Thursday, December 25, 2008

It's Chtristmas it's Christmas!!!

It is 6am here and I am up the cameras are ready the presents are wrapped and Santa has been here!!!!! But no one else is awake yet, Ugh! Anyone who knows me knows my intense love for Christmas morning. Well now I have the kids, and I think I love it more. As my sister and I always say, "If you believe he will come!" So yes folks I believe. Although here in the big Tex the weather makes it harder to get in the mood, there in nothing like the night before to get my adrenaline pumping. It was so funny last night we let the kids open a few gifts and they were having so much fun. They kept saying, "One more, please Nanno." But Daddy finally said we had to go to bed. Then I, being the Christmas Eve freak that I am, asked if we could go set up their new Webkinz first. I mean you can't go to bed without naming and adopting you new toy right? Any-who, he lovingly said yes and even did the dishes while we played a bit longer.

Can I just take this moment to say how very lucky and loved I am.

Well at this point in our evening it's just after 10pm (Which is very late for my children but they had had a great nap so they were still in good spirits) after the last pet was named and they were still begging for more play time I gently reminded them that if they wanted Santa to come they must get to bed. It was like Wylie Coyote just lit a fuse under them. Parker ran faster than I have ever seen him run, and had brushed his teeth and started to pray before I could get into the next room. Marshall and Carson did not move so fast so I showed them on NORAD where Santa was, at that time he was in Florida. This prompted Marshall to get a move on, and Carson being the copy cat that he can be figured if they are running I should too. They went to bed and to sleep faster last night than I think they ever have. We stayed up a while to make sure they were out and it did not even take 30min. The grown ups no let me rephrase that the adults stayed up awhile longer and enjoyed the fire as it burned down and then a little after midnight said good night. At which point I felt like I was going to crawl out of my skin ready for the kiddos to wake up. I woke up several times thru the night and at 5:30 couldn't take it any more thus I'm here blogging !! Lucky you.

Let me ask you what are your traditions? How far back do they go? I hope you will all comment and share you traditions with me. We have some from both sides and a few we have started on our own. For instance, on my side of the family we have a breakfast tradition of fried chicken and biscuits and gravy. Yes my friends it is very yummy. Even to me who usually is not a huge fan of breakfast. I recently found this goes back at least 3 generations and I hope to keep it going. My mother tells me her Granny did this and she thinks it's because on the farm they always had sausage or bacon for breakfast so fried chicken was a real treat. This makes sense to me and I am so glad to know that even if it was a matter of privilege that this started years ago. It serves to keep alive the memory of loved ones and I love that. One that I have made my own is chili. Growing up we usually had stew but my dear sweet love doesn't care for stew, so I started making chili and it has been a hit ever since. In my family we could only open one present on Christmas eve and it didn't matter how much you asked, that was just that. On my loves side they opened everything but their big gift so we have blended. At first it felt very wrong to me but hey now I kind of like opening several on Christmas eve. And I must say it does spread things out for my overly indulged children. One other thing that we keep from his side is the game "Christmas gift", or "Christmas eve gift", or really "any holiday gift" What you do is try to say Christmas gift to someone before they say it to you and if you do they owe you a gift! Now I don't know that there has ever been much pay up on the owed gift but it is very fun to beat every one. I'm sure there is more we do every year that would be called tradition but like a mindless robot who just does what I do I can't think of any more at this point. Well it is now just before seven and the only sound is the keys but I have a feeling it won't be much longer. So for now I will leave you with warm wishes and a prayer for the new year. Now to go get my coffee fix!!!!!

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

My ABC's

A is for age: 28 for two more months
B is for burger of choice: In my tummy
C is for the car I drive: Ford Expedition
D is for your dog's name: Bluedreaux
E is for essential item you use every day: Husband
F is for favorite TV show at the moment: Lost
G is for favorite game: Anything played with loved ones
H is for home state: TX now formally CO
I is for instruments you play: I played Piano, Flute, Tuba, Organ
J is for favorite juice: White Grape
K is for whose bum you'd like to kick: I could tell you but I'd have to kill you
L is for last restaurant at which you ate: Bush's Chicken
M is for your favorite Muppet: I really can't chose
N is for number of piercings: Currently 5
O is for overnight hospital stays: I know 6 maybe more
P is for people you were with today: My husband & children
Q is for what you do with your quiet time: Catch up on my shows on http://www.abc.go.tv/
R is for your biggest regret: My health bums me out but I don't have complete control to change that so no real regrets
S is for relationship status: Very married 7 years
T is for time you woke up today: I could tell you but I'd have to kill you-We were up late
U is for what you consider unique about yourself: My goofyness
V is for the vegetable you love most: Asparagus
W is for worst habit: procrastinating
X is for x-rays you've had: So many that you may want to stay back for fear of radiation exposure
Y is for yummy food you ate today: Gumbo
Z is for zodiac: Aquarius