December 24, 2013

Not a lot going on today. I finished crocheting one hat and started working on another. I may have finished that second hat but I ended up having to start over because it was coming out too big. I think I started with one extra stitch in the beginning, which just kept compounding itself every time I had an increasing row. So I started over and I should be back on track. I am thinking that the hat will be for my brother for Christmas, but only if I can finish it by Thursday. We'll see how much I actually work on it tomorrow. It will have to be a whole bunch if I want to get it done. If I can't I'll just give it to him for his birthday. Or keep it until next Christmas.

Alfie managed to get a chunk taken out of her leg today. She was acting really weird and we couldn't figure out why until the flap of skin was noticed. No idea how it happened but it isn't that surprising because it is the holiday season. A year or two ago on Christmas we ordered Chinese and there was a massive dogfight when it was delivered. Witnessing and then breaking up a dogfight is exhausting and really ruins the Christmas mood. And several years ago on the Fourth Of July, Beau tore open his side when he ran into the fence in the backyard. The dogs should be more careful around the holidays. Alfie ended up with a couple staples and a cone. Dogs in cones are equally entertaining and depressing.

Today I watched YouTube videos and a few Christmas things. Starting with The Polar Express. They added in a bunch of stuff, because it would have been a ten minute movie if they hadn't, but they also made it a little bit darker. All the dolls were creepy. There is also a two-second appearance of an elf with the likeness of Steven Tyler because Aerosmith had a song in the movie. Animating that was pretty much pointless. After The Polar Express I watched Love Actually. It is such a sappy movie but I like it and enjoy it every time I watch it. I ended the Christmas stuff with Black Adder's A Christmas Carol. I have always wanted to watch Black Adder but have not gotten around to it. I figured the Christmas episode was a good start. And I enjoyed it. Now I really want to watch the show.

Tonight I wrapped presents. My sister brought over a bunch of newspapers she has been saving but she had been keeping them in her garage and they ended up getting small worms in them. Not sure what kind of worms but I came across them after several papers. And then I just kept finding them. So I threw out all of those papers and started using the ones that I had my mom save. I think I got all the worms out of my room but I am still going to wash the pillowcases and towel I found some on and probably the rest of my bed stuff. There weren't worms anywhere near getting in my bed, the closest were on a big box that was on the end of my bed. But it is still kind of creepy.

At the moment it is almost one o'clock in the morning on Christmas Eve and I am really tired. So I'm going to go to bed so I can wake up and experience a Christmas that doesn't involve me going to work. It will be nice.