Day 290~ December 31st, 2010.....
This time last year, not only was my handsome husband here with us, but my parents were also. They had surprised us and came into town to visit. So, they spent New Years Eve with us, and we played Scene It on the X-Box. Now, we are down 3 people, and it's the kids and I. We were supposed to go to a friends house and celebrate New Years with them, but since the roads are still really bad, and we are at -12 degrees tonight, the kids and I stayed home.
This past year has had it's ups, and it has had it's downs. It has been a hard, but good year. We had to say goodbye to Josh for a year in March. But said hello to him again in the end of September for two weeks, and will see him again next year. We went to see plays, we met new friends, some who became more family then friends, we went to Washington for a month, avoided a bad accident, and tried to just keep busy while making this year go by as fast as possible until we see Josh again. Here's to what next year brings us, and the one big good thing, of Josh coming home.
During the day we cleaned, and cleaned, and cleaned some more as usual. Which included laundry, the kitchen and other things around the house. Nothing to special today. We had bagel sandwiches. Which were bagel, cream cheese, and some lunch meat. Then for dinner I made the kids english muffins pizza. Which was pizza sauce on an english muffin, and cheese. The kids ate those well with their carrots and ranch dressing, and string cheese. Then I made my favorite, buffalo chicken dip with chips.
Tonight we watched Romona and Beevus (I think that is how you spell it) and now we are watching Charlie St. Cloud, while they are drinking hot chocolate, and eating popcorn. I'm having hot apple cider. I'm going to have to pause the movie soon, because it is 11:39, and New Years will hit soon. I have sparkling cider I'm going to be digging out and having that with the kids. At midnight I have 3 kiddos to kiss, but I really miss having my husband around, and being able to kiss him at midnight. Little lady just told me she was going to sleep, and then told me she was teasing.
Here's to a brand new year, and my husband coming home in 2011, I cannot wait. Hopefully the days go by fast, but not to fast. I love and miss my handsome hubby tons.
My husband and I
One of the 4 hardest time's of my life...
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Snowed In!
Day 289~ December 30th, 2010
I didn't sleep so well again last night. This time I had a stomach ache, it didn't hurt really bad, just enough where I was completely uncomfortable and couldn't sleep. This lasted from 3 a.m-noon.
When I finally started feeling better, I ate lunch, and got ready to go. Since I wasn't feeling well, and then I knew I had errands to run, I didn't even open the blinds today. So, it was to my HUGE surprise, when I opened the garage door, and what did I see????? Unexpected SNOW!!!!!! Gosh darn it was horrible. My errand I had to run was VERY important, to go pay rent. Which the first is on Saturday! And the roads are also going to be horrible tomorrow.
Well, I had headed out with the kids all buckled up and in tow, and stopped about a block away, because I knew it was coming down good, and up North it would be worse. So, I decided not to go.
Instead, since it was not yet sticking to the ground here, I decided to go to Walmart before the roads were to bad. I needed training pants, milk, baby wipes, and a few other minor things. I told the kids, we have to get in and out as fast as possible before it got worse. Well, we were, within a half hour. By the time we were in line, a half hour after we got in Walmart, well, the cars were covered with snow. I was like, this isn't good, I don't have a 4 wheel drive, my car IS NOT meant for the snow. So, we loaded up the SUV, food and kids. Then I scraped the snow off the side, front and back windows. And we were ready go. Well, my heart was racing the entire time I was driving home, both hands clinched on the steering wheel as tight as they possibly could go on the steering wheel. Closely watching the road in front of me, and leaving plenty of room with teh car in front of me. And I was Praying, "God, Just please allow me to get the Children and I home safely." I slid a little going up one hill, but kept the car in control, besides that I just drove slow. And when I got home I even slid a little in the driveway. But was completely relieved once the car was ALL the way in the garage. My heart was definitely racing then. But I was soooo.. Thankful, we made it home safely! And I'm not going anywhere else for a few days until this all clears up. Which it is suppose to be -9 degrees tonight! Yikes! Which just makes this snow worse, and makes it a sheet of ice on our roads. How very scary!
