Ready or not....

Ready or not, I'm out of time.  I'm at work today but when I get off, I'm headed to Mom and Dad's for the Norweigan family tradition of opening Christmas presents. There is no more knitting time to get Mom and Dad's presents done.  They are getting IOUs, but it was their request that I do the other presents first since I see them frequently enough that getting the presents to them isn't a problem.

Last night I made rolls and my oven still burned the bottom without even tanning the top even though I moved the rack up.  It's frustrating.  They aren't badly burnt so I think they are edible.  The ones on the next shelf up were almost under done.  I didn't make the whipped coconut cream to top the chocolate cream pie.  I'm hopeful I can do it in the morning.  I just had too many things to do last night and not enough time.

I wrapped presents and ran out of tape as I put the last piece on the last present so, for a change, it wasn't a frustrating experience.  I need to get more because I still have presents to wrap but nothing that had to be done last night.  I did have a helper last night:

Fortunately, he limited himself to the one bow and just carried and batted it all over the house.  I had a hard time getting a good picture because when he noticed me watching, he would try to hide the bow.  It was very funny and quite adorable.  If he'd been into everything it wouldn't have been so cute.

I gave myself a Christmas present on Monday and went and got a Mani/Pedi.  It's been about 3 years since I last splurged. No one sees my toes this time of year, but they are nice and sparkly for my own amusement.


If I don't get back on here before  New Years, I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!