by my bed. i am now going to work on the magazines that go with the tabloids. i am also reading patti boyd's autobiography WONDERFUL TONIGHT about her life with george harrison and eric clapton. fluff reading, but ok. i just finished SAVAGES by bill pronzini, and prior to that RHETT BUTLER'S PEOPLE, which is the officially licensed prequel to GONE WITH THE WIND. also ripped through the newest clive cussler book, THE CHASE, and have a few left on the floor for me to read.
it rained the first day home, and is raining now. has gotten colder, and that is fine with me. i have done a lot of cooking for no one in particular and mostly i am giving it away. i fixed chilli for meg and her brood, a ham, potato salad, beef ribs in the oven with potatoes and wine sauce, a lot of coffee, and bread. took food to bruce and amy next door and i wish i could get rid of the tons of sweets in this house. austin is at bebo's and doesn't seem to be headed home anytime soon, so it is all just sitting around here. i bought the stuff to make borscht, as terre asked me if i was going to make it, but then, after i bought all the stuff, she called and said she was too busy this weekend with other things. sigh. i don't know if i will make it or not this weekend. we'll see.
i went out to pad thai restaurant with brenda davis for dinner tonight and that was nice. pam and her mother came by last night and we exchanged xmas presents. she gave me a calendar for 2008 with pictures on it from our trip as well as some lotion and a scrubby thing for the shower. i gave her lotion and stuff for the shower as well and a copy of WILD HOGS the movie, but she already had gotten it for taylor for xmas, so i ended up with it back to me. i went online tonight and made her a calendar for herself with pictures from last year as well.
i don't have any other plans other than i would like to get to work on some jewelry stuff, but the time has been right yet. i am cleaning up around the house, and have had some problems with the garbage disposal today being clogged. i am hoping that the draino i put in there will resolve the issue. otherwise, i will have to fetch bruce to come and save me from my plumbing disaster. i took him a 6 pack of beer today along with the food, so maybe he will be amiable. amy's grandmother died xmas day and she flew to dallas yesterday for the funeral. she will be back tomorrow night and i told bruce i would pick her up.
with the exception of my brother's meltdown, xmas has been fine. everyone got along fine and there has been way too much food. my kitchen table is piled up with all sorts of stuff to cook with, all the baking things. i think i need to finish off whatever baking i am going to do tomorrow and put it all back.
one thing that i have enjoyed is watching my little birds. i put bread crumbs out there for them, and it has been titmouses and finches. i saw my first cardinal today, and of course, that fucking squirrel. nothing i can do about him. he doesn't even scare easily. i hate a damned squirrel...
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