A Christmas Story: The Musical.  Birthday celebrations and holiday-themed trivia with the family.  Cookie baking and White Christmas.  THREE batches of hummus (don’t even ask…).  Christmas Eve biscuit breakfast.  The Big Short.  Hors d’oeuvres, cranberry martinis, toys galore.  Beef stew, White Elephant and family puzzle time.  SNOW!  Christmas morning pancakes, Love Actually, exchanging presents with the best husband ever.  Brussels sprouts with ALL the bacon, a house full of family, finally finishing that damn puzzle.  Getting completely spoiled by my mother (I cried, for real!).  Prime rib, Moscow Mules, a selfie stick and Scrooged.  A lazy Saturday, conveyor belt sushi, Carol.  Black-eyed peas in my new Dutch oven and the most beautiful pair of boots.  So much love, happiness and family in one weekend.  I’m so lucky 🙂

P.S. I had grand plans to deep clean my house today but I’m suffering from a crippling case of too much caffeine and Harry Potter Weekend.  At the risk of sounding HP deranged, I’ll just say they finally showed HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FREAKING FIRE and all is right in the world.

Hope you all had an amazing holiday weekend!