Second Day of Christmas

 What a full wonderful day we had!

We were given so many lovely treats, I was given

5 different kinds of tea! 

The one I had for breakfast was so delicious, I had 2 teapots full!

If Earl Grey could be called a 'dessert tea' this one is!

Breakfast included a Christmas gift, 

of a delicious bread is a brioche loaf - tons of eggs and butter.... 

A delicious bread for Christmas! 

I had it with butter and apricot preserves!

Lunch was our annual takeout food!

I got my new Christmas cake pans!

We opened gifts and the 5 DE Stevenson books I ordered last year

arrived during this time!

I wore a beautiful unique necklace and a new shawl that I was given on 

Christmas day that is so lovely and warm!

I was given a beautiful gift from my blog friend Pat,

a lovely red shawl, much and porcelain spoon and green tea! 

Thanks again dear friend!

I saved this present for last as I just love surprises for Christmas...

And food gifts are such a blessing, honey, jam, super special chocolates,

and so much more.

And we got a lovely DVD and food to have an at home date while watching this movie!

We heated up take out leftovers for dinner and had a Walton's date!

I am hoping to get out my Christmas Miss Read book tomorrow,

the 3rd day of Christmas, and begin reading it!

I am still not sleeping that great (I think so much Christmas excitement!)

and tomorrow is going to be a much needed rest day.

And that was the second day of Christmas.

On the Second Day of Christmas...

I had leftover fish curry with homestyle noodles for breakfast!

After not sleeping well and not feeling the best

(like I had a cold but it was just in my chest, leaving me a bit

breathless...), I knew I needed a really good breakfast!

I had the beloved 'witte truffe' tea (white truffel) bought on

our trip to Holland a year ago last fall, this tea being from

a tea and coffee shop in Maastricht! 

It's one of the best smelling teas we have ever had

and is a lovely tea to enjoy with milk!

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My Husband had the day off and we did some cleaning in the morning,

we had to get the snow and dirt out of the window sills from last week's 

snow storm and I cleaned up a lot of dishes and other things.

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I was really tired so napped a bit in the afternoon.

We had my favourite 2nd day of Christmas takeout

of short beef ribs, herbed mashed garlic potatoes and burnt Brussel sprouts 

and a mango glazed chicken!

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We opened gifts we were given on Christmas, 

wow, were we given a lot of nice things!

Teas, chocolates, a lotion to be put on dry skin with warm socks,

soaps, lotions, a made in Italy pasta, homemade caramel, honey,

Little House on the Prairie DVDs, journals, a cute bag, bandana, 

great new writing pens, a new tea towel, a tiny bottle of maple syrup, stroopwafels...

my Husband gave me The Yellow Room: Love Poems by Donald Hall...

(I had gotten this at the Strand sometime back and we saved it for Christmas!)

so many nice things for Christmas! 

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We listened to Christmas music throughout the day and enjoyed 

various cups of tea... we also read some Christmas cards

and enjoyed a card that came that day with a handwritten letter.

A good letter is real gift and we were so grateful for this one!

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I still have some unbloggable worries going on,

trying to continue to trust God and take all to Him in prayer.

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We are so blessed and I am so thankful...