I was suppose to have another Arbonne party tonight. That was canceled today before the snow hit, do to a heater that went out. Which it was a good thing it was cancelled earlier, because it would have ended up being cancelled tonight do to the snow. So, they say, everything happens for a reason, and that was it. I just really hope that I'm able to get more Arbonne parties, because I want to do really well with that business, and so far the I have had NO luck!
When we got home, I did some laundry, and made dinner. It was breakfast for dinner tonight, scrambled eggs, cinnamon toast, bacon, and carrots with ranch dressing. Yes, carrots, we needed a vegetable in there. And Liz, really wanted carrots for some reason. So that is what we did.
I just gone done playing a game of monopoly with young man. And now it is time to put the kids to bed, then I will be heading to bed shortly after.
Loving, missing and thinking of my handsome husband, dreaming of the day were in each others arms again!
I didn't sleep so well again last night. This time I had a stomach ache, it didn't hurt really bad, just enough where I was completely uncomfortable and couldn't sleep. This lasted from 3 a.m-noon.
When I finally started feeling better, I ate lunch, and got ready to go. Since I wasn't feeling well, and then I knew I had errands to run, I didn't even open the blinds today. So, it was to my HUGE surprise, when I opened the garage door, and what did I see????? Unexpected SNOW!!!!!! Gosh darn it was horrible. My errand I had to run was VERY important, to go pay rent. Which the first is on Saturday! And the roads are also going to be horrible tomorrow.
Well, I had headed out with the kids all buckled up and in tow, and stopped about a block away, because I knew it was coming down good, and up North it would be worse. So, I decided not to go.
Instead, since it was not yet sticking to the ground here, I decided to go to Walmart before the roads were to bad. I needed training pants, milk, baby wipes, and a few other minor things. I told the kids, we have to get in and out as fast as possible before it got worse. Well, we were, within a half hour. By the time we were in line, a half hour after we got in Walmart, well, the cars were covered with snow. I was like, this isn't good, I don't have a 4 wheel drive, my car IS NOT meant for the snow. So, we loaded up the SUV, food and kids. Then I scraped the snow off the side, front and back windows. And we were ready go. Well, my heart was racing the entire time I was driving home, both hands clinched on the steering wheel as tight as they possibly could go on the steering wheel. Closely watching the road in front of me, and leaving plenty of room with teh car in front of me. And I was Praying, "God, Just please allow me to get the Children and I home safely." I slid a little going up one hill, but kept the car in control, besides that I just drove slow. And when I got home I even slid a little in the driveway. But was completely relieved once the car was ALL the way in the garage. My heart was definitely racing then. But I was soooo.. Thankful, we made it home safely! And I'm not going anywhere else for a few days until this all clears up. Which it is suppose to be -9 degrees tonight! Yikes! Which just makes this snow worse, and makes it a sheet of ice on our roads. How very scary!
I was suppose to have another Arbonne party tonight. That was canceled today before the snow hit, do to a heater that went out. Which it was a good thing it was cancelled earlier, because it would have ended up being cancelled tonight do to the snow. So, they say, everything happens for a reason, and that was it. I just really hope that I'm able to get more Arbonne parties, because I want to do really well with that business, and so far the I have had NO luck!
When we got home, I did some laundry, and made dinner. It was breakfast for dinner tonight, scrambled eggs, cinnamon toast, bacon, and carrots with ranch dressing. Yes, carrots, we needed a vegetable in there. And Liz, really wanted carrots for some reason. So that is what we did.
I just gone done playing a game of monopoly with young man. And now it is time to put the kids to bed, then I will be heading to bed shortly after.
Loving, missing and thinking of my handsome husband, dreaming of the day were in each others arms again!
Arbonne Conference in January
DAY 288~ December 29th, 2010~
I didn't sleep well at all this morning. I couldn't sleep, not sure why, I was just WIDE awake, even at 4 a.m. Then the kids were up at 8:30 a.m. So, I woke up just long enough to help them get dressed, made sure they had breakfast, and went to the couch. Then I slept for a bit, after I was actually able to fall asleep with out someone bugging me. And yet still, didn't get much sleep because I heard every little noise, in which kept me up.
