Hope those of you who celebrate have all had a wonderful Christmas! Ours was busy, as always, but we've finished it off today with just the five of us which I always love as a way to end the holiday. We missed some of the family who couldn't be with us but loved spending time with both sides of our family. Way too much food, perhaps a bit too much alcohol, an abundance of gifts, a wealth of love - it was a good last few days.
This Week I'm:
Listening To: Only Christmas music this week, including Silent Night sung in German by a small girl and her mother during the living Nativity scene at our Christmas Eve service.
Watching: A lot of episodes of "Fixer-Upper;" football, including the Huskers bowl game victory; and a last few Christmas shows. Sadly, I never did catch "Love Actually" this year - guess I'll just have to look for it on Netflix!
Reading: Faithful Place when I have had time for reading.
Making: Ham, chili, enchiladas, cheesy hash brown potatoes, cranberries, cheese balls, cream cheese breakfast pastry, green chili egg casserole, taco soup - all of the calories!
Planning: I'm just going to bask in the afterglow of Christmas as I try to put my house back in order this week.
Grateful for: See above!
Feeling: Blessed. Again, see above.
Looking forward to: New Year's Eve with friends. What I am NOT looking forward to is the enormous snowstorm forecast for tomorrow. We've hardly had winter this year and then we got 8" of snow on Christmas Eve and 6-11+ are forecast for tomorrow. How many more days until spring?
What was your favorite memory from the past week?
Hi Lisa, I loved seeing all your beautiful pics. Our Christmas was special - my husband says his best ever because of family. The little ones made it extra fun. Wishing u a happy and healthy New Year.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait until we have little ones around for Christmas again - it's a special kind of joy!
DeleteGlad to hear you guys had a nice Christmas. Your food sounds yummy and family time is always fun. That vacuum picture is a little creepy - way too much love for an appliance. LOL
ReplyDeleteHave a good week and hope the snowstorm isn't too bad. Our weather in Texas this year has been beyond odd.
Mini-me's girlfriend has just moved to Fort Worth for a few months and normally I wouldn't worry about her having to drive down there in January but with all of the crazy weather there lately, I was glad to know when she got there safely!
DeleteLovely pictures :D I'm feeling pretty darn blessed as well. It was a good season. Now, to come down from the high of SUGAR I've been on, lol...
ReplyDeleteOh, god, yes. I'm having to slowly wean myself off the sugar!
DeleteSounds like you had a very nice Christmas! I love all the pictures and the fact that your boys got you a vacuum is hilarious!
ReplyDeleteI've been a little grouchy about that vacuum, I must admit! I told the hubby since that's a gift for the house, I'm going clothes shopping and buying my own presents!
DeleteI am glad you had a nice Christmas, Lisa. We did too. We had way too much food too. Did you end up getting the forecasted snow? We're expecting rain this evening, which would be nice. We had horrible winds the day after Christmas which caused quite a bit of damage in the area. Luckily we weren't affected by the power outages. Have a great week, Lisa!
ReplyDeleteWe got about 8" of snow on Christmas Eve morning which would have been just fine if all of my kids had been with us already. But my oldest and youngest were heading to my parents after my youngest got off work. Needless to say, I was a nervous Nelly until the snow had stopped and the reports we were getting showed the roads were good and they were able to get to us.
DeleteHappy Holidays! Sounds like you are having a wonderful couple of weeks with family. Congrats on the snow. We've had a lot in Colorado along with very cold weather, so I'm dreaming of the garden and walking on iceless roads!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your vacuum and book :)
Yeah, the snow is beautiful and all but icy roads are the pits and I'm already done with having to bundle up to do the least thing outdoors.
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