For those who are close to me, you know that this Christmas had some rough spots; however I did have some wonderful times as well. (For those of you not close to me, I LOVE that you're reading my blog anyhow! YOU ROCK!) Since I LOVE lists, I’ve compiled a top 10 list of my favorite things this Christmas vacation.
I hope all of my readers had a safe and Merry Christmas, surrounded by loved ones and buckets of laughter! No, make that barrels of laughter and fun.
I attempted to put these in some kind of order but it’s just too hard, so in not exactly any order, here are my top 10 favorite things from our Christmas in NE 2010. I can tell you that my very favorite is #10 though!
1. Relaxing! Being able to sleep in until 8 or 9, spending some time reading or playing totally useless games on the IPOD (angry birds is crazy addicting so thanks to my friend for finding Mr.C and I more ways to waste time!), catching up on movies, cooking, and taking long lunches were things I haven’t had much time to do in the past few months so it was wonderful doing them!
2. Playing oh so many games, especially CLUE! I LOVE Clue and no one will ever play with me! Somehow I suckered people into playing multiple times this trip though! When I was little I had to play games against myself because no one would play! Now I’m addicted and poor Mr. C has to deal with my crazy desire to replay games like a million times before I could even consider getting sick of them. We played Clue, sequence, yatzee, pitch, uno spin, uno flip, jenga max, go fish, and skipbo….I think I got them all! It took FOREVER to convince my dad to play anything other than Pitch but once we got him hooked on Sequence, he’s addicted now! He and I made a killer team. Unfortunately that meant that Mr. C and my mom didn’t fare so well! I should also mention that Mr. C and I played go fish on the plane once. Just once because he apparently was embarrassed to be seen playing go fish as an adult with our super awesome Hawaiian go fish cards (apparently the cards just demonstrated further that we were REALLY way too into the game).
3. Drinking my mom’s delicious hot cocoa. Mmmmm. She’s attempted to teach me how to make it but I just don’t think it’s the same. Mine must be missing that motherly touch :) My dad did make fun of me for piling a lot of marshmallows on but I think he was just jealous.
4. Playing with Oscar, my parent’s newly rescued kitty which Mr. C and I seriously though about taking home with us. I think we would have had to steal him though, because my parents are pretty attached!
5. Shopping at Maurices with my mom! I LOVE this store! My mom laughs about me leaving the huge city of Phoenix only to go to the little town of Norfolk to do my shopping! I LOVED shopping with my mom, but I also loved the incident that occurred when I went back to buy something I had forgotten the first time around. As Mr. C and I walked in the store, Mr. C tripped or something and hit the huge sign in the front window, causing it to dramatically sway and then crash to the ground. I seriously thought about climbing under a rack of clothes since the store was packed and everyone was staring at us. I resisted that urge though and a wonderful woman hung that thing up quicker than I thought possible.
6. Playing hide-and-seek with Mr. C and my nieces. The three of us (my 2 youngest nieces and I) searched for at least 15 minutes for Mr. C one time. All the while, he kept texting me that we were so close he could smell us. He didn’t mean smell in a good way either. Basically while we had no idea where to look, he just sent me insulting texts that were totally not true! He is a crazy good hider though. I think he should have a degree in hide-and-seek because he’s just THAT good!
7. Spending time with my parents, brother, sister-in-law, three nieces, grandparents, best friend from high school, and so many other people I miss throughout the year! And, as a bonus I got to spend more time than usual with Mr. C - something I never (well hardly ever!) get sick of doing.
8. The surprise visit from my best friend when it was most needed. Life changes and some things become priorities over others. (You’re probably thinking “here we go again” and yes, I am about to ramble on for a bit). When I moved to AZ over seven years ago, we talked daily, then weekly, and recently only about once a month or so. It broke my heart but I knew there wasn’t much I could do. Something must have smacked Max Emerald upside the head about then because this was about the time he got his crap together and surprisingly showed up on my door step! We had a fun day together and were back to our normal BFF selves. The next day the three of us went to lunch, then headed over to the super cute cupcakery (yeah, that’s not exactly fitting in with my new year’s resolutions so glad I fit it in before!) and then ran some errands which sounds boring but was just wonderful. Eating cupcakes at a cupcakery made me feel like I was really on vacation!
9. Waking up to snow covered trees that looked like they were meant for a fairytale. I know no one else likes the snow but I would like to mention that we did scoop the snow while we were there and I still think it’s one of the most beautiful things in the world. At one point, I felt like we were inside our little Christmas village when we went downtown and saw the pretty tree!
10. Spending a holiday with my family. I love Mr. C’s family and enjoy the time we spend together; however it’s impossible to not miss my family, especially around holidays. With every other holiday spent in Arizona, I’m so thankful when we get to spend one a year with mine. My mom always made Christmas a wonderful production and it’s by far my most favorite time of the year. Christmas in NE isn’t just a day of celebration, but it feels like a week of celebration due to the cooking, shopping, and activities of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! It’s just different being there and I can’t seem to get entirely into the Christmas mood until I’m back home. Because of Mr. C’s schedule, holidays off, and traveling, it’s usually the easiest time for us to go back and I’m so grateful when we have that opportunity. Thanks to my in-laws for giving us up again AND for watching our precious Coconut! And thanks to my parents for the wonderful accommodations and fun times!
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