Oh wow - that is hard to have to spend Xmas without your mom. You must all miss her so much. It seems like just yesterday when you told us the news. HUGS!!!!!!! And to think you have to watch the kids go through that with their dad - that must be hard. I am really glad he is spending quality time with them.
It is awesome that Hiker can come and spend time with you and then go to his house to cook for his family. He always sounds like such a great guy when you type about him!!
I think we are all glad now to have the holidays behind us.
>>Personally - as much as I live for the Christmas holidays and I try very hard to make them exciting for all of us, I am happy to have the day behind me now.
I couldn't agree more!
Here are cheers to 2008 - maybe it be a glowing and wonderful year for all of us!
AMEN to a wonderful new Year!!!! Now that Christmas is over I plan to look forward to a wonderful new year.. and i can't wait for that huge tax return.
<<>>>> Have you checked the toilet for your purse...have you been hearing glug glugging noises? What a mystery!
This is what I LOVE about Christmas. I really missed it this year. We have one 4 yr old in my immediate family so he's the only "fun" one. Christmas was just not a lot of fun this year. A lot of family members "laid out" too late, and it just spoiled the mood even though we tried to liven things up it just wasn't working! It was awful. Everyone just seemed to complain the whole time. I spent Christmas Eve alone. It wasn't too bad but it was still kind of a downer. On a bright note, I finally got to watch ALL of The Polar Express. The whole time it's been on the weeks prior to Christmas I kept catching bits and pieces of it. Christmas Eve I watched the whole thing! I don't know what kind of animation that is called, but it fascinates me the way everything looks so real.
My DD came back to me Christmas morning at about 10:30. The things I gave her did not hold a candle to the laptop her dad gave her. She was a little excited about the DVD/VCR I got her for her room but as of today, she still has not hooked it up. I thought she really liked the Mary Kay stuff I got her until today. She accused me of trying to change her and got all bent out of shape. She was ok with the face cleansing stuff, but not the eye liner and eye shadow. I tried to explain to her I was not trying to change her and that I didn't even pick it out. The pt. time secretary at her school sells it. My DD really likes her and thinks she's really cool. I explained to her that I asked her to put it together for me. She had even given her a sample of the eyeliner months ago and my DD said she liked it. UGH! I can't win for losin!
I know it is hard now--I was THAT teenage girl with my mom and now I look back and cherish the memories with my mom (she is still around mind you)--I look back on things like
talk about not holding a candle... my ex gave my two oldest both their OWN computer each... I was thinking "wow, i can't top that by any stretch." I got my teenage daughter a hair straightener... because for me at that age I loved doing all kinds of things to my hair.. remember the crimper? After I bought it though, i thought she'd feel selfconsious and wonder if i didn't like her curly hair. So after she opened it i told her my teenage story and hope I made sure it wasnt about her hair.. just the experimentation of it all...
I didn't even get anything for the little girls who lost my purse... but since they got soooo many things from everyone else, i don't think they noticed. And my DD14 gave them all her old barbies... (we're talking 20 barbies w/accessories). That is keeping them busy for hours. LOL. The big hit this year were Nerf guns... the kids love those things... and bullets have been flying everywhere since christmas.
oh and sorry to hear about all the adults complaining... that must have sucked the joy right out of the holiday.
As for my christmas eve... i was going to spend it wrapping but recieved several texts from the guy i met last week playing pool. So.... i decided to meet him for a little bit. But wouldn't ya know it, he left right after i showed up... very disappointing but i felt better when i text him "merry christmas" later that night... because i knew i let it go and still had joy in my heart.
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Thanks Everyone - I hope that all of the Moms (and
Oh wow - that is hard to have to spend Xmas without your mom. You must all miss her so much. It seems like just yesterday when you told us the news. HUGS!!!!!!! And to think you have to watch the kids go through that with their dad - that must be hard. I am really glad he is spending quality time with them.
It is awesome that Hiker can come and spend time with you and then go to his house to cook for his family. He always sounds like such a great guy when you type about him!!
I think we are all glad now to have the holidays behind us.
>>Personally - as much as I live for the Christmas holidays and I try very hard to make them exciting for all of us, I am happy to have the day behind me now.
I couldn't agree more!
Here are cheers to 2008 - maybe it be a glowing and wonderful year for all of us!
AMEN to a wonderful new Year!!!! Now that Christmas is over I plan to look forward to a wonderful new year.. and i can't wait for that huge tax return.
<<>>>> Have you checked the toilet for your purse...have you been hearing glug glugging noises? What a mystery!
This is what I LOVE about Christmas. I really missed it this year. We have one 4 yr old in my immediate family so he's the only "fun" one. Christmas was just not a lot of fun this year. A lot of family members "laid out" too late, and it just spoiled the mood even though we tried to liven things up it just wasn't working! It was awful. Everyone just seemed to complain the whole time. I spent Christmas Eve alone. It wasn't too bad but it was still kind of a downer. On a bright note, I finally got to watch ALL of The Polar Express. The whole time it's been on the weeks prior to Christmas I kept catching bits and pieces of it. Christmas Eve I watched the whole thing! I don't know what kind of animation that is called, but it fascinates me the way everything looks so real.
My DD came back to me Christmas morning at about 10:30. The things I gave her did not hold a candle to the laptop her dad gave her. She was a little excited about the DVD/VCR I got her for her room but as of today, she still has not hooked it up. I thought she really liked the Mary Kay stuff I got her until today. She accused me of trying to change her and got all bent out of shape. She was ok with the face cleansing stuff, but not the eye liner and eye shadow. I tried to explain to her I was not trying to change her and that I didn't even pick it out. The pt. time secretary at her school sells it. My DD really likes her and thinks she's really cool. I explained to her that I asked her to put it together for me. She had even given her a sample of the eyeliner months ago and my DD said she liked it. UGH! I can't win for losin!
I know it is hard now--I was THAT teenage girl with my mom and now I look back and cherish the memories with my mom (she is still around mind you)--I look back on things like
April
talk about not holding a candle... my ex gave my two oldest both their OWN computer each... I was thinking "wow, i can't top that by any stretch." I got my teenage daughter a hair straightener... because for me at that age I loved doing all kinds of things to my hair.. remember the crimper? After I bought it though, i thought she'd feel selfconsious and wonder if i didn't like her curly hair. So after she opened it i told her my teenage story and hope I made sure it wasnt about her hair.. just the experimentation of it all...
I didn't even get anything for the little girls who lost my purse... but since they got soooo many things from everyone else, i don't think they noticed. And my DD14 gave them all her old barbies... (we're talking 20 barbies w/accessories). That is keeping them busy for hours. LOL. The big hit this year were Nerf guns... the kids love those things... and bullets have been flying everywhere since christmas.
oh and sorry to hear about all the adults complaining... that must have sucked the joy right out of the holiday.
As for my christmas eve... i was going to spend it wrapping but recieved several texts from the guy i met last week playing pool. So.... i decided to meet him for a little bit. But wouldn't ya know it, he left right after i showed up... very disappointing but i felt better when i text him "merry christmas" later that night... because i knew i let it go and still had joy in my heart.
Happy New Year everyone!
loonybunny
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