One movie. Two impromptu concerts, self hosted of course. Three states. Four cities. Five workouts. Seven parties. Endless eats. Infinite cocktails. Loads of sleep. Plus a post party glow.
The Hubby and I completed our holiday circuit yesterday afternoon. As such, we are both filled with warm fuzzies, and love and gratitude for our families, along with all other things equally as touching; in a sentimental way that is. No perversion here. Alright fine, only sometimes, and definitely not today. Be on the lookout for dirty humor later this week though. I can only behave for so long.
The same goes for anyone here for a recipe post. As much as I’d like to share, and believe me I’ve got food to share, I haven’t been home long enough to pull a rabbit out of my hat. I’m speaking figuratively now, even though a certain six year old nephew got a magic kit for Christmas. A performance was held, and as the appointed announcer, I learned the mystery behind that particular trick, although a sidekick never tells. As my nephew says, “it’s a family secret now.” Well done kid, well done.
Since I am an introvert at heart, and one who has just been incredibly social for a multitude of days, I’m looking forward to curling into a ball, preferably on my couch, all while happily babbling nonsensical things and nibbling on pomegranate seeds and shortbread cookies. I’m ready to get lost in a world of books, video games, jigsaw puzzles, silence and serenity, which is why you’ll get very few words from me today, ignoring the handfuls above.
Instead I’ve decided to give you a glimpse into my personal life, with far too many photos, although never enough to capture the magic of the moment. Hopefully, they will be a suitable substitute and tell my holiday tales for me today.
“Show me the way home, honey.”
There were a few things I waned to accomplish this holiday season, some of which included “make great memories, travel safe, be generous and kind, and eat lots of fabulous food.” I’d say mission accomplished.
Your turn: tell me all about your holidays? What was the best moment and the best meal?
Looks like you had a wonderful (and delicious!) Christmas! And a hectic one too. As much as I love the holidays, I’m always ready for them to be over by the 26th. Hope you’re enjoying your downtime now!
It’s hard to pick just one best moment of Christmas, but one of my favourites was definitely making cookies with my grandma. As for the best food, that award goes to Smitten Kitchen’s sticky toffee pudding with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream that I made for Christmas dessert!
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Your dessert sounds heavenly. I’d like to try that.
Also I’m glad you were able to spend so much time with grandma right now. I can only imagine how difficult the holiday was for you and the family. I thought of you often.
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After all the fun and family and enjoyment, there’s nothing like coming home to the quiet and peace of doing your own thing. Glad you had a great holiday.
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As much fun as the holidays are, it’s always good to be home too. I know you can relate seeing as how you just got back from Florida.
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Don’t think I didn’t notice you clever use of fonts in the comment reply. Very impressive! You’ve got skills.
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These are such lovely photos! The candy cane shaped wreath is my favourite.
My best holiday moments were probably all the little ones combined together 🙂
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I love that wreath too. It was at my dad and step mom’s place, and I just had to take a picture.
I hope you had a wonderful holiday.
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So glad you enjoyed your holidays. Mine are still kind of happening. Except for the fact that I need to bust out my laptop and start doing some actual work, I’m in NE through New Years! I am excited to get some me time soon though too! Totally feel ya there! 🙂
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You should kick back and take some time off. Enjoy it. The blog world will be here when you get back.
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Oh I’ve been taking breaks! Only blogged 6 times in December! I didn’t touch my laptop for 4 whole days in a row last week which is huge! But I do make money blogging and doing freelance so I can’t really stop unless I make bigger changes elsewhere. Plus I always end up missing it. I have some dessert photos I’m so excited about editing and sharing. #blognerd
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Four days in a row off. Kudos to you. I bet Dave loved all the Amanda time.
Happy New Year!
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MOUSETRAP!!! My best moment was chilling with my Dad, sampling some delightful whiskey that he got while discussing his retirement sometime early in 2015. Hooray Christmas.
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I’m thrilled someone recognized Mouse Trap. Bonus points for you!