Once I was up it was time to move on with my day. I had to eat lunch. Since I haven't been great at all about eating breakfast over the kids vacation, I have lost 5lbs. Where, I don't know, but that is what the scale says, so I will go with that. I just haven't had much of a appetite for eating breakfast lately. After lunch was over, I did the oh so lovely, bills. Because no matter who you are, you cannot escape those!
Then the kids and I had errands to run, we ran to the bank, and got gas. Well, leaving from the bank, I was sitting at a light, and a Semi was taking a right hand turn, from a road they were not suppose to be on anyways, and couldn't make the right hand turn. My light turned green, and they were still sitting in the middle of the road. That would be why the sign was on the road that if your a bigger truck, umm, don't go. So, everyone had to get in one lane and go around, and of course, since I was first in line on the far right lane, I had the most difficult time getting back into traffic from all of the cars that started the lane way back! Then we got gas after that.
I did run through McDonald's, because we had a lot to do, and I thought I had an Arbonne party tonight. That ended up getting cancelled which worked out, but If I would have know that, we wouldn't have needed to go through McDonald's, I thought I was on a tight schedule. But, again that was okay. The kids and I then dropped off some items at a friends house for Arbonne, for her to test them over night for her Arbonne party tomorrow night. Finally, at that time, I was in a hurry to run home, and put on my make up to go.
When I got inside, I checked airplane tickets, saw my hubby was on Facebook, talked to him, I thought I had to get off, told him, bye, then my phone rang. It was my upline for Arbonne letting me know about the cancellation tonight. So, I told my husband to wait, that I could still talk more. We discussed airplane tickets, and then he approved. So, I called my friend to make sure she was still going to be able to watch the kids, before I bought the tickets. She was actually at a movie, and so I didn't get to talk to her until later. But, the airplane tickets are finally bought, which means I'm going on a business trip for Arbonne, it is a conference in Las Vegas, in January. I can't wait. I will learn a lot more about Arbonne, about the company and how to do a better job myself as a Consultant. This will be fun. I appreciate my friend watching the kids, my other friend that is watching the dog, and my Upline who worked on helping me get the trip as cheap as possible, since it is fairly close to the day, and everything goes up in price when it's closer to the day. So, yes, I'm excited.
Then it was bedtime for the kiddos. I did forget to mention at the Willow House Party, for my Arbonne Upline, she had the biggest most beautiful tree I had EVER seen in any ones house. It was just so pretty. I couldn't stop looking at it.
Well, this is it for tonight, I'm another day closer to seeing my handsome hubby. I want the days to go by fast yes, but really they need to slow down just a bit so I can actually get things done around my house, and that they don't keep on adding up because the days go by to fast, but I don't want my days to drag on either.
I didn't sleep well at all this morning. I couldn't sleep, not sure why, I was just WIDE awake, even at 4 a.m. Then the kids were up at 8:30 a.m. So, I woke up just long enough to help them get dressed, made sure they had breakfast, and went to the couch. Then I slept for a bit, after I was actually able to fall asleep with out someone bugging me. And yet still, didn't get much sleep because I heard every little noise, in which kept me up.
Once I was up it was time to move on with my day. I had to eat lunch. Since I haven't been great at all about eating breakfast over the kids vacation, I have lost 5lbs. Where, I don't know, but that is what the scale says, so I will go with that. I just haven't had much of a appetite for eating breakfast lately. After lunch was over, I did the oh so lovely, bills. Because no matter who you are, you cannot escape those!
Then the kids and I had errands to run, we ran to the bank, and got gas. Well, leaving from the bank, I was sitting at a light, and a Semi was taking a right hand turn, from a road they were not suppose to be on anyways, and couldn't make the right hand turn. My light turned green, and they were still sitting in the middle of the road. That would be why the sign was on the road that if your a bigger truck, umm, don't go. So, everyone had to get in one lane and go around, and of course, since I was first in line on the far right lane, I had the most difficult time getting back into traffic from all of the cars that started the lane way back! Then we got gas after that.
I did run through McDonald's, because we had a lot to do, and I thought I had an Arbonne party tonight. That ended up getting cancelled which worked out, but If I would have know that, we wouldn't have needed to go through McDonald's, I thought I was on a tight schedule. But, again that was okay. The kids and I then dropped off some items at a friends house for Arbonne, for her to test them over night for her Arbonne party tomorrow night. Finally, at that time, I was in a hurry to run home, and put on my make up to go.
