Jumping in between courses to wish you all a Merry Christmas. I know most of you don't celebrate until tomorrow but since we do it Christmas Eve you get your greetings now. *g*

Salmon mousse has been eaten with the usual orgasmic sounds. Hubby is putting the finishing touch on the reindeer in the kitchen. Kids are going crazy waiting for dinner to be over so they can start open presents. Life is good.

*hugs you all*

Thank you, minniemax for the virtual Christmas cookies! *squishes you* Yum, yum. And verav, I got your card today! *squishes you too* Yours is in the mail!

Been out almost all day since 3 pm. So damn tired! And I'm still not done.


Anyway, here's a little Xmas story for you:

Hubby and the kids were decorating the tree while I was out.
The girl: *dramatic flailing* We always forget to put a present for JESUS under the tree!
Hubby: *shifty eyes* Uhm, but he's not at our house for Christmas.
The girl: *more dramatic flailing* But it's his BIRTHDAY!
The boy: *stoic* Jesus is dead, you know.
The girl: O.O


Oh and did I tell you we were at hubby's sister's daughter's christening on Sunday? Did I tell you my son spanked the priest? Because he did. So now he's spanked a police officer and a priest. Next we're aiming for the president. Me thinks he could actually use a good spanking. As well could the majority of our government.

So here's a fun fact:

There's only one baker in the city that bakes gluten free bread. Except he doesn't do bookwheat bread because... wait for it... he's allergic to bookwheat.

I somehow feel there should be one of those "Badabing!" drum sounds at the end of that. I don't know, I just found that extremely funny. And ironic.

Anyway, am trying the ricewheat bread instead. It looks like a brick, weighs about the same as a brick but the taste is ok. Once I finally managed to cut a slice of it. My wrists, especially the left one, are just fucked after all that knitting and that bread is damn solid! (But I managed to finish my knitting! At three o'clock this morning. *is dead*) I was writing the last Xmas cards this morning and my handwriting isn't exactly pretty on the best of days but those are hardly readable. Ooops. Oh well, it's the thought that counts. (We aren't doing picture cards this year, for the first time since our daughter was born, because I was too busy to make them and I've already gotten complaints. *sighs*)

Hubby slept in this morning while I was doing the Xmas cards and washing the knit stuff etc. He's out now buying all the Xmas food (except the meat (reindeer) that we got yesterday) but I have a list of things I need to do so I need the car back ASAP. Plus I can't leave the kids alone at home. I feel I'm running late with everything. It's almost 2 pm! *flails*

Apparently most of the Xmas mail from the US to Iceland is stuck in Denmark and will be until at least next week. o.O WTF? There are direct flights from the US to Iceland. Whose brilliant idea was it to use a service that first flies it to Denmark before then flying it back here? (Apparently the US Mail's. *rolls eyes*) Idiots.

Anyway, if you US-folks sent me any cards I guess that's where they are. Apart from the five Xmas cards I got over a week ago there's been only one, yesterday. (Thank you, incasink!! *squishes*) And none of them were from the US. Four from Europe, one from Australia and one from Canada. (I guess they use a different service from the US. Or you were early, candygramme? I don't know.) I'm kinda bummed. I love getting those cards in the mail. *pouts* Guess I'll have a happy New Year instead.

I'm knitting like crazy, trying to get everything done before tomorrow night. (Our Xmas is on the 24th, not the 25th, so I'm running out of time fast.) My wrists are killing me! Once I'm done I'm going to soak in the tub in hope that they will get better or I might have to let hubby feed me my Xmas dinner! Ow, ow.

As I'm sure most of you know longsufferingly is doing holiday fic requests, each and every one of them like a little bit of candy on your screen. Well, today she posted mine and here it is:

J2 Black Books AU!!

With grumpy Jensen who hates everyone, including Jared. Or at least he doesn't like him. Well, not much. He definitely doesn't love him. Or, you know, want to have sex with him. That doesn't mean he wants Jared to have sex with someone else though...

Go read! And then go read all the other prompts posted so far. I guarantee it will make your day bright like sunshine and puppies.

Just running in because I don't want these to go to waste:

Since I'm a Paid Member I have ten of these $10 LJ coupons to give away to Basic/Plus users (you can't use them to add to/renew an already paid account). If you want one, holler. Comments are screened and as always first come, first get.



In other news, my sister in England is out of the hospital and will hopefully be able to fly home tonight. They're still not sure what it is, probably some kind of virus, but she's feeling a little better and just wants to come home. Any remaining test (like they wanted to do a liver scan for some reason) she's doing here instead.

