Ok! So I am completely not ready! Then I am never ready for Christmas. I have never bought presents much prior to December 15th (who am I kidding? more like the 22 0r 23)
This year we are hosting a holiday brunch at our house. My good friend Deb and her family are visiting our area this coming weekend and I thought, “Why not invite everyone in the theater company to eat brunch and meet my pal?” Oh the shopping and cooking and cleaning I will do … AHHH!
I am nuts!!! But the good news is that my wife is on the same crazy page as I am. Tomorrow I will hit the Costco – God Bless Them – and buy lots of stuff for the brunch and some for the Christmas dinner, which at this point will be an all day extravaganza of food and wine. Hurray!
As for gifts, we have cookies piling up on the tables and counters at the house as my a-for-mentioned crazy wife continues to bake …. and bake … and bake !! The tins are ready for loading and that, my friends, is what everyone will be getting ….cookies. Except Beth.
Beth will be getting some cool little gifts and the one thing she has asked for.
Time.
God has given us lots more of this and we are very, very grateful.
So … We will be spending time this year. Not so much money which is kind of a waste. Don’t you think? We will be spending time with our friends who love us and who we love. People who were there for us at the worst and continue to be so at the better. Time in our home and with our remaining, sweet dog who is healthy and well and full of love and piss and vinegar.
But most of all … time with each other. Blessed are those who have love … Because they have everything.