When I got inside, I checked airplane tickets, saw my hubby was on Facebook, talked to him, I thought I had to get off, told him, bye, then my phone rang. It was my upline for Arbonne letting me know about the cancellation tonight. So, I told my husband to wait, that I could still talk more. We discussed airplane tickets, and then he approved. So, I called my friend to make sure she was still going to be able to watch the kids, before I bought the tickets. She was actually at a movie, and so I didn't get to talk to her until later. But, the airplane tickets are finally bought, which means I'm going on a business trip for Arbonne, it is a conference in Las Vegas, in January. I can't wait. I will learn a lot more about Arbonne, about the company and how to do a better job myself as a Consultant. This will be fun. I appreciate my friend watching the kids, my other friend that is watching the dog, and my Upline who worked on helping me get the trip as cheap as possible, since it is fairly close to the day, and everything goes up in price when it's closer to the day. So, yes, I'm excited.
Then it was bedtime for the kiddos. I did forget to mention at the Willow House Party, for my Arbonne Upline, she had the biggest most beautiful tree I had EVER seen in any ones house. It was just so pretty. I couldn't stop looking at it.
Well, this is it for tonight, I'm another day closer to seeing my handsome hubby. I want the days to go by fast yes, but really they need to slow down just a bit so I can actually get things done around my house, and that they don't keep on adding up because the days go by to fast, but I don't want my days to drag on either.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
First, Official, Willow House Party~
Day 287~ December 28th, 2010~
Today was another day that most of it was spent at home. It was also another day that went by fast, which is also good, because I'm ready to see my husband in the next couple of months. I'm just past ready for our family of 5 to be together again, the kids and I are so over this deployment, and past ready for him to be home.
Well, we didn't do much. We slept it, got up did some house work. I talked online to Josh some. I had even scanned some papers he needed from our copy machine, and emailed to them. Then I felt really tired at one point, so I rested my eyes, or at least tried for 20 minutes. I had put on a movie for the kids, and the two youngest wanted mommy to look at every scene in the movie, so, basically I drank coffee instead.
Then I got ready. I had a Willow House Party to give tonight. Thanks to my friend, in which I call my sister, she watched the kids, and fed them dinner. I appreciated both tons, watching and giving them dinner. This helped me out more then you could imagine. She is a great friend of mine.
After I dropped the kids off, I headed to give the Willow House Party. I was nervous as heck, this was my first official Willow House party, besides my own Launch Party. And then the open House, and Boutique, but those were easier for me. And I was giving the party for which is now my Upline for Arbonne, made me even more nervous. I think I did alright though. Not my best, but each time I give a party I will only improve. No sales tonight, but hopefully in the next week over my web page.
Then I stopped by McDonald's to get my something off the dollar menu, cause I was hungry. She had offered food, but I didn't feel it appropriate for me being the consultant to eat. Then I tried calling my friend to say I was on my way. But what happened, my phone that was charged all day long, and at the beginning of the party when I checked it, well, it went dead. So I just made the drive to get the kids instead, feeling bad that I couldn't call.
When I picked up the kids, little lady started throwing temper tantrums. The boys were okay. She ended up saying she had a headache, so I asked my friend if she had Tylenol, little lady refused to take that until we got home. It took a couple hours, but I believe she is feeling better tonight.
I better get to bed, it is 2:20 a.m already, I cannot believe it. I have to change my hours in the next months before my hubby comes home. I love and miss him more then words can even say, and I'm ready for him to be here with me..
Today was another day that most of it was spent at home. It was also another day that went by fast, which is also good, because I'm ready to see my husband in the next couple of months. I'm just past ready for our family of 5 to be together again, the kids and I are so over this deployment, and past ready for him to be home.
Well, we didn't do much. We slept it, got up did some house work. I talked online to Josh some. I had even scanned some papers he needed from our copy machine, and emailed to them. Then I felt really tired at one point, so I rested my eyes, or at least tried for 20 minutes. I had put on a movie for the kids, and the two youngest wanted mommy to look at every scene in the movie, so, basically I drank coffee instead.
