Christmas...

Lovely day. I got up early, partly because I had promised to cook a soufflé for breakfast, but mostly because I was as excited as a kid about Christmas. I made Gloria's muffins, bacon, and cheese soufflé, with a nutmeg sauce for Yolande, who brought fruit salad.

We talked, we laughed, we emptied our Christmas stockings, then we opened our Christmas presents, each thing more amazing than the thing before. Did you know they made Spider-Man waste baskets, and sold them at the Dollar store? I now have one under my desk. The previous waste basket is now demoted to recycled paper status. And people actually looked at my wish-list. I was even give a box of tarot cards I've long wanted, but which couldn't be bought in Canada - they had to be smuggled into the country via American friends.

I talked to Lyn on the phone for a while, and napped, and made two Christmas scrapbook pages. Then had a lovely turkey meal at Pin's place, and watched Downton Abbey Behind the Scenes, which was fun, but mostly a recap of the first two seasons. Then the Christmas Downton Abbey special. We worried about the dog. And Mary's story... my goodness. Not to mention Bates.