3 Girls and 4 Suitcases.
.........despite my hubbie being thousands of miles away. I implemented the 'Pollyanna' thinking and shared with Jen my gratitude that we were simply parted by distance, from her dad. We still have him in our lives unlike lots of families who's dad/husband will never be physically with them again for Christmas. It seemed to hep her to relax and enjoy the day, along with the bottle of remedies that I made up 'specially for yesterday so that we could all have fun without feeling guilty for Bill not being with us.
I got up at my usual time yesterday, which you'll know if you read my blog for yesterday. I was obviously a bit bleary-eyed though because I posted it on a private page that I share with the girls who were on the Ruth Fishel Retreat instead of on the 3 Girls and 4 Suitcases page-lol. I would have been none-the-wiser but one of the girls commented on it and I had to go investigate last evening. It is now on the correct page but was likely missed by all who probably thought I was simply having Christmas day off.
I didn't meditate yesterday but I was aware of that fact and I did stop several times to be mindful and breathe. Not because I felt that I needed to but because I wanted to. I wanted to be grateful and enjoy everything that was going on around me and I did have a lovely day, feeling blessed to share it with my three wonderful children, who gave me the most thoughtful gifts and their company.Three of my favourite gifts were a Dr Who huge fluffy blanket from Andrew, A pair of 'LOVE' travel mugs from Jen and a set of Healing crystals from Ali'.
Andrew arrived an hour earlier than I was expecting him which was a lovely surprise but it did throw off my timing ever so slightly. I was midst potato-peeling which was abandonned in favour of present-opening, which went on for an hour. I think that everyone was happy with the gifts given and received and I finally got back to my potato peeling whilst they caught up with each other and skyped their dad, Grandad and Auntie Mo. They then spent time on skype to their Vancouver cousins and even had a quick Merry Christmas with the London, England Denhams. Sadly, I didn't get to see my wee sis (or my big brother) but we did swap messages ongood old FB.
I completely missed out on the shower I was planning but hey, my kids see me at my worst and still love me. Yesterday was no different. I have already had my shower this morning because the mirror reflected a scary image, even to me, this morning.
My Turkey more than survived the part-cooking done on Christmas Eve and was delicious. My first ever attempt at kilted-sausages was a big hit, especially with Andrew who now wants me to tell him how to recreate them. He's not waiting till next year to have more-lol.
Dinner was delicious-yummy and we discussed why do we not have turkey through the year. We concluded that it is yummiest because we do only have it once a year. Well, actually several times, by the time this week is over with it's leftovers.
Jen is babysitting at four, today and so we are having leftovers at two, before she goes. Tomorrow we may have turkey wraps and hopefully that will use most of it up.
Andrew is working this afternoon and we'll not likely see him till New Years. If he can manage across, I shall attempt a home made steak pie for dinner. If not, I shall wait till the first time he can be with us and make one then. New years isn't so big here. He's actually working New Years day.
After dinner, yesterday, we skyped with Bill again and then settled in to watch the Polar Express but unfortunately, like Jingle all the way, the dvd malfunctioned and we didn't see it. Ali saved the day by producing Madagascar Christmas and we giggled our way through Julianuary. Poor Andrew was feeling under the weather and he curled up, into his wee-ist sis and nodded off for a few minutes. It was early but I encouraged him to head home and have an early night, which he did. Well, he headed home at least. I'll never know about the early-night part of it-lol.
Jen and I watched 'It's a Wonderful Life' and then I headed to bed, leaving the girls to finish watching one of their shows.
All in all, a Wonderful Christmas was had, here at 921.
I hope that you all had just as wonderful a day.
I fell asleep in the middle of my 10 finger gratitude exercise but I think that my positive energy on falling asleep will have been enough.
Much Love to all and Happy Boxing Day,
Lxxxx
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