Then I got ready. I had a Willow House Party to give tonight. Thanks to my friend, in which I call my sister, she watched the kids, and fed them dinner. I appreciated both tons, watching and giving them dinner. This helped me out more then you could imagine. She is a great friend of mine.
After I dropped the kids off, I headed to give the Willow House Party. I was nervous as heck, this was my first official Willow House party, besides my own Launch Party. And then the open House, and Boutique, but those were easier for me. And I was giving the party for which is now my Upline for Arbonne, made me even more nervous. I think I did alright though. Not my best, but each time I give a party I will only improve. No sales tonight, but hopefully in the next week over my web page.
Then I stopped by McDonald's to get my something off the dollar menu, cause I was hungry. She had offered food, but I didn't feel it appropriate for me being the consultant to eat. Then I tried calling my friend to say I was on my way. But what happened, my phone that was charged all day long, and at the beginning of the party when I checked it, well, it went dead. So I just made the drive to get the kids instead, feeling bad that I couldn't call.
When I picked up the kids, little lady started throwing temper tantrums. The boys were okay. She ended up saying she had a headache, so I asked my friend if she had Tylenol, little lady refused to take that until we got home. It took a couple hours, but I believe she is feeling better tonight.
I better get to bed, it is 2:20 a.m already, I cannot believe it. I have to change my hours in the next months before my hubby comes home. I love and miss him more then words can even say, and I'm ready for him to be here with me..
Monday, December 27, 2010
staying around the house....
Day 286~December 27, 2010~
It was another day at home, 3rd day in a row. But this will end tomorrow, we will have things to do, but not until night time. So, most of the day we will be home.
Today we were home all day. What did we do? Clean of course after brunch. I made omelets, with ham. Ha, they didn't turn out very well, and my husband would have laughed at me. But, you know what, the kids ate every last bite, and their cinnamon toast. Which, hasn't been happening lately, they haven't ate all of their food. Good thing they don't know what an omelet looks like, thanks to the cheese that covered it up.
I cleaned both play rooms today, upstairs and downstairs. Yesterday I just dumped out ALL toys to organize what I wanted upstairs and downstairs, and then which ones I want to yard sale. So far I have a bag and a half to yard sale, plus a couple bigger items. I mainly kept the newer toys upstairs and organized those, then took the older toys and organized those. Both areas were a mess. But, they are all cleaned up now. And both carpets are vacuumed!
In between, I took breaks and got on Facebook to talk to Josh. Which was really nice. I wish I could have just skipped the cleaning, to talk to him all day. But the cleaning had to be done, unfortunately. And it seems never ending, I always have someone clean.
Thankfully we were having leftovers again tonight for dinner, because I worked myself up an appetite cleaning, and thankfully it was something quick and easy.
Shortly after it was time for the kids to go to bed, and I had things to do myself. But, not it's getting late again, so I should head to bed myself.
I love and miss my husband tons and tons!
It was another day at home, 3rd day in a row. But this will end tomorrow, we will have things to do, but not until night time. So, most of the day we will be home.
Today we were home all day. What did we do? Clean of course after brunch. I made omelets, with ham. Ha, they didn't turn out very well, and my husband would have laughed at me. But, you know what, the kids ate every last bite, and their cinnamon toast. Which, hasn't been happening lately, they haven't ate all of their food. Good thing they don't know what an omelet looks like, thanks to the cheese that covered it up.
I cleaned both play rooms today, upstairs and downstairs. Yesterday I just dumped out ALL toys to organize what I wanted upstairs and downstairs, and then which ones I want to yard sale. So far I have a bag and a half to yard sale, plus a couple bigger items. I mainly kept the newer toys upstairs and organized those, then took the older toys and organized those. Both areas were a mess. But, they are all cleaned up now. And both carpets are vacuumed!
In between, I took breaks and got on Facebook to talk to Josh. Which was really nice. I wish I could have just skipped the cleaning, to talk to him all day. But the cleaning had to be done, unfortunately. And it seems never ending, I always have someone clean.
Thankfully we were having leftovers again tonight for dinner, because I worked myself up an appetite cleaning, and thankfully it was something quick and easy.
