Happiness in a week.

Just thought I would share a little post about what has happened during Christmas until now.

Christmas was amazing this year. I got such a sense of wonder giving my gifts to my family, everyone seemed very surprised and extremely thankful. Christmas eve I spent with Mama, Daddy and Nan. It was so much fun and I felt those butterflies you do when you are young. I made both my parents and my nan a handmade gift each which once again reduced them to tears, oh how I love my power over people! No on a serious note, it was beautiful, having the ability to draw such strong emotions from people because of something you made is a fantastic feeling.

Christmas day was great, Aaron and I got to Nans early so I could help her with food and such. Aaron becomes so much more relaxed each time he is around my family, one day they will be able to see the boy I see everyday. He was so affectionate though which makes me feel very special. It was great spending time with Daddy as well, we don't get to hang out in that kind of situation much, but it always amazes me just how proud I am of him, how proud I am to be his daughter, especially around my family. I got to spend the day with my two favorite boys. Everyone congratulated Aaron and myself and the atmosphere was really calm (which is an achievement when it's a good 40 degrees outside).
All in all, I have my christmas spirit back.

Aaron has had a week and a bit off so it's been fantastic having him home and spending some time together by ourselves. On Sunday we had all of our friends over, including Steph and Vanessa, it was so much fun having some female company and I love spending time with them both. Steph stayed over for the night and we had a couple of drinks, played games, listened to music and talked all night.

Yesterday I had a very bad headache and my coping method was a little bit of retail therapy on strawberrynet. I bought two Clairns lip tints and a Tigi hair treatment. I can't wait for it to arrive.

So there is a little recount of my past week.

Christmas 2009

Christmas time is near

Christmas is just a week and a half away. I am looking forward to Christmas this year. For years when I was younger I hated this time of year, but as I became older, I slowly got my spirit back. This year I was able to buy presents, even though they are small, for my family.

I wrapped my presents in baby blue paper and yellow or pink ribbon. The day I bought the wrapping I was in a very happy mood and decided against the traditional colours. They look amazing anyways. Everything I do represents a little bit of me - unpredictable.

So Christmas Eve I will be spending with Mama, Daddy and Nan - like every year, it's a bit of a tradition in our family to spend almost every occasion at midnight. I will treasure these memories forever. We usually get cheeses, dips, olives, crackers and everything along these lines to eat for dinner. I look forward to this pretty much every year.

Christmas Day we have a family gathering at Nans, it will be good to catch up with everyone and we always have an extravagant array of food.

Finally on Boxing Day we will be driving up to Ledge Point to spend the day (or maybe a couple of days) with Bruce and Cheryle. It's nice to relax up there and we also have a lot of yummy food!

Lovely.

I wish all of my family and friends a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year.