From the holly and ivy bedecked barge of Kharon...

A belated holiday report from the River Styx.

The car was packed and loaded on Tuesday night, giving me some free time to relax, which was needed; as we went up the road to my mother's house early Wednesday morning. It was enough time to relax before getting ready to go out to my cousin's house for Christmas Eve dinner. Cousin Fabio has decided to add a beard tot he goldilocks he's sporting, so the highlight of the night was hearing his brother ask if his girlfriend was coming over for supper and then making the smart remark of 'but she'll miss singing Happy Birthday to you at midnight," when told she would be with her mother that night. Cracked us all up and Fabio is now JC.

Christmas morning, my aunt, uncle, and cousin came over for breakfast after the beasties opened their presents. Then my brother, sister-in-law, nephew and niece came over, more for brunch, but with a 5 and soon-to-be 3 year old, enough said about trying to get them out the door early. Then it was back out to my other cousin's house for Christmas dinner. We are fairly relaxed and low-key during the holidays. I think we're all at the age where we'd rather sit at home and enjoy each other's company along with good food and good drink instead of rushing all around trying to cram as much into the season as possible. It gets you nothing but tired and cranky.

Did nothing for Boxing/St. Stephen's Day. Slept through all the Premier League matches and will have to watch MOTD in a bit to catch the highlights.

Got back today, and am listening to the beasties play Dawn of War 4... joy. The beastiette is staying with my mother until the 3rd [lucky thing] and looking very forward to having her quiet time with her Nana. Going to pop a ham in the oven and then begin to think about relaxing tonight. If they play DoW4 all night, I just might go hide in the beastiette's room and enjoy the quiet there with the dog and the cat.