Christmas? Already????

Full disclosure.

Hallmark channel has been showing Christmas

movies non-stop since Halloween.

Rod and I haven't moved from the couch.

Also the radio station is playing carols.

And I'm singing along.

At the office.

I know.

I'm going to be SICK TO DEATH of the

whole Christmas thing by December 10.

Except I won't.

The only thing I get sick of is the tree.

And it's because my house is not

designed to accommodate a tree.

And I refuse to get a tiny,

skinny, wimpy tree.

Our's isn't HUGE.

(It's smaller than the old one)

But it IS in the way.

All the time.

It's beautiful and I'm willing to

work around it.

For a while.

It's pushed up against the breakfast bar.

And right next to Rod is the end of

the couch.

So there is a one person wide

space to walk through.

Anyhow.

All that to say...

Sondra and I were talking about eggnog this morning.

I love eggnog.

I do NOT love store bought eggnog.

(Kyle, however, DOES - drinks it like water...)

Sondra made some homemade eggnog

37(ish) years ago.  (Might have been 38)

I will NEVER forget it.

Homemade.

Full of REAL eggs.

Full of REAL cream.

Full of REAL flavor.

YUM!

And this week I found a recipe that sounds

like her old recipe but "on plan".

So I sent it to her.

And we were discussing making it this morning.

But then we remembered it's not Thanksgiving

yet and we don't "do" eggnog until after

Thanksgiving.

Except Thanksgiving is going to be late again

this year and there's going to be a SUPER

short Christmas season.

So I'm starting early.

On the good stuff.

Maybe even eggnog.

Anyhow.

I found a really cool Facebook page.

It's was shared by my old Calgary

friend Sidona Goodridge.

It's called 

Merry Little Christmas

and is full of great pictures.

Like THIS one.

Isn't that awesome???

Have a Merry Little Christmas!

(And feel free to yell Bah Humbug until 

November 27th, when the Christmas Season

officially begins.)