With the wassailing bowl we'll drink to thee

I'm actually drinking jasmine green tea, though wassail would be nice right now!  Don't know why that song popped into my head. I did have this crazy thought about caroling around the neighborhood, but it's going to be cold for the next few days. Also, I am feeling pretty gross. I am happy to be able to sleep in tomorrow!  As it is, I have more dishes to do, but my back is unhappy so I'm taking a tea break. 

Can I complain about something very minor, but just really arbitrary?  For three of the four Fox shows I watch, Hulu just deleted or Hulu-plussed a whole bunch of episodes that just last week were listed as being available for at least a month. I mean, what the hell?!  If I'd known they were gonna pull this shit, I'd have watched those five episodes of Bones last week. It was about a dozen episodes of three different shows!  All I know is, they'd best not touch my Glee.  It's bad enough that The Mindy Project is going on hiatus. 

In non-whiny news, I decided to start a second mitten on size 8 needles, and I like it a lot better. It will mean knitting three mittens instead of two, but they'll be a lot more comfortable!  I am on the thumb row now:

I have also started reading the penultimate Precious Ramotswe book. I am really going to miss these characters!  For the first time in my life, I almost feel compelled to write fanfic. Almost. Besides, Botswana is practically a character in these books, and having never been there, it'd be some pretty lame fanfic. Even in a world where Fifty Shades of Grey is a thing. Anyway, if you've never read anything by Alexander McCall-Smith, I recommend these!