We got a beautiful snowfall this morning . . . which meant I almost didn’t get back up the hill after my morning errand-run. Thankfully, Sydney came when I beeped the horn and we nudged the car the last ten feet up the hill and into our driveway. Gotta love living in Ithaca! But we enjoyed watching it continue to fall for the rest of the day as we worked inside.
Christmas is taking shape a bit more slowly this year than some. After spending a lot of my summer break visiting family, both mine and Sydney’s, I decided I’d like to stay here for Christmas. Originally, the idea was to stay and do some major work. That will still happen, but the break will now also include a good chunk of time preparing for and being in Oxford, which I didn’t expect. A great treat, but I think it might change my plans for a quiet, relaxing holiday! I might have less of the wanderlust in me after such a whirlwind trip, though, and be able to focus on my work!
This will be my first Christmas away from my parents, and I have been trying to figure out how to make it still seem like Christmas. Sydney isn’t really into holidays, but I am–big time 🙂 All that I’ve figured out so far is that Christmas for me should involve time at church, lots of music (I’ve had the Messiah playing incessantly), and good food and fun in the snow. Helping with the food part will be Nelson, Sydney’s brother, who’s coming to visit next week and who will be here over Christmas. Sydney says he’s coming here to cook. Cool! Maybe, just maybe, I can convince him to do some Christmas cooking with me, whatever that means. Nelson, do you make Christmas cookies? 🙂 I’m not sure I need to be eating Christmas cookies, but making them would give me a real holiday boost.
Erin
Alan Schmierer