So, Saturday I got up, made breakfast, took a shower and about 20 minutes before I was leaving to get Nick's girlfriend, he says, "I think you need to wait to get her because I think she's still sleeping."
Rewind...I KNEW this was going to happen. I knew this girl would bail - but the last minute?
Ten minutes later Nick comes back and says, "She was sleeping because she doesn't feel well."
"Oh, well, if she doesn't feel well, I guess she's not coming." (Believe it or not, I really WAS disappointed). My husband piped in with some comment that it was nice of me to invite her and he really doesn't believe she's sick at all. Nick says, "She's a jerk." Ten minutes later he says, "She says she sorry." I say, "Okay."
So, that left me and my mom to bake cookies. We started at noon and went until 5 p.m. We made TONS and TONS, I don't ever recall making so making. I tried two new recipes this year, Rolo cookies and red velvet cookies. Both are different to say the least - but Rolo kicks red velvet's butt any day. Its not every day you bite into a chocolate cookie and get caramel in the middle. Say it with me people, "YUMM-O!"
So, thanks to Dennis Mitchell on the Breakfast Club from 101.3 the Rose radio for eating one on air and bragging about it. It got my interest peaked and I'm happy I saught the recipe out on line and made it. Definetely a new cookie recipe I'll make every year.
Speaking of new things...this whole Christmas will be new to the family because it'll be the first one without Cindy. Normally, my Mom does Christmas Eve dinner and then Jeff heads back to our house. When we wake up on Christmas morning, I pop cinnamon buns in the oven and we head downstairs with the kids to exchange gifts. At my parents house, Cindy would be there, they'd get up and exchange gifts, and do whatever tradition had been started between the 3 of them, before heading over to our house.
This year, when my mom wakes up, Cindy won't be there and I couldn't stand the thought of her waking up on Christmas morning and having that void so IN her face.
So, during the cookie baking, I invited my mom and dad back to our house on Christmas Eve, that way when they wake up on Christmas morning, they'd be there with all of us and the grandkids.
So, as much as family traditions are important and should be cherished, this year may be the beginning of a new tradition. One where we wake up on Christmas morning, and the whole family is there already.
Here's to old traditions that are no more, and to new ones that are just beginning.
The perpetual dilema
14 years ago
Hmm.. I wonder if she was really sick or not.
ReplyDeleteGood idea to invite your parents to your house!
I hope she was sick, I really, really do!! But then, Nick called her a jerk . . . and isn't she his girlfriend?? Uhm . . .
ReplyDeleteI think your parents will enjoy Christmas Eve at your house :)
Oooh! Now I'm definitely going to look up that recipe and try it. I've been wanting to have a bake day since before Thanksgiving.
ReplyDelete..and this Christmas might not be the normal one you're used to but that doesn't mean it won't be special. It's a new normal but you have to remember that just because your sister's not with you in person, it doesn't mean that she's not with you in spirit, your heart and in your mind. People live on forever as long as someone keeps their memory alive.