MY CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR....QUIET
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jenni_blogThere are some pics below from my Christmas at home this year. We didn't know how many people to expect for dinner...it could have been anywhere from 8 to 3. It ended up being 3. :(
I don't want to sound depressed or anything, but my daughter, fiance and baby left just before Christmas for Vancouver. Her fiance got a new job out west, but I thought they would wait until after the holidays to actually leave. Maybe it was the nice weather we were having that made them think they should leave right away...it only snowed for the first time this past Wednesday and now the temperature has gone up again. But with the three of them gone, we were down 3 people at home here. Then my son Jamie and his gf might have made 5 for dinner, but she and her family had been vacationing in Cuba until the Thursday before Christmas. Jamie had to stay behind to write an exam so he couldn't join them. When they came back, they decided to have Christmas dinner at their cottage up north, so Jamie went with them. However, he spent all day with us, sleeping here on Christmas Eve and opening his presents with us in the morning. :)
The cats were the first to awake. These two like to sleep together, with their feet touching. I couldn't resist taking a picture.
Next, Sean woke up and came to bring me downstairs.
I let him open a few of his gifts. It was still dark outside even though it was around 8:00 am by this time.
Jamie was still sleeping on the sofa when the sun came up.
Sean and Eddie played air hockey, Monopoly and a Lego game.
I only needed to set 3 places for dinner. :(
Some of the gifts I received: L-R: some books, a collection of Alfred Hitchcock movies (they have been monopolizing my free time this week), a cute holiday movie called 'The Holiday'...
Other gifts include some chocolates and some kitchen stuff, including a tablecloth from Australia!
Some more! From top down: a brown shirt, dark brown shiny vest, pretty brown beaded necklace, cute teddy bear, DVD sets of the 1st and 4th seasons of 'Big Bang Theory', and a cardboard snowman which held the makings of hot chocolate - cocoa powder, marshmallows and chocolate chips. :P
More...in front of my favourite old Nativity set are some Playmobil sets...I love collecting Playmobil. At one point I was hooked on it. Behind them is a cardboard Christmas tree that Sean made for me at school! :)
I received more gifts that are not represented here because I forgot to put them out since I was already eating/using them, and I thank the senders for their kindness and generosity. :)
One last pic of my sideboard:
I hope you all enjoyed your Christmases too! XD
I don't want to sound depressed or anything, but my daughter, fiance and baby left just before Christmas for Vancouver. Her fiance got a new job out west, but I thought they would wait until after the holidays to actually leave. Maybe it was the nice weather we were having that made them think they should leave right away...it only snowed for the first time this past Wednesday and now the temperature has gone up again. But with the three of them gone, we were down 3 people at home here. Then my son Jamie and his gf might have made 5 for dinner, but she and her family had been vacationing in Cuba until the Thursday before Christmas. Jamie had to stay behind to write an exam so he couldn't join them. When they came back, they decided to have Christmas dinner at their cottage up north, so Jamie went with them. However, he spent all day with us, sleeping here on Christmas Eve and opening his presents with us in the morning. :)
The cats were the first to awake. These two like to sleep together, with their feet touching. I couldn't resist taking a picture.
Next, Sean woke up and came to bring me downstairs.
I let him open a few of his gifts. It was still dark outside even though it was around 8:00 am by this time.
Jamie was still sleeping on the sofa when the sun came up.
Sean and Eddie played air hockey, Monopoly and a Lego game.
I only needed to set 3 places for dinner. :(
Some of the gifts I received: L-R: some books, a collection of Alfred Hitchcock movies (they have been monopolizing my free time this week), a cute holiday movie called 'The Holiday'...
Other gifts include some chocolates and some kitchen stuff, including a tablecloth from Australia!
Some more! From top down: a brown shirt, dark brown shiny vest, pretty brown beaded necklace, cute teddy bear, DVD sets of the 1st and 4th seasons of 'Big Bang Theory', and a cardboard snowman which held the makings of hot chocolate - cocoa powder, marshmallows and chocolate chips. :P
More...in front of my favourite old Nativity set are some Playmobil sets...I love collecting Playmobil. At one point I was hooked on it. Behind them is a cardboard Christmas tree that Sean made for me at school! :)
I received more gifts that are not represented here because I forgot to put them out since I was already eating/using them, and I thank the senders for their kindness and generosity. :)
One last pic of my sideboard:
I hope you all enjoyed your Christmases too! XD
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Date: 2012-01-05 12:04 am (UTC)I got waaayyy too many presents! I LOVE the Basque address book you gave me!!! It was in my purse...I have already changed over from my OLD address book. This way I can take it out and look at the pics every day. *sigh*