Christmas 2009

I made a teeny tiny shirt for a teddy bear.  To most people this is not a big deal, however, anyone who’s met me knows that I have never finished a project in my life.  Ever.  I have 15 different sweaters all waiting to be finished.  So the fact that I finished this teeny, tiny teddy bear shirt is a huge deal.  I still have two human sized shirts and another teddy bear shirt to finish up,  but I got one thing done!

As for my own gifts, it’s been a good day.  I’m still not quite used to this concept of asking for presents and actually getting them.  My family doesn’t really do Christmas in the presents way, at least not since I was about eleven.  We watch TV specials, make tamales, and volunteer at soup kitchens instead.  So I’m always a bit surprised when I wake up on Christmas morning and have presents under the tree.

Next up is the extended family gift exchange which I’m not as excited about as I normally would be.  We had plans.  Great plans.  We were going to go to our cute little family owned hardware store and support local business.  Then DC got two friggin’ feet of snow and we couldn’t get further than three or four blocks from the apartment.  So instead we had to go with Home Depot which is ok, but not as sustainable.  We have fun gifts for the ‘gag gift’ exchange though, that at least makes me feel a bit better.

Then for New Year’s Day we’re double booked.  We usually go to his grandma’s because she hosts a gathering of local musicians for a jam, it’s pretty cool.  This year is also the other side of the family’s Christmas celebrations so we’ll be trying to split our time . It’ll be…interesting.

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