Last Thursday - company Christmas party with yummy tapas appetizers and beverages. I won a $50 Best Buy gift card in the raffle!
Friday - a best friend had her annual holiday Open House. Fabulous time! Tons of amazing food, holiday decor in every nook and cranny, including the ceiling, and a lot of old - and new - friends gathered to celebrate
Saturday - took my grands to see a wonderful play, La Posada Magica. This is our third consecutive year seeing this wonderful, funny, Latin-themed, audience-participation, musical play. We'll be back next year, too!
Sunday - Christmas brunch at my house so we could all celebrate Christmas with my dad. I'm used to preparing food for one person, so cooking for 15 is challenging and brunch started about an hour later than planned. Everyone had a wonderful time, pitching in to help, setting up tables and chairs, laughing, teasing. We exchanged gifts: CDs by the Doors, Beatles, Emmylou Harris, Marvin Gaye; books (Uncrowned King: The Life of Prince Albert, A Thousand Splendid Suns); DVDs (a couple of French films, Orson Welles' Touch of Evil) and other assorted gifts. After brunch and gifts, everyone munched on goodies for dessert (my daughter makes great fudge!), and I played Christmas carols and songs on the piano while folks young and old all sang along. Such a wonderful Dickensian scene!
Monday - baked cookies and tried to recover from the previous few days! I can usually manage the fibromyalgia and spondylolisthesis pretty well with periodic rest and exercise, but by Sunday I was pretty pooped and my body was "talking" to me about it!
Tuesday - blessed Christmas! I drove to my daughter's home to celebrate with her family and open gifts. My oldest grand did a beautiful painting for me; she's a talented artist! Later, I drove to my brother and sister-in-law's home for Christmas dinner with them and my sister-in-law's close family. A great meal, great conversation and the perfect ending to a wonderful week!
I hope you and yours had a wonderfully blessed Christmas!
6 comments:
What a wonderfully divine Christmas week, Rose! Hope you're resting and feeling better now. Happy New Year!
This is just the best season, isn't it?
Happy celebrating.
Wow'....
I had you in mind and have been meaning to wish you the best of the holiday season. Mine has been rush' rush' hectic and quite fast paced..I am actually looking forward to a bit of quiet...
In a few hours my country will be ushering in the New Year..With this I would like to greet you the best of everything for 2008. I would also like to thank you for being a blessing in my life for 2007 :>
Happy New Year Rose...thanks for your thoughtful blog posts. Looking forward to more in 2008!
Hi Rose, did I ever tell you that you are a talented writer? Reading your words always reminds me to slow down...breath in..breath out...slowly. Happy New Year, dear friend!
What a lively, lovely week you had! I only hope that was the beginning of family, love and joy that will follow you into this new year, Rose. Take care of yourself, wonderful Sister, and know how loved you are.
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