boxing day. no punching bag needed.
SO.
How was it?
Good day? Bad day? Indifferent day?
Tell me…
1. The best holiday moment you had (if you had one!)
2. The best gift you gave
3. The best gift you got
4. The best thing you ate all day
5. The gift you wish you could have given
6. Anything you would change about the day
7. If the turkey was a little dry
… and anything else you feel like sharing on this, the Official Day of Post-Christmas Contemplation About Stuff and Things.
December 26th, 2007 at 9:37 am
It actually seemed like just another day. It’s just confirming my feeling of going somewhere secluded for next Christmas where I can just relax and refresh. I’m thinking of a cabin in Banff or Whistler where I can sit in by the fire and look out at the mountains.
1. Best moment was when my niece looked through her new telescope and said that she could see the sky and it was wonderful. She couldn’t see anything I had not finished putting on the lens.
2. probably that telescope
3. spa like robe
4. cranberry and brie in phyllo
5. I’d give anything for my sister to not have to live with depression
6. More magic or christmas spirit, very lacking this year.
7. I didn’t eat any turkey.
December 26th, 2007 at 10:47 am
Holiday moment: no kidding, the entire day was grand. That’s never happened before. Yay!
Best gift I gave: a hand carved nativity arch to my Mom. It was made in Erzgebirge, where she was sent (as a little girl) to stay during WWII. She cried when she opened it.
Best gift I got: It was all very cool. But the best “gift” was the lovely day that it was.
Best thing I ate: pork roast, no knife needed. Yum.
Gift I wish I could have given: peace to my brother. He is so troubled.
Anything I would change: not a thing.
I had the dry turkey on Thanksgiving. Once a year is enough.
December 26th, 2007 at 10:48 am
1. Making poppy cock with my MIL
2. Theatre tickets
3. Canon Rebel
4. My mom’s “juicy salad”
5. A headphone with speaker on it that worked
6. That the kid’s hamster didn’t go missing
7. The standing rib was perfect. The plum pudding spectacular. The “juicy salad” had a wee bit too much pepper in it for my liking.
December 26th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
It was the first Christmas I’ve ever celebrated.
1. Dancing in the living room with a good friend.
2. Kenneth Cole messenger bag
3. Hmm…that’s hard. Probably my new Taylor Swift CD.
4. Definitely the Prime Rib. Holy bagessus!
5. happiness, and peace to my sister and her finace. Or even the gift I actually bought for them…
6. I would have gone to the gym or for a run.
7. Nope- no turkey!
December 26th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
It was like any other day off from work
1. The best holiday moment (waking up late)
2. The best gift you gave (two days b4 that - a scented candle in a big wine glass)
3. The best gift you got (nothing)
4. The best thing you ate all day (I had some pork)
5. The gift you wish you could have given (cannot be printed here ;)
6. Anything you would change about the day (read number 5)
7. If the turkey was a little dry (we don’t get to eat turkey in India)
December 26th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
1. Watching the little guy play with his little schoolbus, utterly entranced.
2. Custom family picture calendar
3. Empire Red Kitchenaid Mixer
4. Guacamole
5. My brother-in-law getting to come home forever
6. My in-laws getting into a fight over her present
7. No turkey
December 26th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
1. When our friends showed up.
2. I handed around a pretty basket of fancy, organic, scented soap for everyone to pick from. I don’t know if they enjoyed it, but I did!
3. Having two friends here in addition to our children.
4. Verenike– a traditional holiday food from my husband’s family.
5. Health and energy to my son.
6. Nothing!
7. The steak I made wasn’t as tender as I’d hoped. Guess I didn’t pay enough per pound!
December 27th, 2007 at 9:24 am
1. The best holiday moment you had (if you had one!) 1. Smiles from my nieces
2.$100 in giftcards to my sister and brother-in-law for groceries
3.New Sofa
4. French Chicken Stew
5.For someone to pay my sister an brother-in-law’s mortage for a year
6. Nothing
December 27th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
1. The best holiday moment you had (if you had one!):
Enjoying a white Christmas for the first time ever.
2. The best gift you gave:
Nifty appetizer plates
3. The best gift you got:
Engagement
4. The best thing you ate all day:
Peanut butter balls
5. The gift you wish you could have given:
The flat screen he wanted
6. Anything you would change about the day:
The cold. So cold. I realize that coldness is necessary for the snow to happen, but still.
7. If the turkey was a little dry:
We had turducken. I don’t recommend it.
December 27th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
1. A big hug from my mom and spending boxing day with my parents. Dad and I, the two most unlikely people to be trapesing (sp?) around the mall and we will never do it again.
2. I have a feeling it was the fluorescent pink shower cap to my roommate.
3. my surprise guest friday night :) and new bindings.
4. homemade muffins
5. my baby cousin to have her grandpa
6. There are a few but i think it’s probably better not to dwell on that.
7. Turkey was quite dry..or so i heard..i didn’t eat any.
December 28th, 2007 at 10:58 am
1. not having to go to work on boxing day!
2. i game NSM a digital picture frame that she loves.
3. i love all of my gifts. every single one of them is perfect for me.
4. coconut sweet potatoes
5. a 2008 nissan altima hybrid
6. more sleep
7. we had kaluah pork, so no. the turkey wasn’t dry.