About Me

Woman, reader, writer, wife, mother of two sons, sister, daughter, aunt, friend, state university professor, historian, Midwesterner by birth but marooned in the South, Chicago Cubs fan, Anglophile, devotee of Bruce Springsteen and the 10th Doctor Who, lover of chocolate and marzipan, registered Democrat, practicing Christian (must practice--can't quite get the hang of it)--and menopausal.
Names have been changed to protect the teenagers. As if.

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Christmas cards

So here's my recipe for a perfect Christmas card writing evening:
Mix together til nicely blended:
1 husband out with buddy to basketball game,
1 16-year-old out doing whatever he does that I'm sure is perfectly legal and safe and will look great on his college applications,
1 bowl of lentil soup on the boil,
1 bottle of white wine nicely chilled,
1 really bad but in a good way movie on tv (in this case "What a Girl Wants" with Colin Firth).
Add
a heaping spoonful of My Grades Are In and I'm ignoring everything else that's way overdue.
Sprinkle in lots of Good Golly It's the Weekend
and
Thank You God It's Finally Gotten Cold Outside, to taste.
Pour into Really Cute but in an Ironic Way Winnie the Pooh Christmas Cards.
Garnish with one totally amazing family Christmas newsletter.
Really.

Tho' it's best not to drink the whole bottle of wine. The addresses get a tad sloppy; the messages rather more so. Just sayin'.
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2 comments:

  1. TriciaDecember 12, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    I always look forward to your Christmas newsletter! It's the best (and usually funniest) one we get. Please never stop!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 18, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    My one claim to fame: my Christmas newsletter! Do you think there's a market for the Collected Works?!

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