I realize that there are a lot of people out there who think of boxing day as the best day of the year... because they can go shopping and get great deals on all the stuff they wanted and didn't get for Christmas. I'm not one of them. They can't count me among their numbers. I couldn't shop today for all the money in the world.... well maybe if I had tons of money I might go shopping for great deals. But the money is blown and now is the day I enjoy best of all days of the year. I put my feet up and read... in my jammies, till late in the day if I want... I don't go visiting and we don't invite anyone in... (though I do try to get dressed before 3 p.m. since someone of their own accord might drop by). We might even watch a movie. Later when there is enough daylight we might even go for a mug up in the bush. Daughter #1 will saddle up her horse and down to the forest we will go. We will light a fire, and have a wee drop of tea (probably from one of the nice new ones that my sister-in-law sent) and munch on left over turkey and some of that homemade cranberry bread I made (see my recipes to the right for the recipe) then afterwards we will maybe pass around a box of chocolates and the dogs will beg for left over bits of turkey the horse will munch on some hay and we'll throw a little more wood on the fire to help keep us warm as the wind blows through the tops of the trees. It is warm these days so no fear of getting too cold. i almost wish it were a little colder. Somehow all the ice and warm wind has taken away all the good things about winter. It will be a grasshopper summer... I am sure. But for now I won't worry about that. I'll savour my breakfast of Chilean cherries, and Fruileano cheese, Birdseed bread toast, and grapes. Yum...Then I will the email ( I hope to hear from you) and ignore all the boxing day sale events that will be there from Interweave Press to Amazon.ca to Indigo Books and Cold Water Creek. And then I will go and get that book that I just started on Christmas eve and put my feet up and be taken away into another world, another time and another place.
Hope your Boxing day is all that you want it to be... whether full of boxes and stores or quiet home pleasures, or skating, skiing, or quiet walks in nature. It is the one day of the year you can choose to do exactly as you want!
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What a great thing to do on Boxing Day, head into the woods for a cup of tea with family and the pets.
Shopping is the last thing on earth this crew would do too!
Instead, we hopped on the quad with a dog to lead and checked out the new water pipeline, gas compressor station next door, our creek and the views along the way. It was sooo nice out that I even forgot to take pictures. Ah well, tomorrow:)
Happy reading!
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