I have had all sorts of good intentions, but it certainly has been a crazy busy month! I honestly don’t know how people with full time jobs, full time families, full time church and school and club commitments, even manage to survive through Christmas, much less decorate and send cards and buy gifts! I haven’t got any of those full time commitments and I still didn’t decorate, send cards, or buy gifts! I do play to put a few more cards in the box Monday. I thought I might get them written today, but that didn’t happen.
We had just a lovely quiet, restful Christmas Day. I often yearn for a weekend day where you don’t do anything, you have an excuse to be lazy. Watch a movie, watch a football game, snack, and nap in the afternoon. Sadly, those days just don’t ever happen! Too many things that must get done on the weekend. Thankfully, Christmas can be that day if you don’t make travel plans or commitments to others. We did not and we just enjoyed our day.
I slept incredibly late, drank a lot of coffee and ate mincemeat cookies. Eventually I got around to cooking the HEB turkey meal I ordered and it was delicious. Turkey, green bean casserole, dressing (ok, not as good as mine, but good), gravy, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce. I made some rolls, but they weren’t ready until dinner so that was our dinner.
A good nap in the afternoon, some Christmas TV tonight with the movie “Elf,” and phone calls back and forth to my sister, Mark’s brother, Mark’s dad and mom and my mom.
It doesn’t sound like much, but it was a very nice day. And now, when we’ve got lots to do this weekend, which we do, it will be a little easier to do it, having had this great Christmas Day.
We’ll get a little more Christmas celebration in when we, hopefully, get to have some Mexican food with our friend Rachelle this weekend, and my best friend Beth is supposed to be in town for a few days from Canton, Ohio, so I’m looking forward to spending some time with her and her boyfriend and her Austin family.
I hope yours was good and you didn’t get caught in horrible weather like so many I’ve talked to. Merry Christmas.