My other sister is home for the holidays as well. Haven't seen or talked to her yet but we're all meeting up tonight to make Xmas chocolate goodies and drink a whole lot of wine.

I'm swamped with everything I have left to do before Xmas, including buy most of the presents, knit a hat, write xmas cards (I've already posted those that aren't domestic), CLEAN the goddamn apartment, including the girl's Den of Dread, and buy the food. So I'm not gonna be much around the next way too few days.

Thanks to apieceofcake , I now have a shiny shiny shiny paid account with no ads! woo woo! And 40 icon spots. :):):) Thanks for the voucher hun, I haven't been having a good week but this has cheered me up immensely! Merry Christmas! Also, got xmas cards from lelaina_c  and aschicca as well. Wheee full of jolly xmas cheer.

Seriously, how gorgeous is this sweater? Guh!




Knitting pattern to be found here.

Doubt it suits my figure but damn, I want it anyway.

Well, the fabulous azryal asked me for a Spike/Angel/Lindsey over at nekid_spike, a first time thing with lots of kissing and bottom!Lindsey who's maybe a little scared and reluctant.

She very kindly also let me go a little AU with it. Basically, Lindsey's still in college at Hastings, being courted by Wolfram & Hart. Spike and Angel both work for W&H: Angel's still soulled but Spike is unsoulled and unchipped.

Hope you enjoy it! :D



( Company Material )

I'd appreciate to get a day where there are not other people's kids waiting for me at home, watching Harry Potter at high volume after having left the kitchen in ruins and void of all food. How about my daughter going to THEIR homes for a change instead of bringing them HERE all the time? *is grumpy*

Man, I wish mom's cabin wasn't ten hours away. I'm aching for some quiet time far away from phones, tv, work, politics, younameit. The older I get the more I miss my childhood country summers. There's always so much NOISE everywhere in the city. It's driving me insane.

Over at nekid_spike, we're having an "Adopt a Santa" special - and I adopted these rather beautiful Santas made by my darling blondebitz!!!!!!!

Please feel free to drool over them :D

Seriously, WTF is wrong with me? Here I bring you...yep, you guessed it...more depressing SPN fic! Even I think it's about bloody time I wrote something cheerful or at least cracky *sigh*.

To be fair, I don't think this one is TOTALLY depressing. Like, if you kinda squint a bit...Ahem.

Anyway, it's a Dean-focussed little gen fic (i.e. not Wincest, although it's not particularly stated either way, so you could read it however you want), probably closer to a character study than anything. It's about the path that's led him to his imminent last stand, and about the only thing left that really matters.



( All he really wants now is for Sam to be there at his side. )

How do the legal rights carry over when it comes to gay marriages? As in, if you get married somewhere it is allowed (like Canada) and then go back to a state in the US where it isn't allowed, is that state obliged to respect those legal rights or not? Like, if one falls ill or dies, does the married spouse have the same rights to make decisions etc as in a "traditional" man/woman marriage?


I'm sorry I'm so AWOL lately. Things are crazy busy and I just feel exhausted all the time. When the evening finally comes around and things slow down I'm busy knitting Xmas presents so not much internet time then either. I still haven't written a single Xmas card, haven't even put up any lights in the windows. The boy turned 6 on Friday and we had a birthday party then for his classmates and again yesterday for the family. Managed to catch an hour's nap before we had to head out to this Xmas thing at work. Got home early though and sat watching Two Guys and a Girl while I knitted like crazy. It's the third thing I'm working on and am almost finished with. Not sure how many I will be able to do before Xmas but probably a couple more. IT's a hat thingy which idea I stole from Ravelry. (You were supposed to buy the pattern but I just looked at the pics and figured it out.)

Oh and our fridge is broken. Again. And it's 10°C outside (it's not supposed to get cold again for at least a week *sighs*) so we can't just chuck things out on the balcony which means it's all going bad in our fridge. Great. Gonna talk to the guy who fixed it last time tomorrow, see if he can fix it asap or we'll be screwed over Xmas.

Plus I have to get my iBook repaired. It just shuts down on me all the time, after just a few minutes now. *cries*


In GOOD news though, I just read that Houston, Texas elected a lesbian mayor, Annise Parker. Houston, you rock! \o/

Lol the sci fi ad for Angel starts off:

"Behind every great man, is a great woman. But if you're a brooding vampire with tool hair and a thing for leather, you're going to need a little extra help"

I rewound and listened about five times. They are definitely saying "tool hair" not tall or cool, tool.

I am roflmao

Is this just the aussie sci fi ad?