Sending lots of good wishes to your dgs,
Dee. Hope he does well and gets to come back home soon.
Thinking of your dfriends, too,
Twins. Hmmm... I sure do need to do some of that purging of memory lane... cards, journals, etc etc etc... It is sooo difficult! WTG,
Twins!
Wednesday here feels like... Groundhog Day (Christmas) all over again.
We have one more Christmas event -- heading to my cousin's house in about 45 minutes -- since dmom didn't want to try to host at her house, and daunt had already done Thanksgiving, and duncle is just a Scrooge
-- and dh is a mini-Scrooge where this is concerned, b/c we have done Christmas at our house once, but none of the others have -- sooooo anyway -- one of the dboy cousins is hosting at his house.
I feel kinda bad about this -- I realized, looking at their FB pics from yesterday, today's gathering is like Their Family 2.0. The reason we are getting together today, rather than Christmas Day, is b/c daunt (his mom) had HER bunch yesterday -- all 24 of them -- PLUS her dbro/sisil, my duncle & other aunt. So she had 26 people at her house yesterday, everyone in the paternal family EXCEPT us -- which amounts to 9 people.
I totally understand why -- daunt needs time for gift giving with her own children and grandchildren... and then she includes her brother b/c they have no children and nowhere else to go for Christmas Day. They all draw names, I think, b/c their family has gotten so large -- so that's the 26 of them exchanging gifts yesterday.
Then tonight, we'll all get together and do the Dirty Christmas gift exchange. I just think sorta... gee, they are doing THIS gathering just for US, aren't they? But OTOH, maybe it is just as important to them as it is to me. I know they all want to see dbro, the only member of the family who lives out of town, and of course, they want to see ds, ddil, and dgrands... so maybe they enjoy our company as much as I do theirs.
I am sooo glad all went well with your dh's family,
blessed!
Today has been kinda hectic -- we're still waiting for that darn parking pass to arrive and dh has been on the phone with the sellers and UPS. It is supposed to be here tomorrow and he did get it so that they will leave it without a signature if we happen to be gone when it arrives. I had to do a lot of computer stuff, but he did the talking (and waiting on hold) so I could s2s, etc. (I washed my hair,
blessed, but no color!)
Then I finished the cookies and carved up the ham -- and boy, that is no small chore! The man who cuts our hay always gives us a huge, whole baked ham... and I don't know HOW they cut it to look so nice in the picture on the label, but mine always looks like wild animals have been after it. There are no two slices that resemble each other, and there are a LOT of just chunks of ham, not the right size for a sandwich at all!
But it's done, and it tastes great.
DH and I also went to town -- post office, bank, drug store... and tried to go to the alterations lady, but she is closed till Jan. 2.
I got a new planner for Christmas, too,
Nancy! Actually, I gave it to myself. DDIL couldn't decide which size she wanted, and I couldn't either, so I bought both of the ones I liked and told her to choose one. So I ended up with the one I was leaning towards anyway. I don't know if it will help me at all. I don't really need an hourly planner for myself now, but I kinda like it when I do have things that have to be done at certain times -- appts and things like that.
WTG,
LadyM, with the digital folders. Dmom said she is going to reduce her filing system this year, but there is no way she will ever go digital -- or myself, either, for that matter. DH takes care of all our bills, so far as filing for future reference... but oh my goodness... his "system" uses up half a dozen drawers/cabinets in the KITCHEN.
It is INSANE. He takes care of all the tax stuff, etc, so I just ignore his crazy systems. He knows where EVERYTHING is at any time, so I guess that's the important thing.
Waving to
helia and
Harriet!!! I hope I didn't miss anyone else! I can't see your posts in topic review and dh is already wandering around with his jacket on, so we'll be leaving in just a minute.
Hope you all have a great evening and can enjoy some calm between the Christmas chaos and getting back in the routines after the holidays. (I know we need to keep up our maintenance and daily routines, but it still seems like there is some "down" time for me, between the holiday rush and Jan. 2, which is when I tell myself I MUST get "back on track!" See y'all soon!