From now on our troubles will be out of sight....
Things may be looking up after all :o)
After all of my (semi-deserved) Scrooging in my last entry, things took a surprising turn for the better.
WE FOUND OUR ORNAMENTS!!!!
Now get this: Every year we put our ornaments away in the same box labelled "Christmas Ornaments". Well, we found the box, but there were no ornaments in it. So, after being thoroughly pissed off, my mom decided to come downstairs and look through the storage room herself. She ended up having to move a big suitcase because it was in her way, and when she picked it up, she realized it was a lot heavier than it should have been, and when she opened it, there were the ornaments!! All nicely stuffed in a couple of Santa hats, so they wouldn't break. We still aren't sure how they ended up there, but we think my grandpa may have put them there when he was here this year (my grandpa tends to rearrange things in ways that make sense to him, and should make sense to most people LoL - It's always appreciated). Either way, whoever put them there was very smart, because they were tucked in in such a way that they didn't break or get ruined in any way. So, the tree is up, and it looks beautiful, like it always does :o) I'll post pictures of it once the rest of the house is clean, so you all don't have to witness my house's dust creatures!
My mom and my sister stayed home from work and school today because they were so tired from staying up so late putting the tree up. We're going to finish cleaning at least the living room and dining room, when Marcelo gets home from work he said he's going to "clean the basement like mad", and my sister and I want to bake gingerbread cookies this evening also. It's not going to be the same without my grandma being here to help, but we still have to call her to get the recipe and we can always put her on speaker phone :D
Unfortuantely not everything is coming together as smoothly as I would like it to. As far as I'm concerned, shopping does NOT happen on Christmas Eve - We're too busy doing last-minute cleaning and getting food ready for everyone! So, there are, including today, five shopping days left. I have not bought a single thing, and neither has Marcelo, and for that matter, my mom has barely done any shopping either. And with only one car in the family, this may prove difficult. But, God willing, we'll get it all done, and Christmas Day will be absolutely wonderful.
Actually, right now I'm feeling sort of nauseous and tired, and stuffy.... I think I'm catching a cold. This happened to me two years ago, and I ended up being VERY sick on Christmas Eve and couldn't enjoy the evening whatsoever. So, I'm going to make sure I get all the sleep my body wants from now until Christmas, and I'm going to be chewing Vitamin C tablets like candy. I think I'm going to go start on that right now, and pick up Marcelo from work. We have to go buy some more Claritin as well as gingerbread cookie ingredients.
Have a good day, everybody! <3
After all of my (semi-deserved) Scrooging in my last entry, things took a surprising turn for the better.
WE FOUND OUR ORNAMENTS!!!!
Now get this: Every year we put our ornaments away in the same box labelled "Christmas Ornaments". Well, we found the box, but there were no ornaments in it. So, after being thoroughly pissed off, my mom decided to come downstairs and look through the storage room herself. She ended up having to move a big suitcase because it was in her way, and when she picked it up, she realized it was a lot heavier than it should have been, and when she opened it, there were the ornaments!! All nicely stuffed in a couple of Santa hats, so they wouldn't break. We still aren't sure how they ended up there, but we think my grandpa may have put them there when he was here this year (my grandpa tends to rearrange things in ways that make sense to him, and should make sense to most people LoL - It's always appreciated). Either way, whoever put them there was very smart, because they were tucked in in such a way that they didn't break or get ruined in any way. So, the tree is up, and it looks beautiful, like it always does :o) I'll post pictures of it once the rest of the house is clean, so you all don't have to witness my house's dust creatures!
My mom and my sister stayed home from work and school today because they were so tired from staying up so late putting the tree up. We're going to finish cleaning at least the living room and dining room, when Marcelo gets home from work he said he's going to "clean the basement like mad", and my sister and I want to bake gingerbread cookies this evening also. It's not going to be the same without my grandma being here to help, but we still have to call her to get the recipe and we can always put her on speaker phone :D
Unfortuantely not everything is coming together as smoothly as I would like it to. As far as I'm concerned, shopping does NOT happen on Christmas Eve - We're too busy doing last-minute cleaning and getting food ready for everyone! So, there are, including today, five shopping days left. I have not bought a single thing, and neither has Marcelo, and for that matter, my mom has barely done any shopping either. And with only one car in the family, this may prove difficult. But, God willing, we'll get it all done, and Christmas Day will be absolutely wonderful.
Actually, right now I'm feeling sort of nauseous and tired, and stuffy.... I think I'm catching a cold. This happened to me two years ago, and I ended up being VERY sick on Christmas Eve and couldn't enjoy the evening whatsoever. So, I'm going to make sure I get all the sleep my body wants from now until Christmas, and I'm going to be chewing Vitamin C tablets like candy. I think I'm going to go start on that right now, and pick up Marcelo from work. We have to go buy some more Claritin as well as gingerbread cookie ingredients.
Have a good day, everybody! <3