Whoa, will someone please slow this year down! I cannot believe everyone is already preparing for Christmas! Me? Not yet, but soon. Tony has taken down all of our Christmas paraphernalia (that's a great word paraphernalia, I would have never spelled it correctly if I had tried, lucky for me I plucked it from the thesaurus in Word, I'm a little tricky that way) from storage and I have taken out a few Christmas books for the kids but that's it for me so far. I haven't set foot in a store yet (Costco doesn't count) and I don't plan on doing a lot of shopping, it's better that way, less is most certainly more if you ask me.
It's the warmth and the shared love and coziness that I crave. Remembering why Christmas is so magical, the Christmas music playing, the twinkling lights of the tree, the warm mug of yum, the fireplace aglow with warm faces of the people I love...that's what does it for me, that's all I need. You don't need to bring a gift, you are my present.
Last week was really good, except for the part where Tony was sick with a bad cold which lingers still. Thanksgiving was quiet, we stayed in town and had dinner late in the afternoon with Tony's family. His sister Chonchi graciously opened her home to us and the immediate family, translated for you that's around 35 people and a whole lotta mashed potatoes! The kids tried to behave, I know I behaved, it was lovely although I did miss being with my family on Thanksgiving.
Besides taking care of the kids and keeping up with the house things, I am finally putting together a wall group from our beach photos last August. I have the pictures framed and I am ready to hang, so glad I got that done. I chose black frames with black and white pics and I'll share pictures of the pictures when I get it up.
I love this. In the jukebox of my life I have maybe listened to country music for 20 minutes, but once in a while something country surprises me and makes me love it. I do like country music, it's just never been my first choice. Give me Natalie Merchant or Elvis Costello and everything else falls down. Ooooh wouldn't Natalie and Elvis be great together? So, I caught a few minutes of an award show a few weeks ago and I saw Sugarland, who I had never heard of before, and Beyonce singing it. I'm not so much a Beyonce fan but the country version was curiously fun for me so, I found this and I admit, I'm kind of addicted to this song at the moment.
It's fun to sing it with all the attitude it deserves, go ahead, you know you want to!
hahaha a "whole lot of mashpotatoes" hahaha "i guess i will try them" ahaha good times. it was nice to see you that day and talk to you. it seems as if we usually just say a quick hi and bye, so it was very nice to catch up.
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