My wonderful fiancé had to put together some shelves for work, and he used the boxes to make a fort. For our cat.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Day 10: any photo you like for any reason.
My wonderful fiancé had to put together some shelves for work, and he used the boxes to make a fort. For our cat.
Christmas 5QF!
Oops! I did this Thursday night and forgot to post it yesterday!
1. Do you open presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?
I always opened presents on Christmas Day when I was younger, and I always loved the anticipation. However, my wonderful fiancé always opened them on Christmas Eve after the get-together at his great-grandma's house. After we started dating, we established a pattern for Christmas Eve: my grandma's that day, his great-grandma's that night, followed by Santa gifts at his house and then my house. It will probably change this year, given the circumstances.
2. What is your favorite Christmas cookie (or candy)?
A friend of mine from high school hosted a Christmas cookie swap, and I went home with about half the gingerbread cookies she made. So, I will say gingerbread!
3. What's the worst Christmas gift you've ever received?
When I was younger and we did those "buy a gift and draw a number" things at school, I would always buy a really cool girl's gift. And I would always go home with a cheap plastic jewelry box. Note to parents: do not buy cheap plastic jewelry boxes for your child's Christmas exchange.
4. Christmas song that you love?
OK, let me just say, I LOVE Christmas music! But if I have to pick favorites, I have to say "The Christmas Waltz," "Baby It's Cold Outside," and "O Holy Night." What, you honestly expected me to pick just one?
5. How many trees do you put up?
Just one. Our apartment doesn't have room for multiple trees. When I moved out on my own, my mom and I split our ornaments, and we have enough to decorate my tree and hers!
1. Do you open presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?
I always opened presents on Christmas Day when I was younger, and I always loved the anticipation. However, my wonderful fiancé always opened them on Christmas Eve after the get-together at his great-grandma's house. After we started dating, we established a pattern for Christmas Eve: my grandma's that day, his great-grandma's that night, followed by Santa gifts at his house and then my house. It will probably change this year, given the circumstances.
2. What is your favorite Christmas cookie (or candy)?
A friend of mine from high school hosted a Christmas cookie swap, and I went home with about half the gingerbread cookies she made. So, I will say gingerbread!
3. What's the worst Christmas gift you've ever received?
When I was younger and we did those "buy a gift and draw a number" things at school, I would always buy a really cool girl's gift. And I would always go home with a cheap plastic jewelry box. Note to parents: do not buy cheap plastic jewelry boxes for your child's Christmas exchange.
4. Christmas song that you love?
OK, let me just say, I LOVE Christmas music! But if I have to pick favorites, I have to say "The Christmas Waltz," "Baby It's Cold Outside," and "O Holy Night." What, you honestly expected me to pick just one?
5. How many trees do you put up?
Just one. Our apartment doesn't have room for multiple trees. When I moved out on my own, my mom and I split our ornaments, and we have enough to decorate my tree and hers!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Miss
It's a word far too innocent to describe the visceral, heart-wrenching longing that accompanies the loss of a loved one. Somehow, it just doesn't seem like enough to say, "I miss her." It seems too frivilous, too light-hearted, too temporary.
A lot of the time, but today especially, I miss my fiancé's mother. She passed away in June. I never blogged about it because I just couldn't figure out the words at the time. Today is her birthday. Thursday is Thanksgiving, and we would have been subjected to the 24 hour marathon of her favorite movie, A Christmas Story. Friday she would have had a wild story about her early morning shopping trip with her best friend. And then she would have decked the house for Christmas, and everything would have been right in the world.
But that's not what's going to happen. I am going to wake up and still be angry because my fiancé lost his mom way too early.
When old people die, there is some sort of closure, knowing that they lived a long and happy life and got to see their children and grandchildren and sometimes even great-grandchildren grow and succeed. But when younger people die, there is just too much sense of unfinished business. It makes me angry to think about all the things she won't be around for.
A lot of the time, but today especially, I miss my fiancé's mother. She passed away in June. I never blogged about it because I just couldn't figure out the words at the time. Today is her birthday. Thursday is Thanksgiving, and we would have been subjected to the 24 hour marathon of her favorite movie, A Christmas Story. Friday she would have had a wild story about her early morning shopping trip with her best friend. And then she would have decked the house for Christmas, and everything would have been right in the world.
But that's not what's going to happen. I am going to wake up and still be angry because my fiancé lost his mom way too early.
When old people die, there is some sort of closure, knowing that they lived a long and happy life and got to see their children and grandchildren and sometimes even great-grandchildren grow and succeed. But when younger people die, there is just too much sense of unfinished business. It makes me angry to think about all the things she won't be around for.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Day 07: a photo of something you stand for.
Hope for a cure. Hope for equality. Hope for a better tomorrow. Hope for success. Hope for happiness. Hope for love. Hope for peace. I think that's something we should all stand for.
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