Christmas
We had a quiet Christmas this year. I "finished" my job at Sally two days before Christmas and Momma came up on the 23rd. Steve somehow started his holiday vacation on the 23rd as well and the festivities began!
I cooked chicken and rice and a ham and Momma made a pumpkin pie and stuffed mushrooms. It was delicious! When dinner was almost over we called our neighbor Vincent over so we could give him some of our food. We had just made way too much!
On Christmas Eve we mostly stuck around the house and watched movies. Momma and I went to the candlelight service at Harvest Christian Church. It was a lovely service and a small group. I'm looking forward to going back there this year. Steve went with our friend Peter to see True Grit while we were at church. When we got home Momma and I watched The Proposal and laughed so hard. I expected it to be cute, but I liked it much more than I expected. We were too tired to finish it so we saved the end for Christmas morning.
In the morning we got up and had ham biscuits! We finished The Proposal and watched a documentary about dogs on Netflix until the Clay family rang the doorbell. We had a nice lunch at Picadilly and a great visit. They stayed through the evening because of the rain and we even had time to put together a puzzle.
When everyone left Momma went out to her van and brought in all the photo albums that we've been meaning to go through and tidy up since... well... forever. I think I'll devote a post to that on its own.
The day after Christmas was spent with all three of us curled up on different parts of the couch watching tv. We watched documentaries and movies and never left the house.
We worked on the family history off and on for days. We made our way from the 1600s to the 1970s. All we have left to do is 1970-2011.
Momma went home on Thursday after Steve and I went to the Magic Kingdom with our friends Peter and Margeaux. We had tickets because my mom had done the Outsider Art Show at the House of Blues at Downtown Disney for the last few years. We had four complimentary tickets (two of them expired on the 30th). We ended up going during the busiest week of the year and the trip really deserves a post of its own.
New Years Eve was spent with Will and Karen. We had dinner at Sonny's BBQ and went back to our house to watch TV shows but we ended up sitting up and talking til the wee hour of 11 o'clock. By 11:15 I was sure I'd be in bed, but I picked up the xbox controller and somehow played Red Dead Redemption until 1am. I should mention that I did so while wearing a "coonskin" cap I purchased at Disney the day before. I should mention that I bought it right after saying "I'll wear it for luck while I play Red Dead Redemption!"
That brings me up to 2011. I'll have some details on the family history and our trip to Disney.
xo
Kathleen
I cooked chicken and rice and a ham and Momma made a pumpkin pie and stuffed mushrooms. It was delicious! When dinner was almost over we called our neighbor Vincent over so we could give him some of our food. We had just made way too much!
On Christmas Eve we mostly stuck around the house and watched movies. Momma and I went to the candlelight service at Harvest Christian Church. It was a lovely service and a small group. I'm looking forward to going back there this year. Steve went with our friend Peter to see True Grit while we were at church. When we got home Momma and I watched The Proposal and laughed so hard. I expected it to be cute, but I liked it much more than I expected. We were too tired to finish it so we saved the end for Christmas morning.
In the morning we got up and had ham biscuits! We finished The Proposal and watched a documentary about dogs on Netflix until the Clay family rang the doorbell. We had a nice lunch at Picadilly and a great visit. They stayed through the evening because of the rain and we even had time to put together a puzzle.
When everyone left Momma went out to her van and brought in all the photo albums that we've been meaning to go through and tidy up since... well... forever. I think I'll devote a post to that on its own.
The day after Christmas was spent with all three of us curled up on different parts of the couch watching tv. We watched documentaries and movies and never left the house.
We worked on the family history off and on for days. We made our way from the 1600s to the 1970s. All we have left to do is 1970-2011.
Momma went home on Thursday after Steve and I went to the Magic Kingdom with our friends Peter and Margeaux. We had tickets because my mom had done the Outsider Art Show at the House of Blues at Downtown Disney for the last few years. We had four complimentary tickets (two of them expired on the 30th). We ended up going during the busiest week of the year and the trip really deserves a post of its own.
New Years Eve was spent with Will and Karen. We had dinner at Sonny's BBQ and went back to our house to watch TV shows but we ended up sitting up and talking til the wee hour of 11 o'clock. By 11:15 I was sure I'd be in bed, but I picked up the xbox controller and somehow played Red Dead Redemption until 1am. I should mention that I did so while wearing a "coonskin" cap I purchased at Disney the day before. I should mention that I bought it right after saying "I'll wear it for luck while I play Red Dead Redemption!"
That brings me up to 2011. I'll have some details on the family history and our trip to Disney.
xo
Kathleen