Backwoods Wife

A Christmas Classic

Today a group of us girls are going to get together and watch Irving Berlin's "White Christmas". It has always been popular in our family and we love to sing along with our favourite songs and laugh at the corny ones.

I was so excited when Diana Krall's Christmas CD came out a couple of years ago and I saw that she had recorded the song "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep", originally sung by Rosemary Clooney in the film. It is one of my favourites from the movie. Here are the lyrics:

Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep

When I'm worried and I can't sleep
I count my blessings instead of sheep
And I fall asleep, counting my blessings

When my bankroll is gettin' small
I think of when I had none at all
And I fall asleep, counting my blessings

I think about a nursery
And I picture curly heads
And one by one I count them
As they slumber in their beds

If you're worried and you can't sleep
Just count your blessings instead of sheep
And you'll fall asleep counting your blessings.

So if you're worried and you can't sleep
Just count your blessings instead of sheep
And you'll fall asleep counting your blessings.

~Irving Berlin


Blogger seems to be acting up so I'll have to add a picture later...

Girls ' Night

Last night I hosted a bit of a girls' night at our house. I spotted the first nice batch of strawberries at the grocery store yesterday morning and that put me in the mood for strawberry shortcake. I was already in the mood for watching a Jane Austen movie as I had got A&E's version of "Emma" in the mail the day before. Those two things combined = girl's night.
I called up my Mom, my sister who lives in town, my aunt, and a couple of friends. My husband took the little guy to the shop to "fix". We girls piled into the living, cozied up on the couch, chair and floor with assorted blankets and pillows and settled in to be entertained.

I should add though that boys didn't get left out either. We arranged to have our strawberry shortcake before the movie so my husband, my dad, and the little guy could all have some too!

Also, our strawberry shortcake had much more whipped cream than the one in this photo does - you might as well go for the gusto. It's spring after all! :)