Merry Christmas!

It's after 5pm here in Vancouver. Rob & The Boy went to see Night at the Museum. Erin's at her mom's. I'm home at the computer.

Erin had her wisdom teeth out Friday and has been doing well enough to not need much V*cadin for the pain. She's been taking half doses if it gets to be more than ibuprofen can handle.

We met last night at one of the BIL's homes for the annual Christmas Eve gathering for Rob's side. Low key, fun and we got home around 10:30pm. Stayed up until midnight and opened our gifts. Normally, we'd wait until morning but with Erin heading over to her mom's before 7am we opted to get the midnight jump on the holiday.

My Christmas knitting is almost done. I still need to finish Kruz' hat, but I finished Miss K's sweater today (only needed the seaming). I'll post a picture of their gifts later.

The hats for Misses S & K are done. Here they are in the almost done stage. Knit in Debbie Bliss Merino DK using the Odessa pattern from Grumperina.

Miss S will get the purple hat and Miss K will get the pink hat. A fun knit and one that I would do again.

Well, off to watch Neat and try to finish the Christmas knitting before the day is officially over.

Making progress on the list!

Making progress on the list!

Ship out Kim's Christmas box o' stuff
Ship M&D's Christmas box o' stuff by 12/16
Wrap Erin's last gift
Wrap Rob's last gifts
Finish buying for Rob's stocking
Buy lottery scratch-its for all stockings (except Kim's - sorry!)
Go to Jaminga and buy Kruz' shirt
Find pattern to make black beanie with flames to go with Kruz' shirt
Do finish work (seams, ends, buttons) on Miss K's sweater
Find dress or pants/shirt combo to coordinate with Miss K's sweater
Go to Beacock's music for Samantha's gift
Buy beads to begin knitting on Samantha's other gift (although I now want to change the beads I bought)
Determine the best gift for Katie J
Buy beads to begin knitting on Katie's other gift Bought and 90% knitted
Block out Karen's scarf to give on Monday
Work on Raye & Bonnie's gift to have ready by Christmas Eve
Get tree and trim it OK, it's not completely trimmed, but decorations are out now too.
Send out cards to family and friends Not happening this year
Buy gift card for kid's mom & stepdad Actually, Hickory Farms came to the rescue
Make cookies
Clean house for after-Christmas visit by sister and girls
Take Sean out for birthday dinner
Check if I'm a great-aunt yet for the 5th time (Rob's family) Chy had a little boy on the 14th, Ezra Kai.

Christmas To Do List

1. Ship out Kim's Christmas box o' stuff
2. Ship M&D's Christmas box o' stuff by 12/16
3. Wrap Erin's last gift
4. Wrap Rob's last gifts
5. Finish buying for Rob's stocking
6. Buy lottery scratch-its for all stockings (except Kim's - sorry!)
7. Go to Jaminga and buy Kruz' shirt
8. Find pattern to make black beanie with flames to go with Kruz' shirt
9. Do finish work (seams, ends, buttons) on Miss K's sweater
10. Find dress or pants/shirt combo to coordinate with Miss K's sweater
11. Go to Beacock's music for Samantha's gift
12. Buy beads to begin knitting on Samantha's other gift
13. Determine the best gift for Katie J
14. Buy beads to begin knitting on Katie's other gift
15. Block out Karen's scarf to give on Monday
16. Work on Raye & Bonnie's gift to have ready by Christmas Eve
17. Get tree and trim it
18. Send out cards to family and friends (this makes a regular appearance on the to-do, but rarely happens!)
19. Buy gift card for kid's mom & stepdad
20. Make cookies
21. Clean house for after-Christmas visit by sister and girls
22. Take Sean out for birthday dinner
23. Check if I'm a great-aunt yet for the 5th time (Rob's family)

So I figure on getting some of this done this week, but we'll just have to see how well I do since I did nothing to make a dent in it last night. Instead I read Linda Howard's Now You See Her and finished it.