Christmas Eve

The whole crew.

We had a busy day. Since we're trying to turn our study into a bedroom for the baby, we have to move a bunch of things (like my computer) into other parts of the house. The only problem is, there's not that much space in the other parts of the house... and we have a lot of stuff. So we're in the process of figuring out how this is all going to work. I hope we'll have a lot of the reorganizing taken care of by this time next week.

We both figured the stores would be less crowded today than they will be the day after Christmas, so we decided to go ahead and buy some of the things we'll need to get working on this project. The crowds really weren't too bad.


Lucky boy and the new kid.

When we got home, I finished up some wrapping and made a salad to take next door. I tried to straighten up a little since we'll be opening presents in the morning. Marty ran the vacuum cleaner and the downstairs looks way better tonight. Then we went next door and had a nice dinner with our neighbors.


Enjoying a Hofbräu beer (although not a Steinbach).

My post-meal blood glucose numbers were high twice today. But my fasting number this morning was closer to where it should have been than usual (it was 92 and it's supposed to be under 90). I still don't completely understand what makes it go up and down, but I'm a lot less stressed about the gestational diabetes than I was last month. The weekly monitoring appointments are helping, I guess. Everything always checks out fine, which makes me a little calmer each time.


Krampuss (?) and Genghis Khan. Christmas isn't Christmas without whips and chains (and really big swords).

The pictures today are of my German Steinbach ornaments. I started collecting these before we moved to Germany. All of them are made by Steinbach except for the taller guy in the green hat drinking the Hofbräu beer, who was (strangely) the only one I bought while we actually lived in Germany.

My new one this year is the one up near the top holding the bird in one hand and a walking stick in the other. But two of my favorites are Genghis Khan and the Krampuss (or whatever he is) in the picture just above. I find nobody personifies the true spirit of Christmas better than Genghis Khan. (Or maybe it just mystifies me that this ornament even EXISTS.)


A baker, a short-order cook, and a beekeeper.

You can click on any of the photos to see a larger version.

Have a peaceful evening.