* sigh *
So... it didn't turn out to be a very "super" day for our team today. It was more of a terrible, horrible, very bad day. I'll have a tired unhappy man back home in a couple hours, I guess. I hope he made it to his seat okay. He was very pleased to get aisle seats... BUT... he had to climb 25 steps to get to them.
Maybe it will cheer him up to see our Christmas candles in the windows and the decorations out all over the house now.
It was not a very super day for me, either. I had a MILLION things that I needed to do and I didn't do one single thing during the ballgame. Not because I was so engrossed in it -- by the second quarter, it was getting kinda depressing and I had eaten too much, so I just lay down and dozed through most of the rest of it. I watched enough to see that we looked pitiful, though.
* I did get the decorations put out though, except for a few more ornaments I found *
Lilac -- it always happens, doesn't it? * and I just spilled the plastic Nativity scene out on the hearth so dgs can put it up like he wants to tomorrow night. Also saving the tabletop train set for him to help with.
* I washed the sheets and they are ready to go back on the bed.
* I went to the post office, bank, and CVS drug store.
* Spent a long time in bank parking lot talking to dfriend -- the one whose dh disappeared a few weeks ago. He is in hospital rehab now.
* Picked up a pizza -- see above -- ate too much.
* Transferred pictures from the phone to the computer (still need to edit them)
I'm going to give myself ta-das also for
* washed hair
* shaved legs
* used facial masque
* did Bible reading
Also have talked to ddil a couple of times today. Her parents went home this afternoon. They all went to church Breakfast w/Santa this morning. She asked me if I was going, but I declined. I preferred to sleep late, and I wanted her to get to do that with her parents without me hanging around. DGD was terrified of Santa, and the only way they could get a picture was for ddil to be in it too, LOL.
Before dh gets home, I would LOVE to have the
[x] sheets on the bed
[x] boxes put away and
[x] dishes washed (a bunch of stuff left over from last night)
Lynlee -- amen to what you said for
Harmony --
You both should be getting extra points for effort under difficult circumstances.
My Sunday are filling up fast too... I would sorta like to take my dmom to the tour of homes in nearby town -- where my uncle and aunt live, and where my paternal grandparents lived till their deaths. That is next Sunday. I haven't mentioned it to her, b/c y'all know how I am about PLANNING things and making COMMITMENTS. It wouldn't matter anyway, b/c she can't plan or commit to anything, either. Last night, she said she would bring macaroni & cheese, fried okra, fruit salad, and a orange-nut cake to dgd's birthday dinner. Ha. The best laid plans, right? She had a low blood sugar attack and in her words, "was not fit for anything" from then on. At least she showed up. * sigh *
Anyway, that is next Sunday, and the following Sunday is -- just found out tonight -- a wedding shower for dcousin who just got engaged.
DDIL called to say, do we HAVE to go to this & get gifts for this, b/c they aren't getting married till next summer, right? So there's no telling how many parties we'll be invited to before then! I told her she was probably right, and if she didn't go to the party, just forget about sending a gift.
I have been going to bed earlier and getting up earlier (to see how DH is doing). That's a good habit to keep.
WTG,
Harmony! I wish we could do a little more of that around here. I thought I would get up early today... but noooo...
Nancy -- you're doing great. As others have said, don't push yourself and just do whatever you feel like this Christmas. You don't have to apologize for anything you DON'T feel like doing.
One of our best friends told me, after my ddad's death, that something HE told her after her mom died had stayed with her, and it was so true. She said ddad said "The first year IS the hardest. The first year after my mother died, I thought I couldn't stand it. It was just so hard to go to their house and her not be there. But the next year was a little better. And each year, it got a little easier." That doesn't mean he ever forgot her, of course, and I know it was hard again, in a different way, when my dstepgm entered the family. The memories are ALWAYS there. But the memories do get a little less
painful as time goes on. I was so glad when the first year passed and I thought, we've gotten past all these milestones.
Just hang in there and be kind to yourself.
Kathryn, ddil wanted me to come tonight to get a gift that she is supposed to take to church tomorrow -- she said she and ds had already decided not to go. He had to get up and leave the house by 6:00 a.m this morning, and they have another early appt 2 hours away Monday, and they are worn out after the last few days. I told her I didn't want to get out again tonight, that I would come in the morning and she could leave it in her car. I can only imagine how cold it is where you are!
It is really not so cold here -- I wore short sleeves on my errands today -- and it is in the 40s now. My excuse was that I am driving dh's truck, the interior light doesn't work, and it's just not my favorite thing to drive -- especially at night.
OH DRAT.
I just clicked on that update thing on the phone. I had NOT been planning to do that. Sheesh. I hope it doesn't spin me into a new learning curve like Harmony is having with her computer! I've been telling it to "remind me later" forever. DS says he always installs the updates when they recommend them, though. Maybe it will be fine.
I also need to remember ornaments for the dgrands when I am shopping Tuesday. Maybe your dd didn't throw away her ornaments,
Lilac. She is probably like me and has a bunch of cheap, half-broken ones that she DID need to throw out. At least with dh away, I did not put out every tacky ornament/tabletop item we own. I hope he doesn't notice, LOL.
Twins, somehow I missed it when your ds & dd finally decided to go ahead and get an apartment together! I know there must be a lot of excitement -- and probably some bittersweet emotions and anxiety -- going on at your house right now! I hope everything goes well for both of them. AND for you and dh. And I can sympathize with the "dismantling" of your dmom's house, b/c of our experience w/dinlaws. Of course, I know it will be harder still when it is my dmom's house we have to deal with.
Thinking a lot about estate stuff, with
Nancy's posts, and now this from you,
Twins. The other night, dh was complaining about the cost of a new SUV and bemoaning our financial state again and I got mad all over again at dbil for doing just as my ddad said he would and (IMHO) taking advantage of us in the settlement of our stuff.
DH said he did NOT take advantage of us, that dh could have taken more of the rental property in town to even things out, but dh just didn't want to bother with it. The taxes, the headaches of repairs, the down times in between renters... dh just had no desire whatsoever to be involved in that. DH said if I was mad at anyone, I should be mad at him, but he was fine with the settlement of the estate, he got exactly everything he wanted in it, and the change in his relationship with his dbro was worth more than ANY amount of money. He said, "Do you think I would have been able to go to this ballgame with him a couple of years ago???" That is so true. Dbil is a changed man, and if it took dh giving more financially, so be it. As dh said, "That money and property wasn't mine anyway; I didn't work for it. Anything I got was just a gift."
Then I got up and did my Bible reading and the devotion was about forgiveness... so I felt really selfish about having hard feelings.
Well -- that is as far as I can see in Topic Review -- and I am promising myself 30 min. breaks between remaining tasks...
And since the phone started that stupid update, the timer isn't working so I'm overtime now.
BBL, I hope!