Happy Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule, National Pumpkin Pie Day, or whatever-you-celebrate!
Is it just me, or did Christmas catch everyone by surprise? Maybe it's just my family...but Christmas feels weird this year.
Could it be because my mom just got out of surgery yesterday, so she's all doped up in her bedroom? Or maybe because it's our first Christmas without Zorro (*sniff*)? Or maybe it's because it feels like no one in my family was really in to Christmas this year, or could it be because it's 70 degrees outside?...I think the answer is all of the above.
But I'm trying to make the best of it.
(My kitten, Figaro, and I by our Christmas tree):
Last night was fun. Since my mom is confined to her bed, my dad, sister and I went by ourselves to Uncle Butch's house for Christmas Eve dinner. Aunt Susan served delicious homemade Cuban food and my dad taught my sister and I how to play pool (FYI, I suck).
I love being with my family. My Uncle Butch looks kinda like George W. Bush, which is really funny so I call him "Uncle Bush" secretly in my head. Then we came home, and I watched A Christmas Story on TBS. Best scene in the whole movie:
"Fra-gi-le, must be Italian."
"I think it says 'fragile', dear."
(At Uncle Butch's house with my sister, Jacqueline, and my cousin, Genna):
This Christmas wasn't a "big gift giving" Christmas, which I'm definitely fine with. I seriously have everything I need (I got a camera last Christmas, an iPod the Christmas before that, my Nana got me a laptop when school started, and my dad bought my sister and I a car earlier this year) so I wasn't expecting anything big (and rightly so). But there were still some really nice surprises under the tree!
From my parents I got a new turntable that plays and converts records into digital files (aaahhh!), Fleet Foxes on vinyl, Watchmen DVD, tickets to see John Mayer (yay!), Ferris Bueller's Day Off, cute coffee mugs, magazine subscriptions, and all the practical toiletries and candy my mom always puts in my stocking every year. My sister got me some super cute headbands and British Invasion book and Dante got me the Vampire Weekend vinyl record!
Also...
(Fun with Christmas lights/street lights):
Happy Holidays, everyone. Thanks to all of my followers for...well...following me! I hope you all have a special day.
Is it just me, or did Christmas catch everyone by surprise? Maybe it's just my family...but Christmas feels weird this year.
Could it be because my mom just got out of surgery yesterday, so she's all doped up in her bedroom? Or maybe because it's our first Christmas without Zorro (*sniff*)? Or maybe it's because it feels like no one in my family was really in to Christmas this year, or could it be because it's 70 degrees outside?...I think the answer is all of the above.
But I'm trying to make the best of it.
(My kitten, Figaro, and I by our Christmas tree):
Last night was fun. Since my mom is confined to her bed, my dad, sister and I went by ourselves to Uncle Butch's house for Christmas Eve dinner. Aunt Susan served delicious homemade Cuban food and my dad taught my sister and I how to play pool (FYI, I suck).
I love being with my family. My Uncle Butch looks kinda like George W. Bush, which is really funny so I call him "Uncle Bush" secretly in my head. Then we came home, and I watched A Christmas Story on TBS. Best scene in the whole movie:
"Fra-gi-le, must be Italian."
"I think it says 'fragile', dear."
(At Uncle Butch's house with my sister, Jacqueline, and my cousin, Genna):
This Christmas wasn't a "big gift giving" Christmas, which I'm definitely fine with. I seriously have everything I need (I got a camera last Christmas, an iPod the Christmas before that, my Nana got me a laptop when school started, and my dad bought my sister and I a car earlier this year) so I wasn't expecting anything big (and rightly so). But there were still some really nice surprises under the tree!
From my parents I got a new turntable that plays and converts records into digital files (aaahhh!), Fleet Foxes on vinyl, Watchmen DVD, tickets to see John Mayer (yay!), Ferris Bueller's Day Off, cute coffee mugs, magazine subscriptions, and all the practical toiletries and candy my mom always puts in my stocking every year. My sister got me some super cute headbands and British Invasion book and Dante got me the Vampire Weekend vinyl record!
Also...
(Fun with Christmas lights/street lights):
Happy Holidays, everyone. Thanks to all of my followers for...well...following me! I hope you all have a special day.
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