Hello.... Hello...? Anyone Out There, Still?

Yeah.  Sorry about that. 

I knew I would have neither the time nor the inclination to post here over the holidays, and I was right. 

But I've been keeping up with you ... mostly ... and there are a lot of numbery things floating around out there!  Resolutions, tallies, pounds and calories.  I'm good with none of those.  But I do have a few holiday numbers for you.  And oddly enough, they provide kind of a quirky glimpse into our past few weeks.

• 7  --  Trays of California Clementines consumed on the premises since December 23rd.
• 50  --   Panera Bread Bowls filled with soup here since Sunday.
• 2.4 -- Feet I have knitted of the Scarf Style swirly scarf out of my handspun.  Pictures to follow.  Yum.
• 3 -- Bottles of half drunk wine sitting on my counter (the white is really good and I should refrigerate that.)
• 4 -- pounds of butter purchased since December 23rd.
• 1/2 -- pounds of butter left in the fridge.
• 1 -- Wii tracked down and purchased.
• 16 or so -- ounces of roving purchased from Rachel today.
• 6 -- bags of baby carrots purchased and consumed since December 23rd.
• 27.6 -- pounds of raw meat scraps purchased to raw feed the dogs since December 23rd.
• 3 -- pans of brownies baked since Christmas Day.
• 1 -- red union suit complete with back flap purchased by special request for hubbster's Christmas -- very funny playing Wii sports on Christmas morning.  Get that image out of your head...
• 2 -- batches of gingerbread cookies baked and consumed.
• 3 -- batches of sugar cookies baked and consumed.
• 2 -- pie crusts in my fridge for the pumpkin pies I never got around to baking.
• 3.5 -- vacuum bags filled and tossed in the course of cleaning up for company over and over.  Too much dog hair in this house!
• 8 -- new Sur la Table Christmas plates with matching salad plates and mugs lined up in my cabinet -- they are red and lovely.
• 1 -- scraggedly kitchen towel left in the kitchen towel drawer... I need to do laundry.

My numbers speak of friends and family in my house.  Such a fun and frenetic holiday season this year!

I hope yours was what you wanted it to be too!  See you tomorrow!

Oh, and one more thing.  Deborah and Rachel are throwing a great Mardi Gras Kick Off party Sunday at the shop.  Come on down and suck you some heads!

Comments

[tina]

Honey---- You need a nice long nap!!!!!!

[hopalong682003]

I'm here. :-) Wow, it sounds like you had a pretty spectacular array of Christmas yummies. Since it's just the two of us, we had a small but tasty choice of goodies. Some Christmas cookies travel much better than others. ;-) We also received some very cool silicon mats from Sur la Table. They have great stuff! Hope you enjoy your plates. Happy New Year!

[Carole]

That's a LOT of clementines. Glad you had a happy holiday season!

[cecily]

Mmmmm, the clementines are so good this season! :D

[margene]

Every time you ask if we're still here I get all excited....she's back!! Stay around for awhile will ya? Happy New Year!!