As I lay on the couch most of the weekend, with my sore knee hanging on the back of the couch to reduce the God-awful swelling, I had some time to think about the holidays coming up. Hard to imagine that in just 3 weeks, we will be having Rachel and Chris' Arkansas Wedding Reception! I hope everyone that wants to be there can be. Things are coming together, but I haven't really felt like doing what I would normally be doing at this point. Not even sure what that is, but it just seems like getting the invitations out was so HUGE and now I'm taking a breath!
It has been fun seeing the RSVP card return, some with fun notes on them. Rachel was surprised the other day to go to Crate and Barrel to pick up some of the things on her registry, only to discover that they had recently been purchased as gifts and would be delivered soon! Surprises are just so much fun. I've always loved them and it seems that my girls love them as much as I do.
Steve has been a saint this weekend, getting out the Christmas decorations and putting out the lights on the shrubs outdoors. We keep going back and forth about what decorations to use and which ones to leave in the attic. Quite frankly, I would use every stinking thing I own if it were left up to me! Yes, I have WAY too many Christmas decorations, but it has always been my very favorite time of the year so I have a hard time saying no to new decorations and all. It was REALLY bad when I worked at Michaels, where I had first dibs on all sale items. There are some things I will never have to replace in my lifetime!!!
Christmas will be different this year, but I am determined to keep it positive! With the 6 day visit around the reception, Chris and Rachel won't be able to return for the actual Christmas holiday. It makes sense, of course, but it is just one more of those things I hate about the miles between uas. I think Steve and I decided today that we are going to wait and ship their gifts to them instead of having them open them when they are here...we just like the idea of them getting up on Christmas morning and having gifts to open from us! They are all growing up on me and I know times are changing. So, we are just going to adjust, be happy for the times we have together and make those visits meaningful.
No bah, humbug for me this year! I plan to embrace the holiday and breathe it in and enjoy it all! Even though I need to go on a diet to lose this "sitting all the time to nurse my knee and therefore not getting any exercise at all and THEREFORE putting on weight" kind of thing going on here. When something is pretty much out of our hands, it is just out of our hands. So I will nurse my knee and pray for the days when Steve and I can again walk our neighborhood for exercise. I really thought the pain would be reduced after surgery, but the recovery part is painful too I'm learning!!!!
So, turn up the Christmas music and put up the decorations...let the season begin! I'm ready for it!!!
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