Christmas 2005

Well, did't plan things too well and my digital camera battery was dead, no pictures from Christmas so I will create my own verbal snapshots from our celebration yesterday.
1. 5:30 AM and I am up in my new Christmas PJs, sitting on the couch, tea in hand, Christmas tree lights blinking. All is quiet and I am writing in my prayer journal. It is a beautiful, peacful start to the day.
2. 7:00 AM Jay, Shelby, Janet and I are all sitting in the living room. we are waiting for Kyle to come home from an ambulance call. What a horrible way for someone to start this day - an ambulance ride to the hospital. We sit with Christmas stockings in hand and enjoy going through the little gifts inside, Kyle comes home and our celbration begins.
3. 7:45 AM The living room is strewn with gift wrap and boxes. Kyle and Shelby are wrapped in their new down comforters (who would think blankets would be such a big hit?) I have some Kathy Troccoli playing on my iPod that is sitting in my new Bose speaker thing. How great it sounds! Jay is looking at all his new underware and T shirts, How sad that this was the best gift for him LOL. Janet is looking at all the ribbon from the gifts and collecting it, envisioning how she can use it on her homemade cards. Everyone is happy and life is good.
4. 10:00 AM We are seated at the table, a pan of apple french toast, bacon and sausage before us. It is just Janet, Jay and me as the kids crawled back into their beds after the gifts were opened - ahhh, Christmas with teenagers.
5. 11:00 AM Christine arrives to exchange gifts, She seems to love the Mazzuzah we give her. It will go by her front door as soon as she learns the prayer/blessing that she needs to say as she hangs it. She is studying Judism and is loving it.
6. 1:00 PM I start to prep the Prime Rib for dinner. What a beautiful piece of meat. I haven't made one of these in 18 years, I am nervous that I will screw it up. As soon as it goes in the oven I start the macaroni and cheese to go with the meat. This will be my favorite meal...if it all turns out OK.
7. 4:30 PM well, the meat took longer to cook than I planned but well worth the wait, What a wonderful meal..definitely my favorite one ever. Can I make Prime Rib every night? Jay's dad, John and his friend Rosie are here and we share this wonderful meal filled with laughter and love. This is such a quiet Christmas for us but what a special one. I am really enjoying it.
8. 7:30 PM dinner is cleaned up, dessert is over and we are all pretty quiet now. Couch potatoes abound as we drape ourselves wherever we can find space. Is it really all over this soon? I am sad to know that Christmas is over for another year and so I sit in the living room, Christmas tree still shinning, and visit with Janet as she knits. Merry Christmas All!!