Still Boxing Day
Dec. 26th, 2017 11:45 pmIt was chilly, grey, and damp all day here, and it is supposed to do nothing but get colder. (I will pause while my Canadian friends exhaust themselves laughing. :D)
We had a nice, quiet Christmas. We didn't do much; it's just the two of us (three, counting Layla) so we exchanged gifts (books and warm slippers and fleecy pullovers) and roasted a (store-bought) duck and drank champagne. Sadly, the duck was pretty sub-par this year (old?) but the wine made up for it. I think I'll get a smoked chicken for New Year's Eve.
I am reading my 58th book of the year -- Mary Berry's Recipe for Life: The Autobiography. Yes, we are Great British Baking Show fans, and this book is just an absolutely delightful read. I don't know if I'll get to squeeze a 59th book in before the end of the year, but I also don't want to feel pressured to finish something.
Watched the Doctor Who Christmas Special last night and really liked it, although I fell out of love with the series this year and didn't watch very much of it. I'm very interested to see what Jodie Whittaker will do with the role. Oh, and I also watched Logan the other night, and holy shit. I had gathered that it was not a run-of-the-mill X-Men movie, but I was very surprised by the film's themes of aging and loss, and by what a dark story it was.
We had a nice, quiet Christmas. We didn't do much; it's just the two of us (three, counting Layla) so we exchanged gifts (books and warm slippers and fleecy pullovers) and roasted a (store-bought) duck and drank champagne. Sadly, the duck was pretty sub-par this year (old?) but the wine made up for it. I think I'll get a smoked chicken for New Year's Eve.
I am reading my 58th book of the year -- Mary Berry's Recipe for Life: The Autobiography. Yes, we are Great British Baking Show fans, and this book is just an absolutely delightful read. I don't know if I'll get to squeeze a 59th book in before the end of the year, but I also don't want to feel pressured to finish something.
Watched the Doctor Who Christmas Special last night and really liked it, although I fell out of love with the series this year and didn't watch very much of it. I'm very interested to see what Jodie Whittaker will do with the role. Oh, and I also watched Logan the other night, and holy shit. I had gathered that it was not a run-of-the-mill X-Men movie, but I was very surprised by the film's themes of aging and loss, and by what a dark story it was.