Someone e-mailed me today, seemingly dismayed that I was spending Christmas eve doing housework and going to the laundromat...well, I've had to work Christmas eve...even Christmas day, more than once...so why is cleaning house or doing the washing do different? At least I'm not sitting in a chair for hours, getting yelled at, right? Could be worse, ey?

And, while I'm preparing Chirstmas dinner for the slow cooker (eye of round roast, seasoned with black pepper and a bit of sea salt, and browned on the stove, sauteed Vidalia (Southern sweet) onions, and carrots, put into the slow cooker and having half a can of Coke poured over it..simmered on low for 6 to 8 hours...freshed mashed potatoes and baby peas...a Christmas dinner fit for a queen--okay, maybe not THE Queen...but good enough for me.

And I've got good Christmas music on the internet (saving the old phonograph records for nighttime)...guitarist Ed Gerhard (fanstastic musician, btw), The semi-gospel/rock group The Staples and others. Cleaning the bathroom (still haven't gotten round to getting a mop, and have to do the floors the hard way, with a sponge :roll: Ah, well.

And in another hour or so, I'll ring up a cab and trundle off to the Suds, on Bay St. :**:

In-between, doing a bit of applying for local jobs online.

I am not working today, as the office changed it's mind, but that doesn't mean I can't still do something productive, ey?

But when I get home, the house will be clean, the laundry done, and dinner not far away. The cat's will get their prezzies ( a toy ball, a feather and string hung from a wand, and a tin of tuna ) I will put on some music, and play some cards on the computer (cribbage, euchre, spades, whist and 7 card stud poker). Then it's make the veg for supper, put on DW Christmas Invasion, and have dinner. Stay up till midnight, listening to music and reading...petting the cats, and off to bed. A good Christmas, albeit if a quiet one... Tommorrow...nothing much. Sleep, eat, watch more Doctor Who, blog, work on my journalism portfolio, stuff like that.

Again, Merry Christmas to all.