A Break
I feel like I have taken a bit of a break this past week. A sort of pause between the craziness of our lovely Christmas celebrations and the push to get everything done before this new baby comes. Really, it has only been a break of sorts. I still took care of my darling girl, still got dinner on the table, still made sure we all had clean clothes. And after dinner and bath and stories tonight, we put away the last of the Christmas decorations, so I guess I did spend small chunks of time this week packing those things away. But I still feel like I took a break.
Normally, the tree comes down on New Year's Day, but I was dreading having to do the whole chore at once and so I spent 20 minutes a day all week putting a few away at a time. Whew. And now I have one less thing to do tomorrow! I felt like I needed to get the holiday clutter out of the way before truly attacking some of the other pre-baby projects. But first, before I tell you about those, let me tell you about what my break really consisted of.
I didn't sweep the floors ONCE this week. I have not cleaned the bathrooms at all - and they need it now. The dinners this week were more simple, and for the first half involved mostly leftovers from Christmas.
I spent the three days leading up to Christmas in the kitchen, cooking a feast for 15 people. I spent 75% of my time during the party in the kitchen, doing the last-minute cooking like rolls and mashed potatoes gravy, then cleaning up (while all but one of the other women socialized in the living room). I tell you, I enjoyed those leftovers much more than I did the plateful that I ate during the party, with my aching body singing as I sat at the table for five minutes before Julie decided she wanted to go upstairs with her cousin K and play, and so I joined them and K's dad eating on the playroom floor.
I sound like such a martyr, but I'm glad to have hosted the party. We had the best food. Between what I made and what the guests brought, we had a huge feast. I make American holiday food better than pretty much anyone else in the family, and they make the best Korean holiday food, and we all enjoy it all. Everyone was happy and full as they left. Christmas was a great success overall. I started typing a big long blog entry about the whole thing, start to finish, but then decided that I deserved a break from blogging for a few days too. I will share a picture or two with the world...
Here is my darling girl dressed in the tutu that I made for her, enjoying black olives in the same fashion and almost as much as I did when I was her age.
Here we all are at the end of the Christmas party, in our annual photo. Yes, my daughter has her finger up her nose. How very attractive!
Normally, the tree comes down on New Year's Day, but I was dreading having to do the whole chore at once and so I spent 20 minutes a day all week putting a few away at a time. Whew. And now I have one less thing to do tomorrow! I felt like I needed to get the holiday clutter out of the way before truly attacking some of the other pre-baby projects. But first, before I tell you about those, let me tell you about what my break really consisted of.
I didn't sweep the floors ONCE this week. I have not cleaned the bathrooms at all - and they need it now. The dinners this week were more simple, and for the first half involved mostly leftovers from Christmas.
I spent the three days leading up to Christmas in the kitchen, cooking a feast for 15 people. I spent 75% of my time during the party in the kitchen, doing the last-minute cooking like rolls and mashed potatoes gravy, then cleaning up (while all but one of the other women socialized in the living room). I tell you, I enjoyed those leftovers much more than I did the plateful that I ate during the party, with my aching body singing as I sat at the table for five minutes before Julie decided she wanted to go upstairs with her cousin K and play, and so I joined them and K's dad eating on the playroom floor.
I sound like such a martyr, but I'm glad to have hosted the party. We had the best food. Between what I made and what the guests brought, we had a huge feast. I make American holiday food better than pretty much anyone else in the family, and they make the best Korean holiday food, and we all enjoy it all. Everyone was happy and full as they left. Christmas was a great success overall. I started typing a big long blog entry about the whole thing, start to finish, but then decided that I deserved a break from blogging for a few days too. I will share a picture or two with the world...
Here is my darling girl dressed in the tutu that I made for her, enjoying black olives in the same fashion and almost as much as I did when I was her age.
Here we all are at the end of the Christmas party, in our annual photo. Yes, my daughter has her finger up her nose. How very attractive!
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