Real Quick Like...

Christmas was lovely.  I know you have read a thousand of these...so I won't go into the loveliness that was mine.  I'll just give a few bullets, real quick like:

1.  TEN, Louis and I drove to Big City, VA on Thursday morning.  We were late leaving.  It was Louis' fault.  Obviously.

2.  Dropped TEN and Louis at TEN's mother's house.  I trucked on to my mother's.

3.  Watched Up in the Air.  It wasn't funny.  At all.  Good movie.  Just not funny. Not sure why I was expecting it to be?

4.  Watched It's Complicated.  Hilarious. 

5.  T=sick.  As in "I cannot catch my breath, or go to midnight mass, or anywhere else because I am dying" sick.

6.  Skipped midnight mass and fancy dinner.  Ate yummy pork tenderloin.  Thanks mother, it was tasty :)

7.  Ate Chinese on Christmas.  Yumm.

8.  Drove to BFF from High School's home for a visit.  Saturday.  Party + more food + presents = lovely.

9.  Drove back to Big City, VA to have dinner with TEN's mother, sister, brother, sister-in-law, neice & nephew Sunday afternoon.  Talk about total family submersion.  Yikes!  Thank goodness they are all nice and fun and silly...just like me.  I pigged out, drank wine, relaxed and then we hit the road.  Again.

10.  TEN, Louis and I drove back to Smalltown, VA Sunday night. 

11.  I slept all day Monday because I was off.  And sick.  Yawn.

Now, a few funny tidbits:

TEN gave his father and brother "the leg lamp" from A Christmas Story.  And they loved it. Seriously:

Louis opened his own Christmas presents, and is rather good at it :

TEN's nephew M adores Louis.  He could not stop giving him hugs :

I received some fabulous gifts for Christmas.  I have my Thank You Card List right here.  Not that I would EVER write thank you cards while at work, of course, but I will get to them promptly :)  My absolute favorite gift was:

I'm shallow.  I know.  Shut up.

T