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Date: 27 December 2006 16:53:40
Oh dear...someone found my blog while searching "slow cooker turkey breasts". Hope you found a better crock pot recipe than I could provide :)
The drive across the country was uneventful, which is a blessing. Lots of little things happened that I wanted to share with you... but alas they're now so far removed from my memory that I cannot reconstruct them. Just know it was good stuff :)
Woke up my father when I arrived... he is so thin, unsteady, but he's trying hard. I'm glad to be here, if for no other reason because he's glad I'm here. My younger brother is here, too... so we and Mom and Dad had a nice Christmas.
Saw one of my college roommates yesterday - we met for a late lunch, tried to catch up since we last saw one another (a year ago??!... but we talk often via telephone). And then we went to her brother's in-laws' First Annual Friends & Family Post-Chistmas Bowling Event. I did a terrible game, and had a marvelous time. It's nice to be around someone else's odd & interesting family relations... especially if they're related by marriage. That's the best.
Mom and I are going shopping in a bit... there's no IKEA store in the mid west, so while I'm on the east coast I'm going to hit the store...perhaps get some curtains or something of that nature for my front window (the current lace curtains are totally see-thru, which drives me batty sometimes - the little old man down the street who has dementia has been seen peering through my windows at night... it's time to have better curtains!) And I might find some fun stuff for my kitchen and entertaining in general... horray.
We go to a midnight service on Christmas Eve... by the time the service is over, it's already Christmas! I have very fond memories of when I was a child. It was really nice, and our Dad came too, which was good for him I think. But my concern is that I wasn't really impacted at all by the service, the people, the singing... Mom says she always gets warm fuzzy feelings... I haven't gotten those in church in a long time. What's wrong with me? Perhaps I have too much on my plate, my other needs aren't being met... but sometimes I wish I could get outside of myself enough to experience the whole expericnce... feel all the feelings... I know faith isnt' about feelings. But sometimes I want to experience that joy and contentment and peace deep down inside... that's something that's been missing for a while. Perhaps it's still packed away in a box somewhere... probably in the basement since the big move in the summer. I'll look behind the couch when I get home. Maybe it's under a cushion somewhere.
I'll be travling on Friday-day to head back to my house... my cute little house who needs a bit of attention. That's why I'm leaving on Friday... because I need to get home to do a bit of "being home" before going back to work. I'll try to remember some of the funnier things that occur on the journey...and will share them - perhaps before 2007!
I hope you all are enjoying your time off from work.... working if you must... and enjoying your families. Take care and Merry Christmas! ...and a Happy New Year.