My Favorite Things...

I have to admit I love to work the week leading up to and the week after Christmas. It is pretty slow in my office and I get completely caught up on work. These two weeks are one of the few times I am not totally stressed and somewhat overwhelmed at work. Take today for example, I am sitting at work with all of my boxes empty of work... reading a book and getting paid to do so. Sometimes I color, other times I watch episodes of my favorite TV shows online... you get the picture. Do I feel guilty doing so? Actually a little, but not really. My boss just walked in saw me reading a book and asked "You caught up?" I said yes, and he then asked "Good book?" Yup. He walked out laughing. Next week he does not even show up to work because there is nothing for him to do. This is one of my favorite things.

When I get home nightly lately my house smells of yummy scents because my brother is over trying out new recipes, etc. Barry has a dream of opening a bakery/deli and is trying to see if it is a reality. This is one of my new favorite things. He is pretty amazing!

Do you ever have one gift that you are so excited to give someone at Christmas that you are afraid you are too excited about and they are going to hate? I have 2 of those gifts this year. Mom and Besty... just heads up... love it or you might crush me! This is one of my favorite feelings!

Santa leaves fruit in our stockings every year along with a tooth brush, tooth paste, floss, and from time to time chocolate. This is one of my favorite things!

I dislike shopping so much as a rule that during the holiday season I dislike it even more. But free shipping from Amazon? It is worth paying $70 or so to be a member of Amazon Prime so I can do all of my Christmas shopping online... this is one of my favorite things.

Each year our family tradition is to have breakfast foods for Christmas Eve dinner. Years ago Mom and Dad made waffles on their first Christmas Eve for dinner because they bought a nice new waffle iron for their gift that year. Each year since we have done this tradition adding to it a little here and there. We now do the big thick waffles, eggs, bacon, facon, sausage, biscuits and gravy, juice, and milk. Little known fact by You, the Reader, might be that I am allergic to pork (which is why we add facon... turkey bacon or fake bacon as some of my family calls it) so I cannot help cook or clean up as I break out in rashes around pork products. This is one of my favorite things... getting out of helping legitimately... I would help make and clean up a pork free dinner if we ever were to have it. (hint)

The first snow of the season I step out of my house with no shoes on and leave my foot print in the snow. I do not know why I do this, I just do. It is one of my favorite things.

Those are just a few of my favorite things around the holidays. What are yours?