Go Dad. Retirement sounds so delightful, yet so far away.
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Your christmas was gorgeous!! What lake was that we saw? I especially love the first pic with your cat. That’s awesome.
Hope you’re doing great and happy new year chica!
xo
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Lake Erie. We drive along it when we go from Cleveland to Buffalo and back. It makes for some lovely scenery.
The cat pic was complete luck. I went to snap a picture of the cards to send to someone and he came out of nowhere and just jumped up the wall at the exact perfect moment.
I hope your non-holiday festivities were equally as grand.
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love this! i noticed you do crackers – we do xmas crackers as well. fun! except mine didn’t have the toy in it this year, unless someone took it and didn’t tell me. it’s okay though really 🙂
i shared some similar activitites with you: movies, food, performance, athletic apparel/shoes, and libations and joy in great abundance! we went to see the hobbit xd and the gambler, so 2 movies in 2 days is a huge deal for us. we also saw a great show, a panto show. it was rapunzel versus the zombie killers. panto is a great tradtion i’ve embraced, i recommend to you if you haven’t been to panto performance.
we also had a great southern indian veggie meal in our ‘little india’ part of town, and stocked up on all things of the spice world at the indian market. then we feasted on curried peas while finishing the final season of game of thrones… i had to watch the last episode twice, the first time just wasnt’ enough. and one was tipsy, and the second was very sober.
we embrace the british traditions and also the chinese ones, so my celebrating will carry over into february as the chinese new year approaches… endurance training at it’s finest!
may the festivities continue, thank you for the great pics!
Dude, somebody stole your cracker toy. That’s crazy talk. You need to hunt that down. 😉
Your holidays celebrations sound great, right down to the drunken Game of Thrones watching, although I’m slightly envious they’re still going. Enjoy it. Have a cocktail for me.
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Do I still have to tell you about my holidays if I’ve already told you all about my holidays? 😛 We were in the mountains just prior to Christmas, and it was absolutely wonderful. Hanging out in an awesome castle-y hotel, going boarding, and just being in the mountains in general was exactly what I needed to go into the holidays without stressing too much about all that needed to be done. And it was nice to enjoy a quiet Christmas with just me and my parents, although sometimes I do think it would be nice to have a more boisterous one with more people too…
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You’ll have to teach me how to snow board. Keep in mind, I have no idea how to ski and my ankles snap easily. They’re extra bendy in fact and prone to injuries. However, I am a willing and eager student who will likely keep a flask of booze in her jacket. 🙂
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Wow to all that food! I just ate and now I’m hungry again! As a fellow introvert I can totally relate to that feeling of needing to curl up. Enjoy 🙂
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And that wasn’t anywhere near all the food we ate. I skipped taking photos of entire meals. Crazy and completely delicious. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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It looks like you had a lovely holiday (I’m partial to your musical selections, of course- I had no idea anyone but me and my brother still listened to “Gone til November.”)
I actually just got home (well, home to my new home) about an hour ago. My week was filled with family, friends and food as well, and I would say the highlight was seeing my friend who currently lives in Chile. We fell right back into our old shenanigans and it was truly wonderful. That said, I’m happy to be home surrounded by all my new books- my boyfriend’s mom got me a bunch and I’m looking forward to getting started!
I am thrilled to hear someone else recognizes that song. I should have known it would be you. Great musical minds think alike.
Meghan recently posted…Post Holiday Glow
What a lovely post of food and family. IS THAT A SHOWING OF MONKEY HUBBY!? Rawwrrr. Also, I love your new header. Simple and clean…totally my style.
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I’m thrilled you noticed the new header. That you’re a fan of the new look doesn’t hurt either. 😉
That is actually my baby brother and my father in the pictures so definitely no monkey loving or rawwwwrrr there; at least not for me. Incest is outside my wheel house, although the Hubby has been in a picture on the blog before so I can be sneaky like that.
