A few family moments/etc [family]
Dec. 26th, 2025 10:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rebeccmeisterWhen I arrived at my mom's house, I immediately noticed that a prominent feature is missing from the kitchen:
That hole used to contain a microwave that S and I helped to install maybe a decade ago, after its predecessor died and went home to Jesus. Would this mean I'd be conscripted into another microwave adventure?
Later on, I noticed the microwave itself was sitting in my mother's bedroom. It turns out that she found someone who would repair the existing one (for a price, naturally). So that will get done on Saturday, whew.
On Christmas morning my sister discovered that she hadn't packed along any shirts, so this is how she appeared in the morning:
Dressed in her modern-medieval finery. She says those sleeves are highly impractical, constantly trying to drape themselves in the soup and whatnot. She also has questions regarding the medieval use of synthetic fabrics that aren't particularly comfortable. Minor nuisances that will get worked out over time, I imagine.
It was a fairly quiet morning, which is totally fine. After some breakfast and opening of presents, we went for a walk in the Arboretum. Seattle had a rainy Christmas.
But that's probably partly why Seattle's air tastes SO GOOD.
My Aunt L got some nice new Seahawks gear for Christmas, plus this intricate and colorful cat puzzle that she's putting together along with family friend R.
Today the festivities will continue with the annual bowling birthday party celebration for Aunt L.
I'm in one of those states where I still feel like I need to gather my wits about me, but it's hard to know where to start. I'm skeptical that I will ever actually manage to succeed on that front.
So in the meantime, back to working on holiday cards, I suppose.
That hole used to contain a microwave that S and I helped to install maybe a decade ago, after its predecessor died and went home to Jesus. Would this mean I'd be conscripted into another microwave adventure?
Later on, I noticed the microwave itself was sitting in my mother's bedroom. It turns out that she found someone who would repair the existing one (for a price, naturally). So that will get done on Saturday, whew.
On Christmas morning my sister discovered that she hadn't packed along any shirts, so this is how she appeared in the morning:
Dressed in her modern-medieval finery. She says those sleeves are highly impractical, constantly trying to drape themselves in the soup and whatnot. She also has questions regarding the medieval use of synthetic fabrics that aren't particularly comfortable. Minor nuisances that will get worked out over time, I imagine.
It was a fairly quiet morning, which is totally fine. After some breakfast and opening of presents, we went for a walk in the Arboretum. Seattle had a rainy Christmas.
But that's probably partly why Seattle's air tastes SO GOOD.
My Aunt L got some nice new Seahawks gear for Christmas, plus this intricate and colorful cat puzzle that she's putting together along with family friend R.
Today the festivities will continue with the annual bowling birthday party celebration for Aunt L.
I'm in one of those states where I still feel like I need to gather my wits about me, but it's hard to know where to start. I'm skeptical that I will ever actually manage to succeed on that front.
So in the meantime, back to working on holiday cards, I suppose.
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Date: 2025-12-26 04:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-12-26 11:40 pm (UTC)As a completely unrelated question, my mom has this small stockpile of older nail polishes that she's never going to use. I'd love suggestions on what to do with them, since I also don't really ever paint my nails!
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Date: 2025-12-26 04:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-12-27 12:47 am (UTC)