my christmas was a mixed bag this year. my mom has been sick for the
past few months with a skin disease which makes her bonkers. she
is taking this steroid called prednisone that is basically speed. she
has been home sick from work but because she is such a work-a-holic, she
can't just sit down and relax (and also because she's on SPEED). she
seriously has not stopped baking and cooking since she started this
medicine! she made so much food for christmas that we couldn't finish
it all. she made three pies the week BEFORE christmas to test out her
recipes! she woke me up this past monday morning because she was using the food processor to make pie crust at 3AM IN THE MORNING!>!>! the itching on her skin is really bad and on top of it, she has been getting no sleep because the medication hops her
up. so i think she was certifiable insane during the holidays...which of
course made the rest of the family crazy!
my relationship with
her has been even more strained since i have been living at home but mostly
because of her medical problems. so yeah, we got in a big fight on
christmas. it was not a good scene. i was a really big jerk to her and
i almost ruined christmas for the family. i don't really want to get into here. i'm not proud of it but at
the same time, my mom and i needed to get some things hashed out. we
still have not fully talked about what happened but we are slowly on
the mend.
despite that, i still had an enjoyable time visiting
with my sisters while they were home. i also helped my mom bake and
decorate the house and it really did help us get into the festive
spirit.
this is the real tree that we got. we usually go out and cut a tree down
but my parents went the easy way this year and just picked one from the
lot. they learned their lesson though because the tree they picked out
was bent at the top! my mom still managed to decorate it beautifully -
this is her victorian themed tree. it looks much prettier in person - i
love all the ribbon cascading down!
the victorian stockings on the mantle
my mom wanted to have as many trees as possible in the house...this is the white tree that is in my bedroom.
my mom got a snowflake runner so the room could be a winter wonderland theme!
this is the fake tree that is in the kitchen...it has all the family ornaments from when we were children
another tree in the kitchen - i got this one at borders for my mom this year.
i decorated this one...it's in the den. my sister
sara made those holiday cracker decorations - they are apparently
victorian as well!
this tiny one has roses to match the decor of the bathroom!
mom hung our real stockings in the bathroom this year haha
my mom sewed these back when we were little (she also
painted the brick behind the stockings...we like to call her marsha
stewart)
a santa clause that sara made in middle school
we went out to karaoke the day
before christmas eve. this is sara and yami about to take a jager shot
- sara looks scared of it!
i met up with jamie and our friend jay who i haven't seen in
YEARS! it was really good to catch up with him! he is still the same
old silly kid as he was back in high school.
yami and me singing
all i want for christmas is you
by mariah carey - i totally butchered this song. but its my own damn
fault - i broke rule #1 of karaoke: *NEVER* sing mariah carey - her
voice is unmatchable! i made that fatal mistake back in 2004 by singing
vision of love after four martinis...i feel sorry for whoever was in
the bar that night!
julie came out too!!! (btw: the shirt i'm wearing is a modified turtleneck that features the 12 days of christmas)
my sister bree had a LITTLE too much drink that night!
i had a fun time at the bar until this kid that i hooked up with my freshman year of college that lived on my floor showed up with some friends. its so random cause i haven't seen him in forever and he is the first person i EVER hooked up at school (julie also went to high school with him and his friends so she was killing herself as well)! he didn't approach me but i'm pretty sure he noticed our table because my sisters and yami were...hmm, how should i put this...VERY LOUD! i can't wait till i move to california and i can stop running into people i don't want to talk to!
sara and yami wearing their matching sweaters on christmas eve
i made gingerbread men on christmas eve
all of the gingerbread men
i had a frosting accident!
