So, how was your Christmas?  I hope Santa good to you.

Ours was nice. Both boys, my nephew and a brother-in-law were all here for dinner. Mini even spent the night. I can’t remember the last time he did that. Good food, and drink and company with lots of laughs and not much drama. That, for me, is a very successful holiday season. We’d agreed that our trip to Mexico was going to be our Christmas gift to each other, but I cheated and bought her some loveRly hoop earrings from a silversmith’s shop we visited. She’d tried them on and liked them, but we agreed no gifts and when she went to use the washroom, I went back and bought them. I hung them on the tree like Christmas ornaments and she didn’t find them until the afternoon.

Christina gave us ‘the best’ gift. You know what I mean, right? The gift that really stands out. Sometimes it’s the most expensive gift, or the most unique or the super-coolest, but Christina’s gift told us she really gets ‘us’.

Wisewoman’s Cookery  is a fabulous book about food, sex, magic and merriment. It’s  A Guide to . . .

Aphrodisiac Cooking: These quick and easy food recipes will transport you and your lover from the dinner table to your most sensual imagining.

Sensual Simples: Make natural elixirs, lotions and potions from herbs and spices in your kitchen.

Folklore Erotica: Secrets of Seduction are revealed through the intoxicating tales of the most infamous women in history.

♀ & I are both enjoying reading the book immensely and we’re looking forward to trying the recipes, but what really made this a special gift was how excited Christina was when she gave it to us. She’d heard one of the authors being interviewed on a local radio station and she knew she had to get that book for us. I love that she knows us so well. She knows about this blog and doesn’t judge. She’s a special friend to both of us.

Speaking of friends and gifts of books…Jennifer had her baby (aka the Pickle) and we sent her Porn for New Moms. It probably wasn’t as spot on as Christina’s gift, but hopefully it made her (and Jason) smile.

Anyway, I’ve been staring at the computer screen for the past hour so I guess that’s all I have to say about Xmas ’09.

Cheers,

♀ & sss