It’s been a few months since I posted (boy does that sound
familiar!) so I have a lot to catch up on!
Our holiday season was HECTIC!
Nice, fun, sweet, but mostly hectic.
Thanksgiving started it off with my family (Mom, Dad, Sis, BIL, nephew)
coming down to visit. We had a great
time! It was so nice to have the whole
family be able to stay under one roof for the first time ever. Well, let me back up. They have been driving down from Chicago to
Louisville for years now but it has always been my parents staying with me (us
once we got married) and my sister and BIL staying at a nearby hotel. We went over to the In-Laws for Thanksgiving
dinner and did our usual trip to Churchill Downs the day after. Throwing our money to the wind and eating and
drinking too much after drinking and eating too much the day before, go figure.
Soon after that we hosted TWO back to back Holiday
parties. Never. Again. We had Brian’s entire school faculty over on
Friday night. I would guesstimate that
there were about 60 people??? Yes.
60. I don’t really know a lot of them
and of course they all knew each other so I spent the evening kind of running
around, then I would have nothing to do, then run around some more. Saturday we had all of my friends and most of
their spouses over plus some kiddos. Approximately
15 people? That was nice as well…low
key. The hardest part about hosting was
the fact that we had only been in our house about 2-3 months and I was kind
of a total spazz about making sure the house was decorated and put together
beautifully. Everyone GUSHED about the
house though so that was nice to hear.
After that we had a week or two of quietness before we
headed to Chicago for the weekend before Christmas. Continued on the eating and drinking too much
campaign. We took time out of the eating
and drinking to visit the Goodwill by my parents’ house three times. My husband is obsessed…it IS a pretty good
Goodwill, I must say. I can’t say much
though, I came out with 5 tops and a jacket (who is this girl) and he bought 6
pair of pants all for about $60. Good,
quality stuff too!
We came back on Christmas Eve and had my In-Laws over for
dinner on Christmas Day. It was my first
cooking of Christmas dinner and it turned out GREAT if I do say so myself. Made all the staples my husband requested…the
broccoli casserole, corn casserole, etc,etc.
It was fairly easy too. Granted
it was only 4 of us but that’s ok.
New Year’s…we hosted AGAIN!
Although this was only 3 couples and one of the couples kiddos. It was very low key…played some Wii, sat
around, and most were gone before midnight.
I will say it was nice to just sit on the couch with the hubs and a
glass of champagne at midnight and finally take a breather! 2013 is sure to be another crazy year!
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