a christmas like never before...

while my family was scattered on the west coast and throughout the desert on christmas eve and christmas day, i spent my time with beau, enjoying his family and then quiet time with just him and the cat. it was very different, but i still enjoyed it. i missed my family, the loudness and laughter, and knowing the stories that were being told :) but i enjoyed the new stories, the new traditions, the laughter and busyness of it all. i was able to spend some time in california with my parents, my brother, sisinlaw and niece, which was great, and i wish they didn't live so far away.

since christmas beau and i have been sick at some level or another, he being the most sick with a respiratory ickiness that i think he's finally getting over. i had a stomach bug that lasted about a day, and have been battling the regular winter cold by staying inside most of the day... :) (except when i have to go to the grocery when it's raining cats and dogs).

so things in the south are going well... i'm looking forward to getting back to work so i can see my kiddos again and have a routine again. i'm looking forward to new years and fun with friends... i'm glad the rain hasn't been too bad since i've been home from california (we had an adventure with rain earlier this month).

i'm also looking forward to the cupcakes i'm about to bake...

i may not be able to cook wonderfully, but i am confident in my baking abilities. :)

funky baking

i've been in a funk the past couple days. wednesday i helped shauna with a catering job which was great, i only broke one glass. lol. really, i did. embarrassing to the core, but not horrible. i was exhausted after that though, and i don't know that i've fully recovered, in spite of sleeping until like 10 today, i'm still not completely recovered. emotions are shot, for some reason. and it's not the typical girl reason either, so i don't know what my deal is. sensitive and whiny, i hate being like this...

so... i decided to bake. i cleaned and now i'm baking. :) sugar cookies first cuz, well, they're delicious. :) i tried my hand at grandma's frosting... it's off just a smidge, but it still tastes good. i'm waiting impatiently for my cookies to cool so i can frost them. :) i might make banana bread again... i'm getting good at it... it might get put off til tomorrow though so the bananas are a wee bit riper. i like them mushygushy for banana bread. otherwise the flavor's not right.

anyways, i'm listening to christmas country music. love it. :) baking and feeling my spirits lift just a little bit... which is good.

im really bad at blogging, i've decided. not that i'm not whimsical and creative, just that it takes time... time i'd rather be investing in other things... like facebook? oh snap... ok... nevermind.

maybe i'm just bad at coming up with topics to write about. cuz my life isn't really all that interesting...

but today i will not give you the rundown of my life, because it's really not anything new. spent thanksgiving at beau's aunt's which is fun, and lots of good food, traditional southern thanksgiving dinner is much different than traditional yankee thanksgiving dinner, and while i missed some important ingredients from my previous thanksgivings, i was grateful for wonderful people and delicious food and feeling like a part of the family.

that was the only nutshell you are getting...

moving on...

yesterday at school, one of my little boys (xavier, 8), said he's decided my boyfriend is santa. or at least was the santa in their pictures. why? because he has a beard and he's big. ;) lol. oh kids... today, he reiterated the fact that he was positive beau is santa. i told beau, and he didn't seem as entertained by the idea as i was... i however think it's hilarious.

TODAY at school, one of my little girls told me that her family is not celebrating christmas this year. sad to hear, and curious, i asked her why, since i was pretty sure it wasn't a religious thing. sadly she told me it was because "christmas was too expensive". HOWEVER... and this made me really have to bite my tongue, her family was going to celebrate Hanukkah and Kwanzaa because those weren't as expensive. LOL. are you kidding me? really? instead of making christmas not about the presents, they decide to celebrate different holidays? really? how sad is that?

sunday night, beau and i started playing wii resort. we've learned i'm pretty good at bowling, archery, and i started out really good at swordfighting. but... alas... the second time around for every activity we did last night, beau beat me. and with a smile on his face, he ended the game a victorious. close games though, and soooo much fun!

well, it's time for lights out. i will share more 2nd grade wisdom as i come across it. :)