Shrinking Violets - Part 5!

[Teachlady 3]

Good morning, dear Violets..

Wishing each of you a very Merry Christmas and an exciting New Year..

We have a Christmas Eve Candlelight service tonight. Afterwards we come here for English Muffin pizzas and then opening gifts with family.

Everyone have a great day today!!

Love you all!!

Edited December 24, 2009 by Teachlady

[mdrai 3]

Good Christmas Eve Morn, Vi's~~

A little final cleaning, baking, & wrapping this morning... then out to lunch w/the kids... then my mom arrives around 2pm... dinner... then the 7:30pm candlelight service... that is where I will finally relax and be filled with the true meaning of the season.

I wish each of you a blessed Christmas Eve, and Day tomorrow!

[janiebug 0]

Good Morning and Merry Christmas!!

I work til two then go to my Aunts for Christmas dinner and opening gifts at five.

I hope everyone has a great Christmas!!!

[kity 2]

Guten Morgan Violets~

I am blessed to have such an amazing group of women to call as my dearest friends! I wish Santa is very nice to you and that you all find the peace and joy this holiday season offers! Eat the Cookies, drink the egg nog (or margie), hug the fam damily, laugh out loud and cherish all you have!

We will be going to take mom flowers, then home to eat, do presents, eat, etc. Then midnight mass (which we will be there about 11pm). Then we come home, have an egg nog and a nip of Jack Daniels (not sure about the rest of them...but I am having a nip), then sleeping in...watching TV and staying in our pjs allllll day tomorrow!!! AAHHHH!!!

PS...Klausy watched The Hangover w/ us last night. He thought it was very good!

[Haydee 2]

Good Christmas morning my violets! What a gorgeous day today! Sunny and about 72 here. Getting ready to go to my moms to start making tamales! Yum yum yum... its an all day process. Then around 6 we will head to juans house for dinner then mass at midnight. Then back to my moms house to open presents. Tomorrow its pj's all day, a big Breakfast and then lifetime movies all day. We are leaving for mexico Saturday morning and won't be back until Tuesday.

I hope you all have a wondereful Christmas with your friends and family. Enjoy every moment! I love you all and am so grateful that I have y'all in my life! Big hug and kiss to each of y'all!

[HeatherO 7]

Have a wonderful Christmas Vi's!!!

I will be in New Jersey, better know as the armpit of the US, for the holidays. It will be fun to be with family. Although I am not quite sure when anyone would "choose" to live there - at least not where I am going.

If anyone here is from NJ - I am just kidding. It is just that traffic really sucks close to NYC and you can't even make left turns. People are not friendly or accomodating at all either. I have met some of the most unfriendly people on the planet in that general area, lol.

That reminds me . . . last year when we visited, we drove up to Atlantic City for an evening. In the casino, I had some drunk guy with a beer belly, hawaiin shirt and slurred speech swagger up to me and ask "doan u peeple even spiik engliss?"

It went on unpleasantly from there as he started slurring out religious questions and I don't want to bore you with the details . . . but since when did I become "you people?" Red hair, freckles, born and raised here - I look pretty darn American if I do say so myself.

The other thing that surprised me is that I was the only American in the group of people I was with and even though no one was speaking English - why did he single me out as the one to ask insulting racist questions to?

Judy, the church is adorable. It has that inviting feel that some churches always seem to miss.

Anyway, everyone please have a lovely Christmas :0) I am so looking forward to seeing family, I am sure we will have a wonderful time.

[Teachlady 3]

Good afternoon, Violets..

One more hour and then I start getting ready to head to church for the service. I got 40 big sugar Cookies baked and frosted this morning, plus got all the fixin's for English Muffin pizzas chopped and ready. House is clean, presents are under the tree and Ethan just went home a little while ago. Time to relax, breathe and enjoy the quiet before all the excitement of opening gifts tonight.

Heather....I'm always amazed by the stupidity of some people. The hateful reaction to gays, to African Americans, to any minority in general is a mystery to me. And those people who are so hateful are oftimes the professed christians. So sad.

May you all receive the peace, love and joy of the newborn babe in the manger. God bless you, my friends..

[mdrai 3]

Peace be with each of you, my friends.

[Daisalana 33]

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

Carson just went to bed (11pm) and his bedtime is normally 6pm!! O_O

[janiebug 0]

Back from my Aunts, really had a great time with family. I got my secret santa gift today, and LOVE it. I got a very special hand knitted scarf! It is purple and I believe chenille, it is very very soft!! I also got a cool inspirational calendar and ornament! Thanks Michelle!!

I am assuming my Secret Santa got their present, because the tracking number said it was delivered.

Was Carson spoiled this Christmas?