Shortly after it was time for the kids to go to bed, and I had things to do myself. But, not it's getting late again, so I should head to bed myself.
I love and miss my husband tons and tons!
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Home Sweet Home..
DAY 285~ December 26, 2010~
I slept in way to late today, and we missed Church. But since what happened Friday night at Church, I was debating since then, Am I going to go? Or will I just miss and stay home. Conclusion was, that at least this week, and the embarrassment that happened, I wasn't ready to return. Hopefully I will be ready next week.
Today was our 2nd day in a row staying home, no place to go. It was sooooo... nice, I don't know when the last time 2 days in a row, that we didn't have some place to go. Not that I haven't enjoyed some of the activities that we have done, but sometimes I just plan to much, where it just becomes overwhelming. So, I'm going to do my best to keep it like this, where we are able to stay home more and enjoy our home.
Let's see the things we did today, well I cleaned some, after I made lunch. I was trying to re arrange the kids toys. We have a toy container downstairs I brought up to put some of their new toys in, and then take the old containers downstairs. And, I managed to bag up a garbage bag worth of toys, not for the trash, either a yard sale, or thrift shop, we will see. I hope to find more toys to add to that. Then I cleaned the kitchen.
I also played a game of Monopoly with young man, which seemed to take forever. But it was spending quality time with him, and it was his new game from mommy and daddy that was given to him on Christmas Eve. Then I did a puzzle with little lady, and watched t.v with her. And finally, watched some t.v with little man. I was taking time out during the day to do different activities with each child, I let them choose what they wanted to do.
To finish off the night, before the kids bath time, I had a Webinar for Arbonne which lasted an hour from 7:30 p.m-8:30 p.m. Even thought I still have tons of tons of things I could be doing, because I always have something to do, I'm going to call it a night. That way, I can set my alarm clock early, and get up and start the day at a decent time.
I don't know why, but the earlier I go to bed it is harder for me, and makes me miss my hubby even more. I don't know if it is just the thought of going to bed earlier in which reminds me of the loneliness. And if I go to bed later, I just fall asleep. I'm not sure, I'm strange having tears in my eyes thinking about going to bed now, oh well I guess.
Loving, missing, and thinking of my handsome husband, knowing that each day that flys by is another day closer to having our family of 5 together again.....
I slept in way to late today, and we missed Church. But since what happened Friday night at Church, I was debating since then, Am I going to go? Or will I just miss and stay home. Conclusion was, that at least this week, and the embarrassment that happened, I wasn't ready to return. Hopefully I will be ready next week.
Today was our 2nd day in a row staying home, no place to go. It was sooooo... nice, I don't know when the last time 2 days in a row, that we didn't have some place to go. Not that I haven't enjoyed some of the activities that we have done, but sometimes I just plan to much, where it just becomes overwhelming. So, I'm going to do my best to keep it like this, where we are able to stay home more and enjoy our home.
Let's see the things we did today, well I cleaned some, after I made lunch. I was trying to re arrange the kids toys. We have a toy container downstairs I brought up to put some of their new toys in, and then take the old containers downstairs. And, I managed to bag up a garbage bag worth of toys, not for the trash, either a yard sale, or thrift shop, we will see. I hope to find more toys to add to that. Then I cleaned the kitchen.
I also played a game of Monopoly with young man, which seemed to take forever. But it was spending quality time with him, and it was his new game from mommy and daddy that was given to him on Christmas Eve. Then I did a puzzle with little lady, and watched t.v with her. And finally, watched some t.v with little man. I was taking time out during the day to do different activities with each child, I let them choose what they wanted to do.
To finish off the night, before the kids bath time, I had a Webinar for Arbonne which lasted an hour from 7:30 p.m-8:30 p.m. Even thought I still have tons of tons of things I could be doing, because I always have something to do, I'm going to call it a night. That way, I can set my alarm clock early, and get up and start the day at a decent time.
I don't know why, but the earlier I go to bed it is harder for me, and makes me miss my hubby even more. I don't know if it is just the thought of going to bed earlier in which reminds me of the loneliness. And if I go to bed later, I just fall asleep. I'm not sure, I'm strange having tears in my eyes thinking about going to bed now, oh well I guess.
