I
have come to the conclusion that having an abundance of baked goods in my house
is not a good thing. I have absolutely NO willpower!! But all the things took
a lot of effort and time to make, plus they are really yummy, so it would be a
sin to let them go to waste, right? I have decided to wrap up ¼ of the crumb
cake and stick it in the freezer, but I’m not sure if the nut rolls would
freeze well, and I’m pretty sure the cookies and the Christmas bread wouldn’t,
so… Perhaps if I just counter with some fresh fruit and veggies… lol.
I
forgot to tell you a cute story yesterday. Every year we end our Christmas day
with dinner at my sister-in-law Cindy & brother-in-law Frank’s house, then
go over to my in-laws where all the grandkids open their gifts from Grandma
& Grandpa. So we were at Cindy & Frank’s, and my 23 year old son and my
15 year old nephew are chasing each other around with these Nerf type guns my ten
year old niece Holly got for Christmas.
We are all ducking for cover to avoid
being hit in the cross-fire, and Holly grabs my hand and pulls me into the hall
so I don’t get beaned by flying bullets. We get into the hallway and she stops
me and points up. I look up and noticed we stopped under a ball of mistletoe.
So I laugh and give her a big kiss on the cheek. I thought it was the sweetest
thing that she wanted a kiss from Aunt Chris. That small gesture really made my night and I
wanted to share it with you.
Last
night Dani decided she wanted to see exactly what she got for Christmas. So she
goes and gets a blanket and lays it on the living room floor. Then she proceeds
to place EVERY gift she received (from us and everyone else) on to the blanket,
and then takes a picture of her haul. That is the only way to describe it, a “haul”.
Almost the entire blanket was covered with stuff, and this was the Christmas where
we “seriously cut back”.
Perhaps if one of the kids had done this same exercise
when we did Christmas in full swing, we would have cut back years ago. I’ll
admit, I was feeling guilty, because money was tight this year and my Christmas
budget was about 1/3 of what it used to be; but then I saw Dani’s display, and
now I’m not feeling so guilty anymore. I am feeling a little silly that it took
me this long to realize how overboard we used to go on Christmas.
So
the girls will be up shortly packing for their trip to Great Wolf Lodge. It was
their Christmas gift from their aunt and uncle. They are leaving at noon and
won’t be back until late tomorrow night. What a perfect gift! It doesn’t take
up any space, and the girls get something much more important than a soon to be
forgotten “thing”. They are having bonding time with their cousins and making a
memory they will have forever.
Okay,
I didn’t get much accomplished yesterday, so I really need to get some work
done around the house today. I hope you a wonderful day, and happy writing!
Oops,
almost forgot. Jason sent over the pictures from his phone. Take a look at this
handsome group.
Your Last Challenge
was:
Write a story containing
the following three words: brush, mirror, shadow.
Katie sat down at her vanity table, removed the pins from
her hair, grabbed her brush, and began raking it through her long tresses.
“Could tonight have gone any worse?” She asked her
reflection in the mirror. “I have never experienced such a string of disasters.
If I didn’t know better, I would think someone had purposely set out to
sabotage the event.” She laid her brush down and scowled at her reflection. “What
if someone did?”
“Meow!” was the only warning Katie received before her cat
pounced onto her lap.
“Oh. Hey there Shadow. So what’ your opinion? Do you think
someone purposely caused the food table to collapse, or the ice sculpture to
topple, or the power to go out?”
“Mee Oww!”
“You’re right. You add those to the teleprompter acting up
and the weird music starting to play, it’s just too much to be a coincidence.
But who would have wanted to ruin the charity event? It doesn’t make any sense.”
Your Next Challenge
is:
You are straightening
up the presents under your Christmas tree when you find one last wrapped gift.
There is no tag on the package, and you do not recognize the wrapping paper.
You have 10 minutes (be honest). There is no right or wrong,
just write. Spelling and punctuation don’t count and NO ONE is allowed to
criticize what someone else has written. Go.
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