Here and gone.....

Does anyone else ever feel blah the day after Christmas??? it's kind of bizarre to me how for months we build it up, build it up.....

Then TA-DA - It's here!!

Suddenly.......FLASH - It's gone....=(

Just like that. What makes it worse is - I have to work today. Before you ask...

YES I AM WHINING!!!

Make no mistake, I am being a full fledged baby today. If I thought stomping my feet and screaming hysterically would get me out of here, I would DEFINITELY be doing just that...I would be the biggest 5 year old you have ever seen!!! But alas....I am subject to another 8 hours of boredom....life goes on I suppose. Could be worse, I could be unemployed......

I hope everyone had a spectacular holiday =).......Mine was pretty good!! I got a few cool things for Christmas,like:

A Vintage Cabbage Patch Doll - soft face and all!!

An 80's CD Box Set - way cool

A pretty Sweater - Pink, it's toasty warm. I'm wearing it now!!

Perfume - Paris Hilton's Fairy Dust

I got a few other things, but no need to list them all!! Harley even had a super Christmas! She got:

A Jeep T-Shirt - She will LOVE it

A Jeep Backpack - It's pink, maybe people will stop calling her a he...

A bunch of toys - She's "destructo" so we go through them quite quickly!!

A Pedi - Paws thing - she's not real thrilled with this, but I am!!

Getting some gifts is nice, but you know what?? It's not the best part of the holiday for me, nope.....not even close. The best part for me, now and always, is spending it with my family. Most of all - my Mom. Yeah, I know.....you're all tearing up...sorry I am being kind of sappy today but....it's my blog and there's absolutely NOTHING you can do about it...So THERE!!!

Okay....SO....remember how I was sort of "scared" about my Mom's new Christmas "tradition"? I should learn to have more faith =)..It was actually pretty cool and I can't wait to do it again next year!!! She had like 10 little gifts all wrapped up. Her and Kerry(my Step-Dad, for those of you who do not know) had a list of Christmas trivia questions, the rules were simple (you would think):

1.Kerry read a question.

2. If you had the correct answer, you were supposed to yell out your own name.

3. Whom ever yelled out their name first, got to answer.

4. If you got it right, you got to pick a prize from the bag.

Doesn't seem all that complicated.....right???

Let me tell you, from experience, that yelling out your own name was harder than it seemed. I wasn't the only one with a problem!! The first question, I yelled the answer, oops. We had people raising their hands - instead of name yelling...it was really funny. My 8 year old nephew - Zack - seemed like he was the only one who could follow directions from the word - GO!! He won like 4 prizes, I am proud to say that I won 3 myself!! WHOO HOO!!! Mom said it needs a little tweaking....but I think I got why she really came up with it.....

So often at Christmas, everyone gets together and instead of actually being "together" you have little groups here and there and everyone under the same roof but doing their own thing. Only when you opened gifts were you all in the same room. During that time you're not really talking or having fun together, it's kind of an organized "mass chaos"!! This little tradition will give us all the opportunity to have some fun and enjoy each other, all together!! We can sit back and sort of - take a break - and have some fun together!! I really liked it. I hope we all keep this going!!

I have to commend my Mom this year. It has been a tough year for her and she still made it a very memorable Christmas for all of us. She has watched us go through things, her and Kerry's own health issues, not to mention she takes care of my Grandpa too.

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Recently her and Kerry have discovered my little "Drama Spot" and now follow me!! I really think it's pretty cool. So I have something I want to tell her:

I just don't think I tell her thank you enough. Not for things she gives me, or does for me. I want to thank her for who she is. I love her more than anything on this Earth. Anyone who knows me, knows that if you don't like my Mom - I don't like you. If you have a problem with her, then you have a problem with me!!! I want her to know that I realize how much work it took to keep our family together. I understand some of the things she sacrificed for us and I am grateful everyday for who she has helped me to become. I want her to know that even though I may do things she doesn't agree with, that she can trust that she taught me right from wrong and that I have a good head on my shoulders and I have it because she was there. I can sit here and say thank you over and over, but in my own mind it would never be enough. But I will continue to say it every opportunity I get.

Thank you Mom for everything you have done, everything you have taught me, and everything you are. No one could ever come close to holding the space you hold in my heart.........

I LOVE YOU!!!

PS......thanks for not making corn crap!!! HA HA!! It was nice to be wrong......for ONCE!!!! Although a new "crap" took it's place - "Sweet Potato Crap" - ewwww...

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