Merry Christmas...

Hoping your Christmas was filled with favorite things and happy times.  

I think you can tell from the photo what the favorite Christmas movie is around our house; in case you aren't familiar with it, it's A Christmas Story from 1983.

My favorite Christmas candy...

 These are my absolute favorite holiday sweet...at least of the store-bought variety.  I happened on them several years ago.

Man do I love these things! I actually wish I could get just the peppermint without the Tootsie Roll center.

The peppermint is mild with maybe a hint of vanilla?  

I keep a cup full of them on my desk at work.  I won't tell you how many times I've refilled it.  :)

They are only sold during the holidays, so I should see if I can find a few more bags before they're gone.

Making it Monday...

Today is my last day of vacation in 2020.  I was going to go with Carey to see his mother.  However, Jared is not feeling well, and is awaiting Covid test results.  Carey hasn't seen him in a couple of weeks, so he went on to keep the visit appointment.  I have seen Jared, and though it was at a distance, I still thought I should be responsible and stay home.

 I was up until 8:00 a.m. this morning finishing her Christmas gift.  She had mentioned that she wasn't liking to write letters anymore.  I talked to her about it some, and I think she doesn't like having to gather all the items needed to write a letter.  So I made her a letter box to keep everything together...just grab and go.

I used one of the boxes I like to store my quilt projects in.  They are plastic and about 12" x 12" square and 3 1/2" deep, with a handle, latches, and a hinged lid.  I'm not sure, but I'm hoping that it will sit comfortably on her lap, so she can write in her easy chair.  

I made a grid divider to fit inside to hold items needed for correspondence that I had tucked inside: a return-address stamp, address book, postage stamps, pens, and divisions for cards.  And wouldn't you know that I forgot to take a photo when I was done!  Oh, well.  

I did snap photos of the cards that I included, but that doesn't seem as impressive as the whole package.

These are really simple cards that just layer pretty papers.  I was in a rush, so kept things very basic.  There were duplicates of a couple of these, so I think there were 16 cards added to the box.  I'll make her some more as time goes on.

I had two of this one already completed so tucked them in as well.

I grabbed a few hours of sleep, and have had a quiet day working on some gifts for the rest of the family.  More on that later.