I made an awesome turkey dinner

Forgot to make the stuffing

Wore my pajamas more than my clothes

Slept for more than 9 hours at a stretch

Did some yoga

Ignored a jigsaw puzzle

Cruised the blogosphere

Burned lots of candles

Baked a pan of brownies while the kids went ice skating

Wore a ruffley scarf with my jacket

Visited the Christmas market in Brussels

Supervised the writing of thank you notes

Watched old episodes of the Gilmore Girls wrapped in an oversized silky fleece bathrobe

Drank countless cups of tea

Saw White Christmas for the first time

Read a little poetry

Used earplugs to drown out the howling of the wind

Laughed over The Full Monty

Put more than a year's worth of photos into albums

Marveled over all the places we've visited

Laid down with my daughter at bedtime

Stamped a selection of birthday cards

Made a wish list of art supplies--and ordered a few online

Went to the movies for the first time in almost two years

Listened to the kids argue over Monopoly

Pretended to be interested in what level my son had achieved on his Game Boy

Refused to read anything about Saddam

Made pork chops with curried pineapple

Ordered discounted merchandise for the kiddos from LL Bean, Lands End, and Hanna Andersson

Wondered how Patty, Lynn, Vicky, Sherry, and Jan were doing

Answered questions on scrapbooking for an article that will appear in an Australian magazine

Re-read all the Christmas cards

Did at least one load of laundry a day

Played with the ever-adorable Petey the Kitten

Took several walks in the woods with the fam

Attended church twice

Prayed for friends in tough circumstances

Prayed for strangers

Counted my blessings

Decided 2006 was a year to celebrate

And prepared to welcome 2007

Blessings to you and yours in the New Year

Thanks for reading my nerdy blog.

December 31, 2006