I am heading to bed and hope everyone has a great holiday!!!!

[Teachlady 3]

Merry Christmas!!

Good morning, Violets!

Candlelight service was beautiful as always. All of the music made it that way. I won't even go into how boring the sermon was.. fa la la la la.

Kids all came over and we had English muffin pizzas and then opened gifts. Ethan made out very well. He got tons of clothes and toys. I got ribbon candy and a laptop cooling fan. Our gifts from Kris and Nathan come today. We told the kids no gifts, but they have minds of their own. Bob and I opened our gifts to each other today. I got him a new robe and he got me the new Stephen King book and some more ribbon candy. Yikes!! Talk about temptation!! He also got me a laptop lapdesk. I'm happy!! Now on to our cruise in two weeks.

Off to make a Jello salad for dinner at Kris's inlaws tonight.

Hope everyone has a relaxing, fun day with friends and family.

[janiebug 0]

Merry Christmas!!!

I hope you all know how much I appreciate you!!!

Do you like ribbon candy Judy? I thought Stephen King retired from writing? I used to read him all the time. My all time favorite is "The Stand". Sometimes he gets too creepy and gory for me.

I got some gift cards and earrings and a ring!!

Spoiled I am........

I had a great christmas eve, it was perfect except my cousin and her husband were not there, they were supposed to come in today but I don't think they are because of snow. We are not supposed to get any but as I type this it is snowing............

Off to my Aunts!

Have a Merry and Blessed Christmas!!!!!!

[kity 2]

Merry Christmas Violets~

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve! We had a traditional German dinner (schnitzle and warm potato salad w/ vinegar and oil)mmmmmmmmmm. Then we did presents!!! I got a 100 gift card, perfume, a purple mouse for my new puter!!! I also got my ipod (but got it before).

We didn't make it to mass. Sooo tired. We MIGHT go to 10am...depends.

Slept in! The gym opens up at 8 today...woke up at 7:30 and got ready...going now! I took yesterday off, don't want to start that again!

Wishing all my girlies an amazing holiday w/ family, fun, friends, food and all the fabulous-ness of the season!

xooxxoxoxo

[Teachlady 3]

Jane.. I got 3 boxes of ribbon candy!!! If I was good, it would last me all year. But I'm betting it doesn't make it till the new year. It's the really thin ribbon candy. Walmart sells it and the kids know how much I love it.

Stephen King is still going strong on the writing. He comes out with a new book at least twice a year. He had a horrible accident a few years back but seems to have recovered. And yes, a lot of his books are gory and violent. My favorite was The Green Mile. This one is called Under the Dome and is huge!!

Bob ate the last 2 English Muffin pizzas for breakfast.. *gasp* and I had a piece of Christmas Stollen. We're just going to pick at things until dinner out tonight. I have a cranberry orange salad to take tonight along with some boiled in beer shrimp.

Off to play Bejeweled on Facebook. Enjoy the day!!!

[mdrai 3]

Merry Christmas!!

We enjoyed the candlelight service last night... at the end they turn off all the lights and we hold candles and sing "Silent Night"... that's when I know it's Christmas.

Was up 'til almost 3am sneaking the presents down to the tree & stuffing stockings... dd can't ever sleep on the Eve so it's hard to do in a timely manner! Then she woke us up @ 7am to begin the festivities, so... yawn!

It's nice having my mom here w/us to join in the fun...

It was forecast that we would be getting ice/sleet/freezing rain today, so last night after about an hour going back & forth & trying to decide what to about the family dinner today, my sisters & I decided to postpone it 'til tomorrow... our great aunt & uncle have the furthest to drive & they had called to say that they wouldn't come today... so, naturally, there is NOTHING falling from the sky today -- not even rain! Oh well... we figure now we get 2 days of Christmas this way! (Maybe that's how the 12 Days started, lol!)

I made a BIG breakfast this a.m.: eggs, coffee cake, hash browns, bacon, sectioned citrus fruit, the works!... we'll just snack the rest of the day, & then maybe get Chinese tonight, since we were supposed to be having the 25lb turkey that's hanging out in my 'frig! We may devour my mom's pumpkin roll today, too -- & then just make another one for tomorrow! We're so sneaky!

Everyone enjoys their gifts... most of them were more functional this year, as our big gift is supposed to be the Mexico trip... but I got an i-pod touch for my music & games & silly apps!

We're all still in pj's, lounging around playing/reading w/our new items... really, a lovely relaxing Christmas day!

I'm so glad you liked your gifts, Janie! The scarf is extra long so you can loop it through itself... does that make sense? Thanks for the voicemail!

Laura, how did Carson enjoy his first Christmas?

Off to lounge some more... everyone enjoy their days!!