He passed away the 21st at 89 years old. A good life without any health problems until the last year of his life (even though he was totally blind after the age of 74). He was my last grandparent, which makes it a bit harder.We're going to carry on with christmas celebration as usual though, since he would have wanted that.
so, what are you guys doing today and tomorrow?
I'm cooking Christmas Dinner for the first time so it will an... experience. Hopefully I won't incinerate the house. I'm a pretty good cook when I make dishes for myself, but I've never done a full meal for a family before.
I'm visiting with my folks, largely bored out of my mind. Everything's all decorated and ready for tomorrow, when some extended family's coming by for the big celebration. Woo.
I want to go home.
Tomorrow: Biscotti and brie en croute with a mandarin orange & cranberry chutney for breakfast, movie sometime in the afternoon, and chicken with 40 cloves for dinner.
We already did our gift exchanging and all that.
I love when the whole family is either:
A) On the other side of the country
or
B) Visiting family 2 states over.
Relaxing holidays ftw!~
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Everyone wondered WTF when Blackened wrote:
I'm chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool.
And all shootin some b-ball outside of the school
Ares fucked around with this message on 12-24-2006 at 07:14 PM.
p.s. I'm going to Xyrra's for breakfest and dinner. 
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java the thoughts aquire speed, the teeth acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/24/mall.shooting.ap/index.html
Tmorrow is visit the aunt's house. The plus is getting a nice meal outta it *laugh* Oh and missin my family. =/
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java the thoughts aquire speed, the teeth acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
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Damnati had this to say about the Spice Girls:
Oh, and merry motherfucking yuletide usurpation day to you all. I hate this season...
There's one in every crowd, I guess.
That gingerbread house is something else, Sean. "A Very Waco Christmas"?
quote:Then shut up and leave the threads, stop being a faggot. One post was all you needed to make, and now we understand you hate Christmas, congratulations.
Damnati.
Oh, and merry motherfucking yuletide usurpation day to you all. I hate this season...
More people post pictures of your awesome gingerbread houses. I'd snap a few shots of our tree, but it's a boring white and blue color scheme.
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Damnati had this to say about Optimus Prime:
Oh, and merry motherfucking yuletide usurpation day to you all. I hate this season...
Don't worry, you can always have dinner with this fine gal and not be so lonely 
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There was much rejoicing when Mortious said this:
Finishing wrapping tonight, then a nice Christmas Day with the family tomorrow.I'm cooking Christmas Dinner for the first time so it will an... experience. Hopefully I won't incinerate the house. I'm a pretty good cook when I make dishes for myself, but I've never done a full meal for a family before.
Didn't Mort have a sister that used to come here? Whatever happened to her...
Or dumped her in the moors.
Something typically English like that.
Saturday, Mom and I made meatballs (yum) and Dad came home. A set of their friends came over for tea at about 7-ish.
Today, Mom, Dad and I went to more parental-friends houses for lunch, and then took Gramma to dinner at Swiss Chalet. After that we went to my uncle Ernie's to see him, and ended up visiting with my cousins Allen, Sarah, Jodi, and (soon to be cousin, I think) John.
Tomorrow is present opening in the morning, and then we head to Smithville to see more cousins, my step-gramma and the new baby.
Tuesday is off to Niagara Falls to meet the long-lost great gramma and aunts and cousins.
Then, Wednesday-Friday I think we're going to Owen Sound to visit my uncle and his girlfriend and her kids.
Friday, I'll be back in my blessed apartment, and then I just have to make plans for new years.
Woo.
edit: for 'gramma'er BeauChan fucked around with this message on 12-24-2006 at 10:56 PM.
I love this day. :qwantz:
Today we all had Christmas lunch, which ended up as the appropriate venue for the settling of all family angst over the year with a passive-aggressive family brawl. As usual.
The loot was good this year though. The meal was also great. Pvednes fucked around with this message on 12-24-2006 at 11:36 PM.
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Mooj said:
Didn't Mort have a sister that used to come here? Whatever happened to her...
She's a shitty cook, she WOULD burn the house down. Nowhere near a stove will I let her.
And she probably stopped posting because she's a spaz and loses interest in things as fast as she picks them up. Like boyfriends.