Loving, missing, and thinking of my handsome husband, knowing that each day that flys by is another day closer to having our family of 5 together again.....
Merry Christmas to All....
Day 284~December 25th, 2010~
We slept in until 10:15 a.m today, I wasn't waking up any earlier then that since I went to bed in the wee hours of the morning. I had let the kids know not to come out of their rooms until I got them.
All 4 of us came downstairs together. I had them sit by the gifts that Santa got them. I took pictures and video. And after they opened their presents, I taped a video by each one of them alone and the presents they got, with a message to their daddy. We missed him tons today, he is a huge part of this family, and it felt like a huge part of us was missing today. But we carried on, as best as possible
After we opened presents, it was brunch time. Since by this time it was lunch time, and we hadn't even ate breakfast. We had waffles, hot chocolate, in which they also drank hot chocolate while opening presents while I had my coffee. Then they had a piece of cinnamon toast.
When we were done eating, it was time to get dressed for the day. Well, they got dressed, and I started cleaning up the mess they had made. It took awhile to get everything cleaned up. They had trash, and toys everywhere. It took awhile to get the mess cleaned, up, then I had got dressed. By this time I was needing to make dinner. I went in the kitchen, and to my surprise, what happened. My phone rang, who was it you ask? The love of my life, my husband, of course. We each got to talk to him, and the kids told them what they got. It was nice talking to him on Christmas Day. We talked for awhile, then he had to go.
It was time for me to finish making dinner. We were having company over, I was making ham, scalloped potatoes, green beans, stuffing, fruit salad, well, I believe that is it. Our company brought deviled eggs, corn and cupcakes. It made for a very good, and tasty dinner. I was glad that my ham turned out.
After they left, I fell asleep on the couch, I was so tired from the last couple of days. It just took all my energy out of me. I was so completely exhausted. The kids finally had the chance to play with their new toys, in which they hadn't had the chance to play with today. And then we ended our day, and they were off to bed.
Finally, it's time for me to get some sleep.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, and cherished those loved ones that they spent time with. But, not forget those loved ones who are Deployed away from this Christmas.
Loving, missing and thinking of my handsome husband this Christmas Day, and wishing that we were together, but knowing we will be together again soon!
We slept in until 10:15 a.m today, I wasn't waking up any earlier then that since I went to bed in the wee hours of the morning. I had let the kids know not to come out of their rooms until I got them.
All 4 of us came downstairs together. I had them sit by the gifts that Santa got them. I took pictures and video. And after they opened their presents, I taped a video by each one of them alone and the presents they got, with a message to their daddy. We missed him tons today, he is a huge part of this family, and it felt like a huge part of us was missing today. But we carried on, as best as possible
After we opened presents, it was brunch time. Since by this time it was lunch time, and we hadn't even ate breakfast. We had waffles, hot chocolate, in which they also drank hot chocolate while opening presents while I had my coffee. Then they had a piece of cinnamon toast.
When we were done eating, it was time to get dressed for the day. Well, they got dressed, and I started cleaning up the mess they had made. It took awhile to get everything cleaned up. They had trash, and toys everywhere. It took awhile to get the mess cleaned, up, then I had got dressed. By this time I was needing to make dinner. I went in the kitchen, and to my surprise, what happened. My phone rang, who was it you ask? The love of my life, my husband, of course. We each got to talk to him, and the kids told them what they got. It was nice talking to him on Christmas Day. We talked for awhile, then he had to go.
It was time for me to finish making dinner. We were having company over, I was making ham, scalloped potatoes, green beans, stuffing, fruit salad, well, I believe that is it. Our company brought deviled eggs, corn and cupcakes. It made for a very good, and tasty dinner. I was glad that my ham turned out.
After they left, I fell asleep on the couch, I was so tired from the last couple of days. It just took all my energy out of me. I was so completely exhausted. The kids finally had the chance to play with their new toys, in which they hadn't had the chance to play with today. And then we ended our day, and they were off to bed.
Finally, it's time for me to get some sleep.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, and cherished those loved ones that they spent time with. But, not forget those loved ones who are Deployed away from this Christmas.
Loving, missing and thinking of my handsome husband this Christmas Day, and wishing that we were together, but knowing we will be together again soon!
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