Another holiday season has come and gone. It was a good one, but very cold! The so-called “Real Feel” was in the -40s. Ridiculous.
I hosted Christmas Eve and my parents did Christmas Day. Despite the weather, both events had a good turnout (with the usual suspects).
I’m only working half the week so things are busy with wrapping up the year and starting a new one. But I’m looking forward to another 4 day weekend!
This was a pretty great story. It was about a guy who steals stuff from people (his so-called “clients”) to stock his house. Mostly stuff like groceries and laundry detergent. But also the occasional piece of jewelry to sell or other household items. His method and process were pretty interesting to learn about. At the end of the story, he ends up getting involved in some of his clients’ lives, which was the twist, I suppose. It was quite a page-turner.
My rating: 4/5
No, it’s not a new sequel–I had two events going on today.
First, Jake’s girlfriend’s mom had a surprise graduation party for her today. She started vet school early (before having enough credits to graduate from undergrad) and now that her first semester is over, she has enough credits, hence the party. She came home for winter break today, so we had to be there in the afternoon before she arrived. Frankly, it was the greatest party I have ever been to. There were 6 dogs there! I’m now instituting a 3 dog minimum for any future parties I attend.
This evening I had plans with one of my coworkers to watch Die Hard at the State Theater of Johnstown. We went there in October to see Dracula, as well. The theater was showing a bunch of Christmas movies this month and this was one of them (I guess you could argue that it’s not a Christmas movie, but it is definitely considered one). Anyway, the movie was great–I’d seen it before, but just once and it’s been a while. I’ll give it a 4/5. It held up really well.
I’m almost ready for Christmas. Jake wanted to make some cookies this year, so we baked a couple batches this week instead of doing our usual chocolate covered pretzels. But, it left me wanting more, so I’m going to do another batch or two of cookies in the next couple days. I have one more batch of dog treats to make and those are getting done tonight. It’s been a few years, but I made some limoncello for gifts, too.
The tree has been up since the beginning of the month, but we didn’t decorate outside this year–the weather never cooperated whenever we had time. Since Jake most likely won’t be around next year, I need to rethink my outside decorating strategy to make things a little easier to do. And, of course, my cards went out earlier this month. I did forget to do photos of the pets until it was too late. Next year, I’m going to have to do them in the summer and not make them Christmas-themed.
I took the afternoon off today and wrapped presents after work and went grocery shopping after supper so I’m all set for Christmas Eve.
Everything is under control.
Another good one from the author of Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn. It was a super quick read and will keep you guessing until the very end.
My rating: 4/5