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the_rckWe left for Scott's parents' place about three o'clock. The beta read I was waiting for came in five minutes before we left; I still haven't had time to look at them. I shall simply have to hope that the story is fine as is. My recipient, at least, seems to have liked it, and that's excellent.
We arrived before Scott's sister's family by about half an hour. We didn't expect that given that they live half an hour closer than we do. We all (except for Scott's sister who brought her own food) had pizza around five o'clock. Then we sang happy birthday to Jesus and had a bit of birthday cake.
Around six thirty, we drove to a nearby church for a seven o'clock service. It's not the church Scott's parents usually attend. Fenton has at least two Methodist churches. Scott's parents usually attend the wealthier and more conservative church. The service was reasonably inoffensive. The sermon was short, and all the songs were well known carols that we all enjoyed singing. Even Cordelia tried to sing along (her knowledge of Christmas carols is pretty limited).
We got home about nine. I went straight to work on chopping garlic and green onions for the rice. It took some work to get the rice cooker set up. Scott had to go online to find instructions for how to program the dratted thing. We set it to finish this morning at nine.
Scott and Cordelia went into her room to wrap presents while I worked on getting the stockings ready. Cordelia's stocking was packed. Scott's and mine were fairly pathetic. I'd told Scott several times that we needed more for the stockings, but each time, he took that to mean that I thought we needed more for Cordelia's stocking.
We made Cordelia get ready for bed so that she wouldn't have to come out of her room for the rest of the night. I retrieved wrapped presents while Scott wrapped the last presents for Cordelia (the three books I ordered last week which arrived yesterday afternoon). Then Scott kicked me out of the dining room and kitchen so that he could wrap more things for me.
We got to bed pretty much on time, but neither of us slept well. I spent a lot of time in that sort of semi-dreaming state where I'm aware that I'm in my bed and trying to sleep but am also kind of dreaming. It's not very restful.
Cordelia let us sleep in until nine. We got up kind of slowly. I made myself coffee and got dressed while Scott was still attempting to drag himself out of bed.
Cordelia seems to be mostly pleased with her presents. There's one thing she particularly wanted-- a faux fur blanket-- that she didn't get. It was only about $15 in early December, so she can afford to buy it for herself. We just have to get to Sears and hope we can find the dratted thing. I was a bit disappointed to discover that the game supposedly bundled with her 2DS is actually a code to download the game in question. I'd rather have a physical game than a download. Figuring out how to use that code will be a trick.
After we'd dealt with presents, I heated up the Christmas porridge. After I ate, I worked on the cheese spread and then the salad. Then I took the rice from the cooker and put it in a bowl. I also put the applesauce I'd made a couple of days ago into a bowl so we could take it along.
We got to Scott's sister's place around noon. Scott's parents were already there. Most people played Apples to Apples with the new version Cordelia got for Christmas. People came and went from the game as they wished. Nobody was really keeping score, so the game went on and on.
The bacon wrapped dates were popular as usual, and we put out a fair number of our cookies. (A lot of those came back home with us. I need to figure out something to do with extra cookies.)
Scott's sister's in-laws arrived around three, and then people opened presents. Scott and I only had one thing, a dollar store Phineas and Ferb picture frame from our niece. Cordelia got a game, two books, and some clothes. I think she was reasonably pleased.
We had dinner around five thirty-- lamb and chicken skewers. There was so much food that I couldn't fit everything on my plate the first time around (I went back for applesauce).
After dinner, Scott and our brother-in-law and nephew went downstairs to play Munchkin Panic, the game we'd given our nephew for Christmas. Cordelia and our niece and Scott's mother played peanut. Eventually, we had pie, three kinds. Then there was more game playing. We left for home about eight.
When we got home, Scott and Cordelia started playing the Lego Hobbit game pretty much immediately and kept going until nearly bedtime.
I did find time this morning to read my Yuletide gift. It's a story for the Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians series by Brandon Sanderson. The author captured the style of the original. It's a five things story, and each section left me wanting more.
We arrived before Scott's sister's family by about half an hour. We didn't expect that given that they live half an hour closer than we do. We all (except for Scott's sister who brought her own food) had pizza around five o'clock. Then we sang happy birthday to Jesus and had a bit of birthday cake.
