so...raise your hand if you are a baby boomer like myself and your mother cooked a fabulous dinner and was still bombed by the end of the night...those broads could do anything while sipping Manhattans in the kitchen!
this year kt and i cooked 15 3lb. maine lobsters and 2 filet roasts for 16 people while i drank egg nog and she drank water that tasted like cough syrup(?!)...it was a fabulous dinner...just like my mother's!
My husband and i are taking a huge trip to the wine country in june so we decided no gifts...well, that sucked! A little something couldn't hurt...am i being too materialistic?
My Jake made me a mixed music CD...he got the "no buying presents college student exemption" again this year...but more importantly, he sat with me Christmas morning, played it and told me why he chose each song...now THAT is a gift...
Christmas eve was very different this year...first, I got a chance to see much love and care surround a favorite niece who is in for some serious medical treatments...I then saw my little brother and his 4 kids and assorted "friends", "fiancees", and "fruitcakes"...fun!
I read the Polar Express for the 18th year and everyone had a great time making fun and joking around...I gave my Godchild the bell and he handled it with great maturity...and in the end I got applause and everyone "got" the message...very cool
3 out of 4 kids came for breakfast and we had 1 hour around the table of earnest, interesting conversation...not as typical as you would think, but oh so rewarding...
In the end Billy and I came home...and felt satisfied...at this time in our life we can't ask for more than that can we?
2 comments:
for the record...i was thinking what was the best part of x-mas this year....and it was my mother arriving at my house on 3, totally on time, on x-mas day to help me with the lobsters....we did good mom...and we got through another one.....
My mother didn't drink while she cooked dinner but dinner was good anyway. I loved, loved, loved the lobsters and filet. I got sad when I read about your niece. She is in my prayers.Kepp up the blogs. I get them even if other people don't. Kisses
Joyce
Post a Comment