6 posts tagged “christmas 06”
Well, I never did get "sick", but boy was I queasy on Christmas and yesterday. It really stunk. I did feel well enough in the evening to partake in "Singstar Rocks" with Steve's family.
Steve bought it for his brother. He really loves to sing. It was funny to see everyone warm up and start taking turns. My mother in law even sang "Respect". Although I think the highlight was Steve and his youngest brother singing a duet on "White Orchid" by the White Stripes. We ended up going out and buying it for ourselves. Although, I think it should have more songs to choose from. The playlist is pretty sparse, in my opinion.
Yesterday, I was queasy most of the day. Even water and green tea made me feel icky. I spent most of the day in my new pink terry cloth robe with my initials. My mom bought it for me. I've been wanting one for like the past 10 years. Steve said he never bought me one because he knows I would spend the whole day in it. Kinda like yesterday, lol.
I made myself get ready in the afternoon since Steve's sister and her family were up from Virginia visiting his mom. So we headed over there for awhile, then to the mall to return the pearl ring Steve bought me. I made out at Yankee Candle with my gift card. They had Sparkling Vanilla and Freesia candles "Buy One, Get One free", Island Mango for $10 a piece, and select votives $1 a piece, no limit. So I was able to get 4 big Yankees and 10 votives. Yay me! My house is going to smell so good.
Ok, I better get off of here. I have a contact lens check at 9:45am. I have to drag the 5 kids with me. I think we'll venture over to Target after. They all have money burning holes in their pockets.
My sister called. They want the kids and I to come. I'm not sure that I want to leave my hubby for 4 hours (2 hours roundtrip, 2 or so hours hanging out). But I do want to see my family. Plus I was supposed to bring the cheese tray. Rachael Ray just said the other day that the holidays are all about the cheese.
Yay! My family loves me enough to risk the stomach virus just to see. Either that or they love cheese that much. Either way, I'm going.
After venturing out with the kids yesterday for some holiday shopping, and basically coming back with junk from the $5 and under store and a shiny new pet rat, I decided I need to go out this morning. I chatted with Alisa for a good while before getting myself together. I sit in my lovely mini van and turn the key. Ugh. The children left the lights on the van! Steve called his dad to come rescue me, but he didn't get there til just after Alex and Victoria arrived home. So much for getting my shopping done early before it got really crazy. I did make some holiday goodies, although something went very wrong with my haystacks. The chocolate/butterscotch mixture clumped as soon as I added the vanilla. But they still taste good. They are just very ugly.
As soon as the 3 little ones came through the door, we all hopped in the van and took Victoria to some activity as her friend's church. Then the rest of us headed off to finish off my last minute Christmas shopping. I still needed to buy something for my mom, all the family gifts (we pick names), and food for Christmas Eve at my mom's house.
Traffic was horrendous and my nerves were frazzled by time we got to Target. Ashley decided it would be a good time to whine anyone's name if they came with inches of her or looked at her. It was lovely. But I did get everything I needed AND I remembered the things I forget to put on my list.
I was a good mom and took the kids back to the $5 store. There was more crap that they remembered that they wanted to buy. Plus I wanted to go back and get a couple more rolls of this really cute red and green argyle wrapping paper. Steve met up with the kids and I, looking very hot when he walked in the $5 store. Ashley loudly stated (she only has two volumes, loud and asleep), "Daddy, you look different!". Heh. Then we went next door for dinner at a local italian place. I finally found a place that sells an awesome chicken cheesesteak. Their pizza was really good too, real old school stuff, nothing like Dominos or Pizza Hut, just good old pizza. If we weren't already going to dinner with Steve's family tomorrow, I would have to go back and get another. Seriously, good food.
Steve headed over to the mall. Better him than me. *evil grin* He wasn't done with my stocking stuffers and there were some things I needed for the boys.
Now, here I am. I'm going to go wrap some gifts and then go pick up my oldest girl from the church. If I don't get back on til after the holidays, Merry Christmas to you all!
Since all of our favorite shows are on holiday hiatus, Steve brought home a movie for us to watch after the kids went to bed.
Let me just say, I feel like I had over an hour of my life sucked from me. Yes, there were some funny parts. But I just felt like the movie was trying so hard to be funny most of the time, it was almost painful to watch. Just my own opinion. I wish I had known Steve was going to rent a movie. I really want to see "Little Miss Sunshine". Maybe he'll rent that one tonight for me.
I actually did something productive yesterday after I had my eye appointment. I wrapped 16 out of the kids 25 gifts that need wrapping. Usually this is something I reserve for Christmas Eve after the kids are in bed. We drink egg nog and wrap gifts with "A Christmas Story" running nonstop in the background. This year, I want to have time to put the kids in bed, light the fire and drink egg nog while watching "A Christmas Story". Although, Steve will want to watch "Family Man". Says it's a holiday classic. I think it has something to do with Tea Leoni's shower scene, but he denies it vehemently. Anyway, I think I actually have a chance of making that dream come true. I'm too old to sit up til 3am wrapping gifts, only to have the kids wake us up at 7am. Today, I'm going to take all the stocking stuffers and separate them into 5 bags so I can just pop them into the stockings. I'm all about organization this year. Well, kinda, for now.
Tomorrow, I am going to the Japan Culture and Infomation Center and Benihana Steakhouse in DC with Ashley and her 3rd grade class. I'm so excited. I'm such a dork. I love field trips. I was praying hard that I would win the "chaperone lottery" and could go. Plus I get "cool mom" points for going. I'll be a celebrity whenever I go to the school. The kids will all point and whisper, "Look! There's Ashley's mom", "Hi, Ashley's Mom!" I ought to wear the Japanese dress my mom gave me, lol. I would really get cool mom points then. I would also look like a dork in public. Hmmmm.
What are some of your favorite holiday traditions?
Submitted by sami711.
I love having Christmas eve at my mom's house. We always have so much food. Then we come home and open up one present, new pajamas. Can't have everyone in their tattered old jammies from last year, right? Even Steve and I exchange new ones. After that, we read 3 books, "Twas the Night Before Christmas", "The Tale of the Three Trees", and "The Crippled Lamb". I always cry at the end of the the last two books. So I guess it is also a family tradition to laugh at me for being such a sap.
Then we put the kids to bed, and sit up and wrap gifts til 2am, because we are such big procrastinators!
Show us something you're working on.
Submitted by Sephy.
We are working on the Christmas tree. We got as far as the lights last night. We'll finish up the garland and ornaments tonight after Steve gets home from work.
