It's Christmas morning, and all is quiet. Presents were opened, breakfast was eaten, and now Sr. Jr. and his dad have gone out for a mountain bike ride, so I'm home with not much to do.
The kids were happy with their presents, and I think hubster was, too, although his big present is a mountain bike that he has to pick out for himself. The guys race cyclocross, which started in or is associated with Belgium, and waffles are a big part of the fun around the sport, so I got a waffle maker for the family. We all had yummy waffles for breakfast this morning.
Off to start working on the turkey dinner, but I hope everyone has a very healthy and happy holiday.
Then Jr. Jr. and I played Othello (another gift), and I dusted and vacuumed. Fun. The other day I started making the Dove socks from New Pathways for Sock Knitters out of some Socks that Rock that I have in the Corvid colorway, but I haven't picked them up today. Pictures will come when there's more to show.
We saw The Golden Compass the other day. I really liked it a lot. The books, of course, were wonderful. I thought that the movie did a great job of making that world come true. The girl who plays Lyra is spectacular. One of my favorite snarky movie review sites, Pajiba, harshed on her, but I disagree. I thought she was not only beautiful, but very talented as well. It's been a while since I read the books, but Sr. Jr. tells me that they did depart from the books a little bit. My guess is that they did that in order to make the trilogy easier to follow, but who knows.
Off to start working on the turkey dinner, but I hope everyone has a very healthy and happy holiday.
1 comment:
while Pajiba may be clever and snarky and fun in some ways, it is pointless and useless as actual reviews. The person who reviewed Alvin & the Chipmonks gave away the fact that he/she had already decided the movie was bad before ever seeing it (also referred to Dogma as mediocre, along with a bunch of other Kevin Smith movies). Waffles were great. Also associated with Belgium....chocolate -- Chocolate, waffles and 'cross http://www.velonews.com/diaries/rider/articles/13829.0.html
Next year perhaps Christmas in Belgium
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