Christmas used to be a time of angst for me. It was hard to get in the "holiday spirit". This by far has been the best Christmas ever. I owe a lot of this to my husband. He has given back to me all that I have been giving out over the years. For the longest time I never knew why I felt this way. I just felt like tradition took over and the true meaning was left out. I have slowly regained that joy of Christmas over the last few years. It's no longer " another day". It's a new day, with life.


My day...

1. Went and bought coffee and hot chocolate for the family... no one on the road.
2. Watched the sun rise at my mom's
3. Opened presents
4. Watched TV
5. Had Christmas Breakfast
6. Grandpa came over
7. Lucy and the girls came over
8. Went home to get ready for grandma's
9. Took a quick picture with my husband and two of the four cats.
10. Put in a card for Grandma ( her gift will be from Mexico)
11. Went to grandma's
- My fathers sisters and their families were there
12. Ate dinner there
13. Came home and .... cleaned, packed, left lists for family


Ipod ... Check
Cameras .... Check
Passports and information forms ... Check

I think I'm ready.


My husband is packing as I write. My dad will be here at four in the morning. I need to be up by 2:30 am. I need to go to bed ... like now.


See ya in a week.

We leave for Mexico in two days. Our luggage is ready, our toiletry bag is packet and I'm starting to feel a little jumpy. A mix of the holidays and this trip I suppose. I have copies of the passports, I have contact information, I have everything done... Now to wait. Wait for Christmas morning or wait for the day after? What am I excited for? Which one.... Maybe that's why I feel so numb. I have no clue what to be hyper about. I'm just marking down the days. Don't get me wrong, I love both events coming up, just back to back... Wow. Finally the honeymoon I never had, finally my husband gets to travel, finally we get to fly together. I'm tiered of going on business trio with out him. We get to go somewhere together.

1. Something for mom (cross or glass)
2. Necklace for dad
3. The Producer brother (???)
4. Little brother (???)
5. Grandma (jewelry)

Our tree is decorated with Black and White Tuxedo Kitties. I used to decorate for retail stores during my college years. We picked out this slim tree to fit the space.

I confirmed the plane reservations... we leave in 3 days. I hope all goes well. Smooth, un- turbulant, easy.