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Saturday, November 27, 2004
Day After Thanksgiving Shopping
I didn't wander into the mob as many did yesterday morning to do any shopping. Every year I consider it, but usually either chicken out of tackling the mob or just can't drag myself out of bed at 3:30am for something I don't have to do. :o) There are some really good bargains to be had, but you have to be very agressive to get the really good ones. For everyone that did get out into the madness, you are a true shopper.
The extent of my venturing out yesterday was taking my step-daughter shopping for a coat. I was dreading it all day. We have a very different idea of what a coat is, she wants a jacket instead of a coat. If she was wearing warm clothes it would be a little different. The winter clothing styles this year are totally stupid unless you live in a place that is warm year round. Why would you wear a sweater that hangs off of your shoulder and is so thin that you wear a tank top under it. For all practical purposes it is the same as just wearing a tank top, that is not winter clothes! I know that is does not get as cold here as it does in Indiana, but it still gets pretty stinking cold! Clothing is getting skimpier every year, but usually winter is when even those that wear skimpy clothes cover up, not anymore. Well, anyway we ended up finding her a coat very easily. She likes to wear very light weight shirts so I wanted her to get something heavy enough to be warm, but I also understand that she doesn't like bulky coats so I didn't expect her to get something that was really thick. We found a happy medium. :o)
Chrisi Coffee Talk at 8:13 AM
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Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Thanksgiving is almost here.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I have many things to be thankful for, but I am less than enthused for the day to get here. We are going to my mother-in-law's house, and they just do things different than my family. No, it's not that I don't like my husband's family, and I wouldn't want them to change the way they do things for me. With my family, the one that cooked the turkey was the one who's house we gathered at. This person would fix the turkey, dressing and several other dishes. In all we had about 20 people or more and everyone brought a dish or two or three. :o) We had our traditional foods that were a necessity every year like deviled eggs, cranberry salad, sweet potatoes, strawberry delight, apricot salad, pumpkin pie, and pecan pie. It was also fun to try other things that people would bring. It was a lot of work but I loved cooking with my mom. When we go to my mother-in-law's house she always says she doesn't need me to bring anything. In years past when I would say that I was going to bring something, when we got there she made that too, just in case. I think I am going to make a dessert to take. It's just not the same as being a part of the whole Thanksgiving Day preparation. Again, I don't want them to change the way they do things for me, they have their traditions too. It's just hard to be away from my mom during the holidays.
I know, I'm a whiner. I get to feeling bad about being homesick when I think about all of the families that are missing loved ones because they are defending our country or died defending our country. I know the homesick feeling I feel does not even come close to that of the men and women who are in a strange land without any family or traditional celebration at all. At least I have family and a Thanksgiving meal. Shame on me. :o(
Chrisi Coffee Talk at 9:52 AM
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Sunday, November 21, 2004
My Christmas Tree :o(
Well, we didn't get the Christmas tree up this weekend. :o( Byron is going to try to get it up this Wednesday when he is off work. I really didn't get anything done that I had planned. I hate when that happens, I feel like I didn't get anything done even though I did.
Oh well. :o)
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