Today we drove home from my brother’s house after spending a rather nice Thanksgiving with his family, my mom and a few of my brother’s friends. The day grew progressively busier after that, but in that slow, gentle holiday way. I didn’t have any eggnog on hand — a serious oversight, considering that the day after Thanksgiving is the first acceptable day for the drinking of eggnog — so Pete and I went to the grocery store and to run a couple of other errands. By the time we got home, Rockford and Poppy had decorated most of the house for Christmas.

The rest of the day consisted of a run to Target and then an impromptu trip to see “The Penguins of Madagascar,” which meant that we had popcorn and gummy bears for dinner. And then we got home and did a bit more decorating before we did our traditional Lay On The Floor And Listen To Christmas Music While We Look At The Christmas Tree routine, and suddenly it was 11:15pm and I hadn’t yet posted.

And now I have posted, and NaBloPoMo rolls on.

Happy kick-off to the holidays, friends.