I was off line as the power weent out again from the last snow-which didn't stick, but did cause some auto accidents, including one which hit our line.

I love the Christmas season, but I must say its rather peaceful when its over.... I am ALWAYS done early in the year--except for this year. It seemed like we did a lot of rushing at the end. Some of it, my baking and candy making could not be avoided, but we also did a lot of last minute shopping. That, I am not used to and won't wait till the end again. In fact, I have already started a box for next years Christmas. It has 2 items in it so far, and I am watching a couple more on ebay. What I am watching normally goes for more than it is at now, (antique items) so I think bidding is down due to the holiday. The 2 I am watching end tomorrow, so I may get them at a decent price..
Christmas Eve we did Christmas with my husbands family (their family always celebrates on Christmas Eve), then went to a candlelight service at our church.
Christmas morning we drove to my parents and brothers for the day, and got home late late last night.
I think that for this week, we were only home about 10 hours a day. I need to unwind.

It has been snowing all day. I called the library and renewwed our books over the phone-I didn't want to get out and drive in it. We were done with the books, but I didn't want to drive round trip of 40 miles with visability of only about 25 feet.

DH got me a new stand alone Kitchen Aide mixer. (My old one bit the dust). This one is wonderful-several steps up from my old one. With the right attachments, we can even slice, dice and stuff sausages with it (great for canning, when we butcher or hunt). It also has the dough hooks, which my old one had. It is metal. Funny, in the 50's and 60's they were metal, then kitchen appliances went to plastic. Now, I see the higher quality ones are made of heavy duty metal again.

I also hit the jackpot on long johns (big on my list-I was down to only 1 pair and have been wearing DH's), and got lots of neat kitchen stuff including silicone baking items (which Princess Perky turned me on to some time back).