the eve of Christmas Eve
We have a lot of snow here today. I think it snowed a lot in the early hours of the morning … certainly it was very grey still at 9am when my new anti-SAD light alarm sprang on. It’s a nice way to wake up.
Last night I cooked the Christmas ham for my mother-in-law. It weighed 6kg. It said 1-1½ h per kg at 100-125 c. I chose the lower temperature and it was in from midnight and was way over the minimum temperature when I took it out at 7am (but nicely baked). It smelt delicious. I went back to bed though … too early and too dark to start the day at this time of year. I had brunch later – slices of still warm ham with a fried egg and freshly baked bread and a nice pot of tea. All that was missing was the orange juice so I ate a mandarine afterwards.
I’m off to visit my prayer closet now. This is the last day the pool is open before Christmas. I think it reopens on Monday though. To be honest I don’t feel that excited about going – it’s cold out (but at only minus 6 it’s a lot warmer than it’s been) but I need some exercise and I know I need the time with God too.
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. That’s when Finns do all the eating and exchanging of presents. I’ll finish the day with a trip to St Michael’s with a friend at 10pm to sing beautiful Christmas carols in Finnish. We’ll go to church services at 11am (Methodist) on Christmas morning and again at 4pm (International congregation Lutheran cum Anglican Ecumenical partnership) and we’ll eat roast turkey (English style) in between. Usually we have a Christmas puzzle to do afterwards… but this year I didn’t find a good one. TS did buy one for/with his girlfriend though – so I’m wondering if they’ll do that here at our home I hope so. They are off on a cruise to Stockholm on boxing day.
Me? I’m looking forward to a few hours by the fire with a good book over the next couple of days … and some long walks with hubby and the dogs in the winter wonderland that God has blessed us with this Christmas.
(This photo was taken from our dining room just before brunch today)
December 25th, 2009 at 11:34 am
You have one of those wakeup lamps? I don’t think Mr Right would like me to have one – he’s probably having enough trouble putting up with my snooze button (about twenty times every morning…)
We have way more snow than you, judging from the pic. And a lot of our snow melted on Wednesday when it RAINED for a while. Too bad, because the trees and all looked really pretty when covered in thick layer of snow.