Hmmm – I am feeling Christmassy!!
This year was the first year in 25 years that I woke up on Christmas Day with out my daughter.
My children are growing up and getting boyfriends/girlfriends/partners or plans of their own. My daughter opted this year to spend Christmas morning with her boyfriend in their home together. I was sad – but happy for her to start her traditions.
It was odd not having her here. She seems to be the most festive one however we got to welcome “le boyfriend” into the fold. A stellar young man – handsome – funny – well employed and she will kill me if she ever reads this – they will make beautiful babies. He is the life of the party – she is way too serious for her own good and needs to take it down a notch (sorry sweetie).
My son was here and so uncomplicated in his gift wishes.
We had a pact this year – make it – buy it cheap or just give a hug and it saved us alot of $$$ and it was fun shopping for those little treasures.
Hub’s gift went off with out a hitch – beautifully taken photographs by him – developed and framed and given as a gift from me to him for our art gallery to frame our bare upstairs walls. Can’t wait to hang them and get new lighting.
Not much humor today – a long day and I need a nap.
The kittens are snug – the horses got a little extra in their feed buckets and as my “chicks” take off to do their own festivities with in their other plans – it just Hub and I and my Mother in Law (now known as MIL) for dinner. We are going to do something very “sitcommish” and hit up a diner in the city.
Too me it is not the big dinner or the expensive gifts- it is the precious time with my children and family. Eating whatever with fine wine or cheap wine – I don’t care. The outlaws – the inlaws- kittens, horses, wild turkeys and serenity that this farm has brought to my life.
I look out my window and see a big fat blue jay, a black crow and a gaggle of wild turkeys eating the corn I put out. While they are the bird species – they are not related by blood and are enjoying a Christmas Feast in my yard.
I am content and happy and am looking forward to the New Year.
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