plans for the holidays/parties/etc. ( Archived) (11)

Just wondering what everyone is doing for the holidays. I am starting tonight with a Christmas party with some of my local friends. Christmas with my parents on Christmas Eve, and hopefully a wild party for New Years Eve! All I am missing is my "special someone".

Good question, will be spending time baking cheesecakes and desserts for friends / family get togethers. Taking my mother to see her side of the family on Xmas day to South Central area of KS. Possibly frying a turkey for an ER nurse for her family. BUT best of all, spending time with my children and having my youngest daughter spend time with me.

Thanks for the reply! I was beginning to think I was way to boring today! I hope that you have a wonderful Christmas and a wonderful New Year!

I'm going to Puerto Rico to spend christmas, New year and our christmas with my family, all of them for the first time in 19 years.



El Diablo

Great, let me know all about P.R. as I am giving it a little bit of thought to retiring there in a few years. Have a great Xmas.

Cool! I have always wanted to go there! I have taken a cruise for vacation the past two years... but that is somewhere I have always wanted to visit that I have made it to yet! Merry Christmas and enjoy the time with your family!

Unfortunately I have no significant other to spend Christmas with....I was trying to remember this morning just how long it has been since I have a Christmas of that sort......I was talking to a girlfriend about it this morning...(she's a Sheriff and has to work Christmas Day)....I told her 1991.....that I had a really nice Christmas Holiday.....Oh I do the decorating to the hilt and pretend for the sake of my two grown teenage sons.....but pretending is not all that great....I enjoy Church the best about Christmas anyway.....and the fact that my kids and grandchildren are all healthy and safe......

Yes... I know exactly what you mean. I spent last Christmas by myself for the first time ever! It was very hard, but I made it!! The last Christmas I had with my ex was in 2004 and it was a very magical Christmas. He was in the hospital awaiting a heart transplant, and the company that my sister works for chose our family (we had 5 kids.. 3 mine and 2 his) They collected $1500 and sent me shopping. The kids opened gifts for 2 hours. I told them that year that there is indeed a Santa Clause!!! So going from that to last year and having no one here was very depressing. I am much better with being alone this year after having some time to get use to it. You know, its funny, you take little things like that for granted until they are gone.

I have been partying since Monday... I also celebrate my birthday this week so thats why it never ends!!! But partying till early morning and returning back to workdoes have its toll and in fact to day I am running on empty!!
Just a quick recharge and it starts again tomorrow eve!!!
On Xmas will be having lunch at my brothers' with all th efamily and cant wait to see my little mischief of a nephew open up his gifts... that is my xmas gift!!
xmas eve will be out for traditional midnight mass with friends followed by breakfast in some posh hotel...
Then NYE party hard till early morning hoping 2007 will be a better year