Boxing Day
Happy Boxing Day.
Yesterday was a great Christmas Day. We were supposed to drive (at least) 6 hours to the in-laws' place, but the weather forecasts were unpromising, so we stayed home, just the two of us and the pets. It was quiet and peaceful and easy and lovely.
The Husband made waffles for breakfast, from scratch, which we had with berries (warmed from frozen) and syrup and mimosas. We had each drunk half a bottle of champagne by noon, so of course we had to take naps. We watched a couple of movies, The Family Man on TV and Recount on DVD.
Yesterday was a great Christmas Day. We were supposed to drive (at least) 6 hours to the in-laws' place, but the weather forecasts were unpromising, so we stayed home, just the two of us and the pets. It was quiet and peaceful and easy and lovely.
The Husband made waffles for breakfast, from scratch, which we had with berries (warmed from frozen) and syrup and mimosas. We had each drunk half a bottle of champagne by noon, so of course we had to take naps. We watched a couple of movies, The Family Man on TV and Recount on DVD.
The Family Man stars Nicolas (Coppola) Cage and His Distracting Hair as a fellow who could have married a wonderful woman played by the almost-never-charming-but-this-is-an-exception Tea Leoni and had two adorable kids and lived in New Jersey and been happy, but instead he moved to London and became a banker and was visited on Christmas Day by a hooker who happened to be the model Amber Valetta, looking a bit haggard. I actually saw Amber Valetta walking through the streets of Paris once, more then ten years ago. She was very skinny (duh) and honestly looked a little cranky. Anyway, Nic realizes the error of his decision-making process after a few days in New Jersey with Tea, who I have to say is somewhat unrealistically saintly. Still, I have to admit the movie does ever so slightly tug the heartstrings, despite its predictability, overall sappiness, and Nic Cage's hair (plugs).
Then we watched Recount while eating smoked salmon and cream cheese on pumpernickel toast. The movie was well-made, and reminded me of how good Kevin Spacey and Dennis Leary can be, even thought they often are not. Of course, they were paired most memorably in The Ref, a truly fine holiday yarn, in which Dennis Leary, as he does in Recount, says the word "fuck" a lot. It makes me feel better about myself. I was worried that a movie about the Florida recount in 2000 would be as slow as the recount itself, but the movie was really pretty good. The cast was excellent- in addition to the two mentioned above, it had Tom Wilkinson, Laura Dern, and John Hurt, among others. It really brought back the frustration of that time. And it reminded me that maybe every cloud does have a silver lining- we did narrowly escape having Joe Lieberman as Vice President.
Lemmy the cat was here with us at Christmas, that was a wonderful gift. He has had some pretty serious health problems this year despite his young age, and at one point it looked like we might lose him before Thanksgiving. But he's still here, and he sleeps right next to me every night as one side of my dear cat-and-husband sandwich. He still isn't out of the woods, but I am so glad he's still with us, and I hope we will have him around for next Christmas, too.
The awful weather hasn't really materialized and maybe it won't, but I would not change anything about this Christmas. Staying home for a cozy and intimate holiday this year was just right.
I hope yours was good, too.
Then we watched Recount while eating smoked salmon and cream cheese on pumpernickel toast. The movie was well-made, and reminded me of how good Kevin Spacey and Dennis Leary can be, even thought they often are not. Of course, they were paired most memorably in The Ref, a truly fine holiday yarn, in which Dennis Leary, as he does in Recount, says the word "fuck" a lot. It makes me feel better about myself. I was worried that a movie about the Florida recount in 2000 would be as slow as the recount itself, but the movie was really pretty good. The cast was excellent- in addition to the two mentioned above, it had Tom Wilkinson, Laura Dern, and John Hurt, among others. It really brought back the frustration of that time. And it reminded me that maybe every cloud does have a silver lining- we did narrowly escape having Joe Lieberman as Vice President.
Lemmy the cat was here with us at Christmas, that was a wonderful gift. He has had some pretty serious health problems this year despite his young age, and at one point it looked like we might lose him before Thanksgiving. But he's still here, and he sleeps right next to me every night as one side of my dear cat-and-husband sandwich. He still isn't out of the woods, but I am so glad he's still with us, and I hope we will have him around for next Christmas, too.
The awful weather hasn't really materialized and maybe it won't, but I would not change anything about this Christmas. Staying home for a cozy and intimate holiday this year was just right.
I hope yours was good, too.
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