White Christmas?!?

<-- Cole after a long day snowmobiling

My brother just posted his status on Facebook as "al the snow is gone I am sad" and this made me sad. It really doesn't feel like the Christmas season without some fresh snow on the ground. There are three reasons I am already disappointed with this particular Christmas.


1. No snow 
2. No more snowmobiles 
3. No time off. 


These are three main reasons why I don't feel like it is even Christmas in 3 days! I am used to having at least a month off for Christmas and this year I am only getting Christmas day and the following day off! Yes, I am playing my little violin although I know there are many other things people have to complain about. But that is the only thing that I look forward to Christmas for is getting some time off to rest and spend time with family. The icing on the cake is the fact that as a family we are not even going on a cruise this year and as I am typing this I realize how much of an ungrateful brat I sound like. In my defense, every year the family takes the time off for Christmas to go on a cruise.


No time off=no cruise! 

Now to add to my scrooge like behavior, my father called me the other day to inform me that he sold my snowmobile! I loved to snowmobile and I was at least looking forward to going home for a couple of days and taking the sleds out for a spin. Nothing like getting out deep into the woods, snow falling off the branches above you, pushing your thumb on the throttle and feeling the warmth of the sled. I need my ME time and escaping out in the wildness, going fast, collecting your thoughts, enjoying the serenity and peace! Believe it or not, I am a thinker! I am a very people oriented person and love being around people but there is a time of the day when I have to be alone and spend some time just thinking. Being a social butterfly, it is not easy to find time in the day for yourself! But being on the sled, gave me a lot of time to think and there is something about being in the presence of mother nature that really puts things into perspective and helps clear my head. This is all a tease because I will no longer have this time anytime. Weird how as we get older all we want is time. All I want for Christmas is time with good company and great family! No iPhone or Michael Khors purse could make me laugh as hard as my father does when he makes fun of my aunt or bring me so much joy as my mother does with her love and affection.

I am sure I will have many stories to share after my Christmas experience this year with my family. Our Christmas dinner will be very similar to the Klumps dinner scene.

Thanksgiving Eve!

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I could not be happier to go home to great food and awesome family! As I get older, I look forward to spending time with my family so much more than I did when I was younger. Now I understand why my parents like it so much! I truly enjoy reminiscing about childhood memories and learning new things about my family. I should also learn how to cook more things so I am looking forward to actually partaking in the cooking this year! It's so weird though how our values change as we grow older. I thought my parents were so corny when they would say things like that but I now realize how true it is. I used to look forward to Christmas time as a kid to get so many presents, but what kid doesn't? And now, I look forward to Christmas more just to see my family that comes in from out of town and to spend time with my parents whom I don't get to see that often anymore.

Whatever your plans may be for Thanksgiving, it's spending time with family or just taking some time off to relax, I hope everyone has a very safe and happy holiday! :)