December 23, 2010
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There was a doll in the fridge the other day. The next day Andre asked me if I had found it. He said he’d put it there to keep it away from Liesl. Does this look like a place where anyone needs to keep a doll away from anybody else? And this is NOT the entire crew.
There are butterflies in my stomach this morning because there’s a Christmas program at church tonight. 30 years later and I still have them. I’m not doing a thing but listening and making food, but old habits die hard.
What does it say about me that Dan is much better at wrapping presents than I am? He does such a nice job and I am happy to let him do most of them. We had fun doing it together last night. Every year I think we are going to keep Christmas really simple because we don’t need a thing. This is what keeping it simple looks like this year.
(Yes, our Christmas decorations are top of the line….silver tinsel and all. J )
Andre’s latest thing when he is procrastinating is to say that he’ll do it “in a couple whiles”. (combo of ‘in a couple minutes’ and ‘in a little while’, I guess.)
Because our Christmas will be low-key this year on the family end I feel like we should be inviting some homeless or family-less person for dinner. Our rich oilfield community is lacking in homeless folks. I know there are lonely people, but I’m having a hard time coming up with ideas for whom to invite. We did have one fellow to start out the season last night, but I know there are others. Yeah, we specialize in last minute plans around here. I am defrosting an enormous turkey.
I bought a black belted sweater with ½ length sleeves at Warehouse One the other night-marked down from $39.99 to $14.99. It is kind of like the ones we gagged over from the old pictures of our sisters wearing them. I got it home and started thinking about whether I’ll actually wear it and what I would wear it with. I am not entirely pleased with how it looks on me. Should I return it? Probably. Otherwise it will join the ranks of all the other unworn sweaters in my closet.
I am working on a post involving Honesty vs. Discretion. I know well which side I err on.
But it is easier to write randomness than to look at your faults.
Of all the things I admire most in writing, keeping it meaty and concise takes the top. I have resigned myself to the bleak fact that I will never achieve that grace. It nearly makes me want to stop blogging, but it seems like I am always effervescing with things to say and I can’t stop myself.
Is it healthy for children to drink hot chocolate every single day? Because it’s The Thing to Do here. And no, it’s not necessarily the kind made with heated milk.
I feel so blessed today. A family that I know from a long time ago lost their mom to a stroke very suddenly last night or this morning. Other friends are facing their first Christmas without their dad and husband. Oh it makes me sad.
And here I am, sighing over this floor that never stays clean and this daughter who leaves destruction in her wake all day long. I shall hug her and the gift wrapper extra tight today.
Here is Alec at piano recital last week:
And since I am feeding my children cheese curls for the party mix tonight to keep them happy, I need to stop writing randomness.
A very Merry Christmas to you, my lovely friends. I am so thankful for all of you.
Comments (6)
I had to laugh at the doll in the fridge.. we found Dakota’s missing shoe in the freezer the other day. I had nearly given up on finding it and was ready to pitch the other one! – The hot chocolate thing… I get so weary of it. I told Madison if she’s gonna drink it in the morning I’m gonna have to get her up 10 min earlier because she sips so slowly!
Merry Christmas to you too!
Quote from above: “Of all the things I admire most in writing, keeping it meaty and concise takes the top. I have resigned myself to the bleak fact that I will never achieve that grace. It nearly makes me want to stop blogging, but it seems like I am always effervescing with things to say and I can’t stop myself.”
I like how you write because it gives me a sense of who you are even if I don’t know you in person (yet). So please don’t stop blogging because you don’t think you’re “meaty and concise.” The only person you need to be like is you.
Having said that, I was just telling my girls the other day about all the mom-bloggers who make me so jealous of their style that I can’t read their sites any more, from Pioneer Woman on down.
It’s easier to lecture you than myself, I guess.
That’s so funny cuz Nikki’s latest thing is to put things in the fridge too. Only pretending that they are food items…when they are not.
I know what you mean about erring on the side of being too wordy. Totally my life story.
And I am VERY excited to read your post and thoughts about honesty vs. discretion. I think I know which side you err on…its probably the same side as I err on!
that is soooo cuh-yoot! “a couple of whiles.”
i love the things that kids say.
the way that they combine words and terms can actually clarify the meaning. howabout it?
hot chocolate is its own food group. ya need at least 2 – 4 servings daily to meet the recommended requirement. that’s the one thing that i’m doing right as a mom. don’t take it away from me!
i’d love to see your new sweater. you could always enter audrey’s fashionista’s anonymous contest coming up in feb…to get some ideas. but more than that, i’d like to see yours. just like what Dorcas wrote ^^^ “the only person that you need to be like is you.” sweaters or blogging…and i’m talking more to myself here. i was taken aback by your very sweet kind words in your comment to me. i felt…tears. really. thanks for your encouragement. because very cool is always everyone else. like the gal that can write, ”…I am always effervescing with things to say and I can’t stop myself.” now see? how do YOU DO THAT?! don’t think that i am patting you on the head. i am not a head patter. anyway. just wanted to express my surprise and gratefulness and how much i enjoyed my visit here. i have never been accused of brief. or meaty and concise!
anyway. I am looking forward to your post on honesty and discretion. do they have to play on opposite ends of the see-saw? I would like to know!
a belated Merry Christmas to you and yours!
meaty and concise—I love it, too. Which is why we all adore Dorcas Smucker. (and lucky you to be on her radar). But I also love conversational which is why I like your blog. I don’t think I’m either, so I guess I’ll go eat worms.
@twofus_1 - Ha Christy! That coming from the author Christy Smucker is just too funny. You are probably both concise and conversational, so there.