As I have mentioned before we clean our house before Milly comes. I don't clean out the microwave or do the floors, I leave that crap for her, but I do pick up everything and clean the turletts.
So that being said, today is the preclean day. So in keeping with the drill I started with the turrlet. I had grabbed the appropriate brush and started to scrub, forgetting that I had stuffed (I was going to say tucked, but that conjured up a much too quick and dainty action to what the reality actually is) my giant brand new amazing iPhone into my bra. And that is NOT a safe place for it to be when I must be bending over, not something that happens a whole lot in my world.
So as I was scrubbing away, I felt the phone pop out the top of my bra and shirt and head straight for the john, like a bullet. Holy jeez!!!! NOOOOOOO!!! And before you could say bob's your uncle, my left hand, not my dominant dexterious hand, shot out and, just as my two thousand dollar plus phone was about to hit the water line, I caught it! I actually caught it! Miracle of miracles!!! And that phone is so big there ain't no bag of rice in this house big enough to bury it. This just shows how much I love my new phone. I love it as much as I hated the google plus xl.
I am feeling super accomplished at the moment. I managed to get all my xmas cards done today! I have all my names and addresses in a folder on my lappy. So organized!!! Not really my forte. And for xmas last year Monte gave me a small metal replica of a Canadian mailbox and it had 100 stamps in it. So I even have the stamps and they will be in the mailbox tomorrow! So not like me!
Now it is wrapping time. I have all the presents and I have the wrapping paper, tags and tape. It's time. I am not a fan of wrapping. I have always had Bill for years do the wrapping. He would sit in his comfy chair and slowly but surely wrap it all up.
I remember in Langford, the first Xmas after he died, I set up a wrapping station in the garage. Costco tables, rolling office chair, radio, all the wrapping accoutrement. I remember it was freezing out there! But it was quiet, sans peeps, peaceful and I loved it.
After the wrapping it is shortbread cookie time. But this year I am going to put a deep thumbprint in the middle of them and fill them with raspberry jam. Maybe that will make them more tasty! I have used the same recipe for years and years and years. I shall share it here:
1 pound of butter/three cups of flour/1 cup of icing sugar/half a cup of corn starch. Mix it all together until it forms a smooth as a baby's bottom ball. This truly is the best shortbread cookie ever! I originally got the recipe from our neighbour out at Monte Creek many many years ago. It never fails. I wish I still had Gramma's (Bill's mom) xmas cake recipe. It was the best I ever made. And I wished I had my mom's mincemeat recipe. She used real meat and suet and we mixed it in a five gallon pail. So yummy.
Anywhooo, that's it for now. I am so excited for xmas this year. Stan and Antonia will be coming on Boxing Day. The kids will still be here so that is just the icing on the xmas cake!!! Stay safe and healthy and TTYL
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