Ookymmas is Over

Sunday, January 3, 2010
So Ookymmas is officially over for 2009. Today was our annual Biscuits and Gravy Breakfast with accompanying present-palooza. The biscuits and gravy were, of course, outstanding. That's not braggadocio - my maple sausage gravy is truly a religious experience. Which is why I only make it a couple times a year.

The present-palooza was good, too - I surprised most of my family members with little gifts that had not been expecting, which makes me happy. And they surprised me, too, with some cool loot and unexpected goodies.

One of my gifties that I'm really looking forward to is a book given to me by my Hot Sister entitled The Dreaded Feast; Writers on Enduring the Holidays. It's a holiday anthology for people who aren't so crazy about the holidays, and it begins, "Do you (or someone you know) face Christmastime with a mixture of dread and obligation?" Um, yeah, That would be me. I'm debating whether or not I should save it for the 2010 holidays or read it now. Since my Hot Sister has already asked to borrow it, the courteous thing to do would be to read it now so she can borrow it. That's probably not going to happen, though.

After we cleaned up the present mess, we took down the holiday decorations, so the house is somewhat back to normal. Hopefully that means I'll be able to shake off the Ookymmas blues and get on with it. My inability to do so is starting to bore me.

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