I have finally finished my Christmas shopping!!! Now for the wrapping, as I did last year I conned Lori into doing it for me at a price. My Mom and I knocked out the last of the stocking stuffers and PGs gift. That guy is hard to find something for; he still hasn’t really used the ones I gave last year.
So I didn’t really decorate my house, a smallish tree on a table to put a hint of holiday cheer in. Of course Gs and Mom looks like the Griswalds . Isn’t that going to be a treat to take down, not only once but twice?
I’m letting the office close down early this year, Tuesday will be the last day this week, Monday and Tuesday next week as well. It’s not that I am in the holiday spirit but eager to get out of the office for a while.
Beth has been coming around letting us see how Elijah has grown in the last few months. He talks now, more so he screeches things, I guess it’s a way to get attention with the big people. I pray that when Kyle comes home he doesn’t do the same or Camen, the little guys we will let slide since they are little and Jacks, well Jacks has no excuse.
This year Lori seriously was looking for her “boy friend” a present. His name is Ethan, which will be one point off to Jacks when he meets him. Oh yes, he’s been invited to the dinner we are having on Wednesday night. I plan on doing the big brother grill just to make the night pass.
Mom is doing so much better with the walking these days, she plans on doing 15 minutes every morning on her treadmill, of course she does her usual weekend shopping and just about every Monday we hit a mall. Today we walked and shopped from one end to the other and she wasn’t winded or needed to stop. It’s not like we raced up and down the strip but it’s a massive improvement. One I hope that continues.
I’ve been so lax in the last few weeks in writing and posting my thoughts, blaming a lot on the holidays and being busy. Maybe so…. Maybe by next week I can see what my problem is.
Monday, December 21
Tuesday, December 1
Thank you Thanksgiving
So Lori is out of her “Prison” of sorts now, she really didn’t think that she would have to stay in her room without any outside contact the whole time. The holidays were a bit of a mess for the whole family. First my Mom is breaking out in some sort of rash on her arms and legs. She believes is her heart medicine she’s been taking. Whatever it is, she wakes in the middle of the night with scratching fits causing her to not sleep so well.
My PG lost a brother a few days before Thanksgiving, in fact so close that the funeral was the day before. After my PG had his stroke a few years back he tends to be more emotional. Not bad, every guy should show his feelings; he is more affectionate and talkative to everyone. Although, he does have a bad habit of repeating jokes over and over and does a few things backwards. Our dilemma with him was telling him how soon his brothers demise would really be, not that he didn’t know he was sick just not the extent. Well that was soon exposed when another brother blurted it out in the bluntest of manners. My PG took it well.
Thanksgiving was to say the least filling. The first time in a while that Jacks stayed more than a day, in fact my G and Mom really wanted him to hang out a few more days. We ate of course most the afternoon and discussed who would be getting what item for the little guys in the family. This year Lori was included in the discussion since she found out about the “Christmas Secret”. She felt like a big girl but continued to sit under Jacks the whole time.
The twins Gabe and Riley are big slobber monsters and coo and goo to every ones pleasure. Rolling about on the floor, while Camen looks over them, their big sister is very protective, Jacks had been dying to hold the two rascals and finally got the chance, the whole time getting a glare from her.
We did the usual going out on Thursday night and eating at a restaurant so that my G and Mom and whatever aunts were about could relax and have someone wait on them. Friday was spent of course with the ladies doing their black Friday shopping. PG and Jacks roamed in later to help bring in boxes and packages. Jacks wasn’t up to part with the Flu or a cold or whatever which later was to be pneumonia. Saturday we had breakfast and relaxed a bit, later on Jacks packed up to go home an idea my Mom wasn’t happy with.
My PG lost a brother a few days before Thanksgiving, in fact so close that the funeral was the day before. After my PG had his stroke a few years back he tends to be more emotional. Not bad, every guy should show his feelings; he is more affectionate and talkative to everyone. Although, he does have a bad habit of repeating jokes over and over and does a few things backwards. Our dilemma with him was telling him how soon his brothers demise would really be, not that he didn’t know he was sick just not the extent. Well that was soon exposed when another brother blurted it out in the bluntest of manners. My PG took it well.
Thanksgiving was to say the least filling. The first time in a while that Jacks stayed more than a day, in fact my G and Mom really wanted him to hang out a few more days. We ate of course most the afternoon and discussed who would be getting what item for the little guys in the family. This year Lori was included in the discussion since she found out about the “Christmas Secret”. She felt like a big girl but continued to sit under Jacks the whole time.
The twins Gabe and Riley are big slobber monsters and coo and goo to every ones pleasure. Rolling about on the floor, while Camen looks over them, their big sister is very protective, Jacks had been dying to hold the two rascals and finally got the chance, the whole time getting a glare from her.
We did the usual going out on Thursday night and eating at a restaurant so that my G and Mom and whatever aunts were about could relax and have someone wait on them. Friday was spent of course with the ladies doing their black Friday shopping. PG and Jacks roamed in later to help bring in boxes and packages. Jacks wasn’t up to part with the Flu or a cold or whatever which later was to be pneumonia. Saturday we had breakfast and relaxed a bit, later on Jacks packed up to go home an idea my Mom wasn’t happy with.
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