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[catsittingstill]

We had a lovely Christmas. Jacob found my calendar, which I'd been stressed out over mislaying, in his car while loading presents to bring to Dad's house, so the first thing he did on coming in the door was to hand it to me. This meant I wouldn' t have to spend the day after Christmas calling or visiting every place I'd been on the 23rd and 24th, which was a nice Christmas present all on its own.

We took turns unwrapping presents and reading poems (there weren't as many present-poems as usual because Mom had been a major driver of that custom, but I wrote a poem for at least one gift for everybody, and Jake and Dad wrote some poems too). It was a bit odd not having Mom there, but not as blighting as I'd feared it might be. I got two more books on knitting socks--my next project is a toe-up sock (perhaps with a gussetted heel--I'll decide when I get that far) with some lovely blue/turquoise/magenta/grey yarn that Callie gave me. She loaned me some bamboo needles too, which are supposed to be nicer than regular needles, but I must knit too tight, or something--I can't get the loops to slide over them properly. So I went back to my aluminum needles.

I also got a Palm Pilot (chortle). Now I just have to figure out how to get it to synch with my Mac. But it promises to be very cool.

Trying to catch up on my sleep, I went to bed at 9:00pm last night. And woke up at 5:30 and couldn't sleep. Perhaps I'll try going back to bed now.

Comments

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

Present-poems! That sounds like a neat tradition. Do the poems go inside the wrapping, or outside like tags? Are they always about the present inside, or are they about anything?

Merry Christmas! :)

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

the poems go on the outside of the present--usually we write or print the poem on one side of the paper and the recepient's name on the other side, like a gift tag. Sometimes they're specifically about the present, sometimes they refer to the present in some way but aren't specifically about it, sometimes they are about the recipient, or about Christmas or winter in general.