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what day is it, sir?
Posted by Slowplum
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12/28/2003 08:36:00 AM
gah. i am so christmased out it isn't even funny. the kids got mega spoiled but it was so nice to see them get all excited about it and they are still in that glow.
sousa christmas was on the 20th and i hated it. as usual i got to watch everyone else's kids while they gnoshed and socialized among themselves. we had the food catered in this year because the womenfolk are tired of cooking for 40 people. well my uncle sid decided to be a fucking brat and start bitching about it and then when my mom brought out shrimp and crab and stuff that she'd made for the men to snack on he mentioned something about if she was going to cook that stuff anyway why didn't she cook the entire meal, it would have tasted better. etc etc i was going to go off on a rant at him but my aunt held me back and told him to shut up because he was hurting my mom's feelings and if that's how he honestly felt he should shut up and get in the god damn kitchen at 6 in the morning and spend a fucking fortune on booze and nevermind him taking his 24 hour fucking naps. it was a total mess and by the time SO got off work to come visit everyone had gone home already except my mom's sisters and their families and i swear the only ones i like are my aunt nat's family and my uncle mike's family. the rest of them can rot in hell and i don't think i'll be going to next year's function if i have to put up with all the crap anymore. cripes.
SO was actually in the christmasy mood this year too so he was a little disappointed that everyone went home but when he saw the look on my face he was like "ok let's go home now" and we went.
we went to my mom & dad's on christmas eve and i had 100% better time, the meal was good and peaceful and everyone loved their gift i got them including my brother's girlfriend michelle so nyah!
then we came home and i was up till 1am arranging things so that when the kids woke up evidence of santa was there but also so that i had less to do in the morning for the christmas brunch i was hosting.
christmas day i was woken up at 5 am by my excited son. but my daughter & hubby were still sleeping so i convinced him we had to watch finding nemo until they got up. 3 minutes later the boy was snoring and i was wide awake. so i did what any sane person would do, made myself some coffee and baked some pastries. the coffee was way too strong as i had in my hurry the night before put too much coffee in the filter. eek!
C & SO woke up and we opened our stockings & gifts. it was a good time then SO's parents & siblings and our grandmas and my parents came over for brunch: hash browns w/cheese & onion, bacon, ham, waffles with berries & whipped cream, pastries, croissants, cheese & crackers, cold veggie pizza, punch, coffee & bailey's, etc. it was a lot of food and everyone was stuffed and i think my dad was pretty amazed that i could cook all that.
in the evening even though i was exhausted we had to go to SO's parents home for christmas dinner. tons of food later i finally caved and brought K home and left C with SO at his parents for a while. K and i had some good down time watching toy story on the couch and we both only just nodded off when SO & C came home.
boxing day was ok, pretty uneventful but that's perfect. we went to the store to pick up a present for C's friend's birthday party, the car wouldn't start so we ended up walking but it was a nice walk.
the 27th was the M side get together we had it at the optimist hall because there's so many of them. it was potluck and i was volunteered to bring trifle. which was fine it is easy to make but a lot of work. gah. SO helped me which was muchly appreciated but i couldn't help but feel he did it because he felt guilty for being such a jerk lately (don't get me started on it, ok)
i think that gets us up to date, non?
hope everyone else had a good holiday.
sousa christmas was on the 20th and i hated it. as usual i got to watch everyone else's kids while they gnoshed and socialized among themselves. we had the food catered in this year because the womenfolk are tired of cooking for 40 people. well my uncle sid decided to be a fucking brat and start bitching about it and then when my mom brought out shrimp and crab and stuff that she'd made for the men to snack on he mentioned something about if she was going to cook that stuff anyway why didn't she cook the entire meal, it would have tasted better. etc etc i was going to go off on a rant at him but my aunt held me back and told him to shut up because he was hurting my mom's feelings and if that's how he honestly felt he should shut up and get in the god damn kitchen at 6 in the morning and spend a fucking fortune on booze and nevermind him taking his 24 hour fucking naps. it was a total mess and by the time SO got off work to come visit everyone had gone home already except my mom's sisters and their families and i swear the only ones i like are my aunt nat's family and my uncle mike's family. the rest of them can rot in hell and i don't think i'll be going to next year's function if i have to put up with all the crap anymore. cripes.
SO was actually in the christmasy mood this year too so he was a little disappointed that everyone went home but when he saw the look on my face he was like "ok let's go home now" and we went.
we went to my mom & dad's on christmas eve and i had 100% better time, the meal was good and peaceful and everyone loved their gift i got them including my brother's girlfriend michelle so nyah!
then we came home and i was up till 1am arranging things so that when the kids woke up evidence of santa was there but also so that i had less to do in the morning for the christmas brunch i was hosting.
christmas day i was woken up at 5 am by my excited son. but my daughter & hubby were still sleeping so i convinced him we had to watch finding nemo until they got up. 3 minutes later the boy was snoring and i was wide awake. so i did what any sane person would do, made myself some coffee and baked some pastries. the coffee was way too strong as i had in my hurry the night before put too much coffee in the filter. eek!
C & SO woke up and we opened our stockings & gifts. it was a good time then SO's parents & siblings and our grandmas and my parents came over for brunch: hash browns w/cheese & onion, bacon, ham, waffles with berries & whipped cream, pastries, croissants, cheese & crackers, cold veggie pizza, punch, coffee & bailey's, etc. it was a lot of food and everyone was stuffed and i think my dad was pretty amazed that i could cook all that.
in the evening even though i was exhausted we had to go to SO's parents home for christmas dinner. tons of food later i finally caved and brought K home and left C with SO at his parents for a while. K and i had some good down time watching toy story on the couch and we both only just nodded off when SO & C came home.
boxing day was ok, pretty uneventful but that's perfect. we went to the store to pick up a present for C's friend's birthday party, the car wouldn't start so we ended up walking but it was a nice walk.
the 27th was the M side get together we had it at the optimist hall because there's so many of them. it was potluck and i was volunteered to bring trifle. which was fine it is easy to make but a lot of work. gah. SO helped me which was muchly appreciated but i couldn't help but feel he did it because he felt guilty for being such a jerk lately (don't get me started on it, ok)
i think that gets us up to date, non?
hope everyone else had a good holiday.