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Holy glorious macaroni & cheese! That was totally missing from my Christmas plate.
Thanks for sharing your photos- looks like you had a lovely holiday! 🙂
The mac and cheese was out of this world, and it was in some kind of cast iron crock pot deal so it was literally bubbling away all evening. Talk about cheese porn. I should have taken video of that.
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You’ve just cemented it. I will be at that dinner table next year. Well, near the oven with those loaves. Enjoy your time home now my friend. What a cray cray yet positively packed festive season.
Okay, once more the bread.
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The loaves of bread were actually stromboli and had all sorts of deliciousness inside. So much goodness.
Basically, we know how to do bread in my family, although one of the desserts was made with a gluten free crust so celiacs would have lived large too.
Can’t wait to have you at the table next year.
Meghan recently posted…Post Holiday Glow
Oh my goodness MOUSETRAP!!! I totally want to play that right now!!
My best meal has to be the big one on Christmas Day – Turkey!!! I have been craving Turkey since I read all the thanksgiving blogs a month ago and was totally ready to gorge!
Best moment – being able to spend the big day alone with my husband, it was so special!
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That is a nice moment. One on one time with your partner of choice is always a good thing. It’s actually why I don’t mind the travel either. The Hubby and I really get to talk for hours on end.
You get bonus points for recognizing Mousetrap! I’m super impressed.
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Ok, there is some seriously yummy looking food here! It sounds like you had some great times, and I definitely am an introvert as well and totally enjoy curling up at home and just enjoying alone time doing whatever (when I say alone time- I actually mean maybe about two minutes of actually being alone before some kid needs something or wants to hang out and get attention or something like that 😉 ). We have had an interesting time over the holidays here..right now we are out of town and 4 out of 5 of us are sick. TOTAL bummer, but hoping everyone gets better before we head home! We’ll see. Have a happy new year!
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Oh no, everybody is sick. That’s awful and no kind of holiday celebration. I hope you all get better quickly and then have a huge post holiday fiesta to make up for the lack of one now.
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Glad you had a Merry Christmas! I also enjoyed a wonderful Christmas visiting family – living a good distance away from them makes me appreciate the time I get with them even more.
P.S. You look like yo’ daddy! 🙂
I do look like my daddy. It makes me happy.
You are right. The distance does make you appreciate them all the more.
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As much as I enjoy your writing – okay, you know HOW much – it was fun getting a glimpse at your shenanigans through a plethora of pictures here, too. And oh what fun it all looks like. (:
It looks like we both had magicians-to-be in our families as of this Christmas. Only my little cousin – six years old, too – was a little too impatient to actually study any of the tricks. She -did- seem to enjoy watching the DVD explaining them with its wonderful [read: nerve-racking] music playing in the background, though. Let’s see who’ll receive that invitation to Hogwards in around five years’ time …
Any chance there’as some of that bag o’ pesto puff pastry left?? And what kind of soup/stew is there in the last picture?
The pictures of your dad and you are too cute. H0w do they say? You got ya sass from ya daddy ;).
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It’s true, half of my sass comes from my Dad. It makes me happy too.
Oh my word, the strombolis with artichokes, asparagus, cheese and pesto were to die for. My sister-in-law makes them, and they are fantastic. This is the second year we’ve had them, and now it’s going to have to be a tradition. So much goodness.
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I’m glowing through it all too. I think this was the best I’ve had in years. Cheers, friend!
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I’m pretty sure you’re glowing for some other reasons too. Keep on glowing my friend!! I couldn’t be happier for you.
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How did I not comment? I really really want a device that takes my thoughts when I finish reading my email and turns it into a published comment. 98% of the time it would work terrific.
I love all the food, it’s very tempting. We’re still in the ‘curl up and be introverted’ stage of recovery.
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I’m still trying to get into the introverted curl up and do nothing phase. Maybe tomorrow, although I’m going to have to do some work, work, and of course there’s blog posts to write. Hmm, on second thought, maybe Saturday.
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