I will not be shopping today, I am not crazy! I will be saving my Christmas shopping for my afternoon off, during the week. Or better yet I will drag hubby out in the evening. Over the years he has always (or I have taken this job on) expected me to shop for everyone including his sons. I got sick of guessing at gifts and he happily (yeah right) comes now. Although the boys are getting older and more difficult to buy for. We usually think of something though.
I dropped Liz at Kohl's this morning (7:30 am) and the parking lot was packed. She should come home just beaming with the spirit of Christmas and the Love of fellow man!
We had a very nice dinner yesterday. My kids were here and we got to talk football and listen to the adventures of being single men (ICK! MEN??) in their twenty's. Eric is definitely broke up with this high school sweetheart of 4 years. He's words are he finally has his soul back. hmmmmmm.
It was all I could do to stay awake, football talk, and turkey make me sleepy. When the boys went to their dad's I took my dog for a walk,that snapped me out of it. The evening was beautiful and my neighborhood peaceful. Except for the tipsy couple taking their grandpa to the car, the lady was giggling loudly and grampas was doing his best to get to the car! Thankfully for grampa he had other more sober folks to drive him home.
Ya gotta love the holidays!
Being a good parent involves instilling a certain amount of guilt in your children. Mark's kids are feeling it, for missing out on Thanksgiving. Matthew (who was recently baptist) called last evening making his normal excuses for only visiting his wife's family. Jeremy called Mark today and invited us over on Sunday. I figured they'd come around. They do love their dad, but their mother is better at making them do what she wants them to do for the holidays. Me? I would rather be at the beach, the whole holiday season to me just seems so expensive and commercial. I am working on the relationships rather than the stuff.
Got it?
My father called me from sunny Florida...he spent the day with my stepmom's ex's family. I told you my family is weird. He said it's been cold 50's...hee hee it's 60 here!
AND SUNNY!
And I am headed out to enjoy the weather!
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It's decent weather here too, considering I live in MI, anyway. I also feel like you do - the greed and commercialistm is driving me bananas. I wouldn't go shopping today unless someone's life depended on it, and even then I think I would want a doctor's note, or maybe three of them.
I hope your daughter survives the workday - whatever she is getting paid, today, it's not enough!
xoxo
Sometimes I just don't know how you keep it all together, your simply amazing :)
Hugs
Ang
Well... I think it sounds like you had a prettty good Thanksgiving.. right? :) Sure hope you did!
Hugs
Jackie
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Come on girl lets go on that walk. Your family sounds like John's. John has 3 exes and his oldest son has two exes and one present. He has kids by the two exes and none by the present but they are all living with their dad and the present now. Is that all clear now? I hate it when they pick one ex and pick her to pieces. Makes me wonder what they say behind my back. I love Mondays and hate holidays. Not the true meaning, just the BS. Paula
Al is just like your hubby,he has always made me do the shopping for Birthdays
Holidays etc. When he started going with me I would find him in the tools or sports
sections,so to this day I handle all the gift giving etc.
So glad you had a nice dinner and later enjoyed the cool walk.
Love
Mickie
Beach? You? Me? LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!!
I can not enjoy shopping because i never have enough $$ and unless it is a good friend or my kids, the person getting the gift usually doesnt appreciate it.
I am glad you had a good Thanksgiving dinner. Sounds like the grown up kids still have some growing up to do.
LOVE YOU
lisa
I don't blame you for not shopping today. I don't like to shop on this day either!! Too nuts out there!! Can you just imagine what all the stores look like by now? I bet the workers are exhausted!!! Too funny Eric's words.... hmmm is right.
Hugs,
Lisa
I loved this entry! I'm with you about the expense and STUFF. We're cutting way back this year. We are making it about the grandchildren and that's about it. We have agreed to make gifts or do something special for each other rather than spending money. I think it's going to be a lot of fun.
Hugs, Kathy
I'm with you. No shopping for me. I never left the house today. I sure didn't want to deal with that mess. I'm glad you had a good day.
Hugs. R.C.
I'm glad you had a nice holiday ! I let my hubby do most of the shopping....he loves it !! LOL ... Have a great weekend
hugs,
Ellen
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