Here it is the eve of Christmas Eve! I had a great night last night baking, made two dozen butter tarts and only ate one as a sample. I had enough left over pastry so I made a quick apple pie. I love the smell of apple pie baking and the pastry turned out marvelously, very flaky and light. It made me think of the ladies at Friendly Acres all those years ago.
Today I am moving pretty slowly but my guy is home with me today, our holidays have started. We just made a batch of Rice Krispie squares with chocolate drizzled on top, quick, easy and always a hit. We are going to start preparing trays of goodies to take to friends and family and have decided to keep the pie for ourselves. Dessert for tonight! I love being home with my guy. I was single for a long time, and I quite enjoyed being single. But suddenly now that I am married, I know what I have been waiting for, days like this, when you work together, laugh some, are quiet some, having some to depend on and to whom to offer support. The family chaos which I love begins tomorrow but today it is just us, just the two of us, a Christmas gift in itself. This is my first married Christmas, a time that only comes once, that I am going to ensure I take the pause to remember and cherish. I really love that guy and can’t imagine my life without him. That he came in to my life is my Christmas miracle, a gift given freely to me, unexpected and hoped for, a reward for just being me. It is going to be a very special first Christmas.
I really wish I lived closer, could use one of those trays of goodies you are taking to friends that you visit! Hope you two have a very marvelous first married Christmas together. All the best in 2011
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