I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas holiday. I feel so blessed (and full of food!), and I’m sad the holiday season is just about over. I’m also sad about the fact that I have to trek to work tomorrow (anyone else see the blizzard outside?) but I digress. On Christmas Eve, my family and I visited the houses of a few friends in town. I was able to see the young children excited for Santa’s pending arrival and laughed with friends I hadn’t seen since last Christmas. My brother, friends and I then went to midnight mass. I enjoy the midnight service because the church bells ringing before the Priest walks down the aisle inform us that it is officially Christmas morning, and everyone whispers “Merry Christmas to each other before officially singing “O Come All Ye Faithful.”
I had a lovely Christmas morning with my family. You can tell we’re getting older when my brother is still sleeping at 10:30 and Dad, mom and I are watching A Christmas Story while I eat cereal – all while the presents are still wrapped under the tree. We had a great time opening our gifts. Mom cried over the collage frame Scott and I put together for her, so a successful Christmas was had. I started cooking the dinner at around 2 and had everything ready for 4pm when our guests started to arrive. I made a green bean and sweet potato casserole, stuffing, mashed potatoes, a pineapple/cranberry dessert and a cheesecake – I was so proud of myself…and no one was poisoned.
Today the leftovers are being eaten and a blizzard has taken over the East Coast. I’m pretty sure there is a state of emergency in NJ and NY, and I’ll be training it up to work tomorrow unless a snow angel grants me a day off. This will be much easier once I’m actually living in NYC. Speaking of…it’s t-3 days and my room looks like a bomb went off. Packing up all of your life long belongings and hoping it will fit in a small bedroom is rough. Looks like mom and dad will be storing lots of “Kate” bins in the attic for the next few years.
Happy Blizzard East Coasters…stay safe and warm.
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