There is officially 7 days (one week) till you have to have all your Christmas presents under the tree & wrapped. I will admit, I’m expecting most of mine to arrive today from Amazon. I haven’t been filled with any amount of holiday cheer this year and I’m kind of bummed about that.  Usually I’m all about presents, trees, decorations and food. This year? Not so much. I’m not sure if it’s the economy or what, but it kind of blows.

The MIL & me, all reflectivy like.

Christmas knits are just about DONE! I have two collars to knit & one pair of sleeves to seam in. Then I’m done. I do have to say though, my FIL’s sweater? Well, I’ve been trying it on as I go to make sure it fits & I’m kind of in love with it. I really want to keep it.  I have also CO for two new sweaters. A saddle shoulder for me & a simple set in sleeve for the Mr. It’s cold, we need more wool!

Can I tell you about who freaking cold it’s been in SoCal lately? So cold in fact that the Mr & I did something last night that we have never, not once, done in the history of us living in CA. We turned on the heat. When our living room reached a toe freezing temp of 39* we caved & prayed at the alter of forced heat.

This is the only kind of snow man I get.

I do have to say something though, the news coverage of the “STORM TO END ALL STORMS” up in the Antelope Valley is pretty funny. They 1. can’t get over the snow (OMFG SNOW!) and 2.  they can’t get over that the Conejo Pass is closed till further notice. To see the news anchors you would swear they were standing on the frozen tundra of Alaska, one news woman last night must have had roughly 50 layers on, so layered was she that her arms were permanently raised (al’la A Christmas Story).  It’s cold, but not THAT cold.

Cold is when your school is closed because the wind chill is -60* and your mom has the brilliant idea of blowing bubbles out side, brilliant because the bubbles FREEZE before hitting the ground.

Now that’s cold.