Today is Yule and I spazzed completely and didn’t plan ahead to do any of the things that I’ve usually done for Yule. As a result, supper was a tasty but un-festive meal of chicken nuggets, potatoes au gratin, and frozen vegetables. We also didn’t get the log cake that I like to have as a replacement for the Yule log. I didn’t even burn a single candle.

Oh well. Happy Yule! Hooray for the shortest day of the year now slipping past and hooray for the return of the light.

Anyway, Hayley and I were still sitting at the table because she was taking forever to eat and I asked her to please eat some of her vegetables if she wanted to have dessert. She sat there happily stuffing carrots and peas into her mouth and then informed me of something she has apparently researched.

Hayley: Boys don’t like vegetables.
Sherry: They don’t?
Hayley: No. But girls like vegetables. I like vegetables because I’m a girl.
Sherry: I didn’t know that. Why don’t boys like vegetables?
Hayley: I don’t know. I just don’t know. Because they’re silly.