Holiday Leftovers
Our freezer runneth over… I always do more Christmas baking than is reasonable for a family of 4 where no one really eats any sweets. But this year my sister and her family were going to be here and the anticipation of having a houseful of people around the holidays messed with my judgment. Now the guests have all left with barely a dent in the stash, and Jason and I are both on diets, to use the term rather loosely. He’s not eating any more cookies, and now that the festive tins on the countertop are empty, I don’t plan on opening up any more. If the kids each get one cookie every other night or so, we should finish them by late spring. Of course, Jason and I could fall off the wagon and pull that date in by a month with little effort.
Call it a Festivus Miracle, but one really nice surprise the past couple of weeks was that December site traffic was up despite the holidays. It’s been a year since we decided to quit our jobs, so seeing the continued growth is encouraging. Anyway, I’ve been pre-occupied with the holidays, the children (no pre-school or nanny for two weeks), and the family visit for the past month, so next week I’m looking forward to getting back to the routine. One change from 2007 is that we’re down to one babysitter again, so until the toddler goes to pre-school I’ll be with her an extra morning a week. But I’ve got a Blackberry now and the kids are at the stage where on occasion they’re able to play|fight together with mildly distracted adult supervision for longer periods of time. They’re united in their love of an afternoon snack, so sitting them down with a bowl of crackers gets me a good 15 minutes, enough for a few emails or calls. And I suppose if I get desperate, there’s always the cookie stash.
Posted by Erin 
04.Jan.08
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