Around six thirty, we drove to a nearby church for a seven o'clock service. It's not the church Scott's parents usually attend. Fenton has at least two Methodist churches. Scott's parents usually attend the wealthier and more conservative church. The service was reasonably inoffensive. The sermon was short, and all the songs were well known carols that we all enjoyed singing. Even Cordelia tried to sing along (her knowledge of Christmas carols is pretty limited).
We got home about nine. I went straight to work on chopping garlic and green onions for the rice. It took some work to get the rice cooker set up. Scott had to go online to find instructions for how to program the dratted thing. We set it to finish this morning at nine.
Scott and Cordelia went into her room to wrap presents while I worked on getting the stockings ready. Cordelia's stocking was packed. Scott's and mine were fairly pathetic. I'd told Scott several times that we needed more for the stockings, but each time, he took that to mean that I thought we needed more for Cordelia's stocking.
We made Cordelia get ready for bed so that she wouldn't have to come out of her room for the rest of the night. I retrieved wrapped presents while Scott wrapped the last presents for Cordelia (the three books I ordered last week which arrived yesterday afternoon). Then Scott kicked me out of the dining room and kitchen so that he could wrap more things for me.
We got to bed pretty much on time, but neither of us slept well. I spent a lot of time in that sort of semi-dreaming state where I'm aware that I'm in my bed and trying to sleep but am also kind of dreaming. It's not very restful.
Cordelia let us sleep in until nine. We got up kind of slowly. I made myself coffee and got dressed while Scott was still attempting to drag himself out of bed.
Cordelia seems to be mostly pleased with her presents. There's one thing she particularly wanted-- a faux fur blanket-- that she didn't get. It was only about $15 in early December, so she can afford to buy it for herself. We just have to get to Sears and hope we can find the dratted thing. I was a bit disappointed to discover that the game supposedly bundled with her 2DS is actually a code to download the game in question. I'd rather have a physical game than a download. Figuring out how to use that code will be a trick.
After we'd dealt with presents, I heated up the Christmas porridge. After I ate, I worked on the cheese spread and then the salad. Then I took the rice from the cooker and put it in a bowl. I also put the applesauce I'd made a couple of days ago into a bowl so we could take it along.
We got to Scott's sister's place around noon. Scott's parents were already there. Most people played Apples to Apples with the new version Cordelia got for Christmas. People came and went from the game as they wished. Nobody was really keeping score, so the game went on and on.
The bacon wrapped dates were popular as usual, and we put out a fair number of our cookies. (A lot of those came back home with us. I need to figure out something to do with extra cookies.)
Scott's sister's in-laws arrived around three, and then people opened presents. Scott and I only had one thing, a dollar store Phineas and Ferb picture frame from our niece. Cordelia got a game, two books, and some clothes. I think she was reasonably pleased.
We had dinner around five thirty-- lamb and chicken skewers. There was so much food that I couldn't fit everything on my plate the first time around (I went back for applesauce).
After dinner, Scott and our brother-in-law and nephew went downstairs to play Munchkin Panic, the game we'd given our nephew for Christmas. Cordelia and our niece and Scott's mother played peanut. Eventually, we had pie, three kinds. Then there was more game playing. We left for home about eight.
When we got home, Scott and Cordelia started playing the Lego Hobbit game pretty much immediately and kept going until nearly bedtime.
I did find time this morning to read my Yuletide gift. It's a story for the Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians series by Brandon Sanderson. The author captured the style of the original. It's a five things story, and each section left me wanting more.
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Date: 2014-12-26 09:24 pm (UTC)When you say that each section of the story left you wanting more, is that a good thing or a bad thing, or both?
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Date: 2014-12-26 09:34 pm (UTC)I think the wanting more is both a good thing and a bad thing. It's not that the sections were incomplete or inadequate. I was just enjoying them enough to want more. It was good that the story was good enough to catch me that way but bad for me that there wasn't the more that I wanted. I'm also unlikely to see another story in this fandom, so there's that. Maybe I should try writing it. I don't know if I could do as good a job as my mystery author did, though.