Raven’s RV
The ongoing education and adventures of two rank newbie RVers

It’s been a quiet day, in which we woke up early, staggered around a bit, made a phonecall to Scotland and talked to almost the entire clan, and then went back to bed. The next thing I knew it was 2:30, but that was fine. Some time after waking up again we dug into the gifts.

This year we’d made a conscious choice to buy things that would go away, which is how come we have a maxi-pack of AAA batteries, ten bottles of winter-special beer from independent breweries around the world, a bottle of port, another of whisky, and more candy and cakes than you can shake a stick at. My parents sent some good stuff from Scotland, too, so we now have a wide variety of nifty dish towels, I have some brilliant new wacky socks some of which feature penguins and others of which feature cows, and, at long last, a new address book.

At this point I would like to issue a shout-out to Tanita Corporation who, among other things, make good-quality bathroom scales. One of the feet from our scale was lost during the move, so when I looked up the model and contacted them, they sent replacement feet for free. This means that my scales now work again, and I can monitor the Christmas expansion carefully while confirming what I already knew–I lost about ten pounds during the move, and have kept it off due to having an overall more active lifestyle.

So, we tucked the wrapping paper away and tossed it, noting at the same time that someone else received a new vaccuum cleaner for Christmas–I cannot be the only one who sticks her trunk into the dumpster to see what other good stuff folk got on Christmas Day. ;) Eventually, some time after my digestion emerged from under the weight of Cadbury’s chocolate and mince pies, I rustled up a simple but yummy Christmas dinner: meatloaf, brussels sprouts and spuds with butter, salt and pepper. And real Christmas cake with real hard frosting from Mr. Kipling, who makes “exceedingly fine cakes.”

Somewhat after that we found a need to recline on the sofa and not do much of anything, really. ;)

How was your day?

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