Ditto Didface's thanks. I had a very quiet Thanksgiving, since our plans to visit the in-laws fell through thanks to a sick child. So... I didn't cook, and hubby took us out for lunch. We then completed our Christmas shopping (minus a few items for each other) and then basically stayed home the rest of the weekend. It was very relaxing and I have returned to work much more relaxed than I have after any 3 day weekend I can remember. 'Course, most 3 day weekends we end up visiting family (in-laws) so this was a rare occurrence that may have to happen a bit more often. I didn't even start decorating for Christmas, which I normally do the weekend after Thanksgiving. This year, I'm postponing it a bit because of my curious little one. He's into climbing right now, so I figure the less time the tree is up, the better for my sanity and his safety.
I'll probably put it up next weekend or there abouts, and then just barricade it with a hearth guard or some such. Besides, I've been focusing on his birthday more than Christmas right now. He turns 1 tomorrow, and we were to have his b-day party at his Nana's this past weekend, but when we didn't go for Thanksgiving, that meant we missed his party too. So now I'm trying to throw something together for a small celebration (basically something to put in his book) for his 1st b-day and then focus on the Christmas holiday. My father will be in town for that, as will my in-laws, so I know that it will be more hectic than I'd like, but I am also planning on taking it easier than most. I won't do a lot of baking -- it's not necessary, and what I like requires little work. Christmas dinner will be on me, but will be what I traditionally do and not what my in-laws may expect (and if they don't like it, then they don't have to come back next year
), and the holiday will follow our family traditions and not theirs, no matter what they like, to include fun games the night before, caroling, and family together-time and not a lot of cooking-time. I was looking forward to a nice quiet holiday, and was then told my in-laws (and that means MIL, FIL, and great grandmother -- at a minimum) were expecting to come since we weren't going there and it's Tanner's 2nd Christmas, etc, etc, so now I'm trying to balance a nice quiet family holiday with a load of folks dropping in. My father is a last minute addition due to family issues that have recently arisen, and would not be a big problem (he's low maintenance), it's just the rest of the folks that I'm kind of resenting right now. But I'll get over it... especially now that they didn't see him for Thanksgiving nor were they able to throw him his 1st b-day party (my way of giving them something while keeping Christmas for us). Oh well....
Guess this is bothering me more than I thought... sorry for the long post y'all, and Thanks once more for the well wishes this past holiday!
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