Alone Christmas Eve

“Were you alone Christmas Eve? I was. For the first time, I think, since my Mom's death in 2000. (And she was in a nursing home and not "herself" for years and years before that)

Anyhooooo... not so bad. Didn't freak out. Watched the rented DVD "Bridget Jones Diary" and then "A Christmas Story" on TNT (love that movie!) Caught Ewker on IMs around 11.

I survived! yeah, me! I could have gone to my friend's house to her Christmas Eve stuff, but figured it was time to face one alone.

Today, Christmas Day? Heading to a community dinner put on by volunteers (and yes, will cover it). Then down to my old trailer to sop up water from broken pipes.

Ahhhhhhhhh, fun. Anyway, am making it through these two days, so far in fine shape!!”

“Lizs, we were two lonely souls last night..sigh”

“lizs! what is your i.m.?”

“I love Bridget Jones's Diary!”

“don't tell him Lizs, he will bug the crap out of you ;)”

“ruh roh.....

on Yahoo. lisapbia

Oh and I'm off to take a shower now. (LOL!!! there, that's my "leading" post of the day) I gotta get ready for this noontime deal......”

“yea, but she'll like it!”

“yahoo? o man, does this mean i gotta install something?”

“you have to install Yahoo Messenger”

“nooooo, IT MOST CERTAINLY DOES NOT!!! >8-O

MOOOoooooooohahahahaha!!!”

“im sure lizs is worth it”

“Awwwwwww, nice words on Christmas day........ (but you know, I'm really a beeeyatch! run away little boy!!!!)”

“2scoops, you had better listen to this woman, she will leave you broken hearted and bitter ;)”

“So, sorry to hear that. Being alone, can't be fun. I think this is the first year I haven't had my daughter around.... :( Did manage to see her last Sunday though.”

“i was alone also...finally!!! Peace and quiet!!!!!..slept till almost 11...got up...nuked a burrito for lunch...downloaded music and porn...this is what the 25th of Dec is about!”

“Look out Ralphie! You'll shoot your eye out!

(over and over for 24 hours, LOL)”

“Last Christmas morning I was descending the Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon.

Today I'm baking bread for dinner at my wife's sister's house.

Ho hummmmmmmmm............”

“North or South? That South K-trail is kinda steep. Both of my big toenails bought the farm, <G>”

“"she will leave you broken hearted and bitter ;)"
Ewker

youre assuming im not alreadyz?”

“One of my most memorable Christmas's was spent alone...I got to reflect on what it was supposed to be about.



Have a great day and a even better New Years.”

“oh gosh i'm so embarassed! it looks like i have alot to teach him!!”

“LIEZ EMAIL ME AND FILL ME IN!”

“PS: I was alone and ENJOYED it!”

“Alone Christmas Eve and Day. Actually, I needed some down time. I get a four and a half day weekend next week. WooooooooooHooooooooooooooo!”

“Exactly.... did I say I didn't like it??? lol”

“I just got back from a solo BP Christmas day - had a nice time sitting by the fire remembering the past and trying to let some of it go.”

“Roger that.”

“Peace on earth and goodwill towards men/women?

I spent Christmas day trying to keep my mouth shut amongst a zillion rude in-law relatives, and slaving to provide dinner and dessert for those people.

I need to backpack on Christmas day like some of you people.”

“I sure as heck wasn't alone this morning! I decided to hit the grocery store early, to avoid the crowds. WRONG! There was hardly a parking space to be had at 7:25 this morning. Yow!”

“See, you're NEVER alone.”

“oh man. we went last night to try and find twignut an IPOD.

HUGE HUGE mistake. at 9:00 pm they were still out there. I guess with the strike, a lot of people were not able to shop. it took me 1 1/2 hours to drive 10 blocks while on work. i was ready to run people over!!!
well needless to say we did not find the IPOD for twig, so she will get a pic of it in a box LOL”

“stupid strike”

“Won't twig be surprised..I'd like to see the look on her face when the box is opened.”

“LMAO I know but we just have had NO TIME to shop for it. no that is not true. in our defence, we went to buy car speakers and to look for it. they did not have it. so thereeeeeee”

“I still need to buy my wife something to open, I got her a gift card in a Christmas card but she wants a box to shake, poke, etc. She's like her mom. Her mom is so bad that she used to open the presents for her to see what was inside, then rewrap em and put em back under the tree.”

“Damn Chappy, your family sounds more and more like mine. When I was a kid I was a master at rewrapping presents so they didn't look opened. Now I have this uncanny (darned frightening actually) ability to guess what's in a package. HPM and my mom both really hate it.”

“My wife's the same way, so I put BB's and rocks and stuff in the boxes so she can't possibly guess. Plus the box might be five sizes too big.”

“My husband tried that trick a few times with me. It worked the first couple of times, then I caught on.

Man, did I make some weird Christmas cookies. They're Danish pepper something or others. Tenny little bite sized cookies that no matter what I did turned out very crunchy. I like them that way, but I have never heard of crunchy cookies like this. There's no pepper in them either, just cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, vanilla, and anise extract.”

“my wife, my son's girlfriend, and I made cookies all day yesterday: Peanut brittle, Rusky's, and teacake cutouts. Well...they made em and I ate em....”

“One of my best friends has this crazyassed family. Two sisters, 7 damn wild kids between them and his dad all live together and one of the sister’s baby’s daddy. He said he’s dropping presents off and not even staying. He said he can’t handle his family. He’s spending Christmas alone. I know if I asked him to spend it with my family he won’t so I’m making him Christmas dinner to drop off for him with some gifts. He said he was going to go to the local AMVETS post to cook for the vets.”

“I was at Wally World last night returning a heater that isn't working right. Wasn't too bad. I had figured I better hit the "return" line BEFORE the post-Christmas deluge!!!”

“Geez lizs, I waited 45 minutes w/Wally to return something. It was bad timing I guess.

My mall is usually a ghost town. It's surprising to see people in it now. I think it's because we have a very small anchor store which is Macy's, then Sears and other stores that are lack luster so it's generally totally empty the rest of the year.

Merry Christmas Lizs, and have a Happy New Year!”

“Merry Christmas etc. to everyone spending it alone.”

“thanks Geobeet and peace to all out there merry christmas”

“I had to go out and pickup one more gift and a gift card. No one was out. The stores were basically empty. No lines at the cash register. Sure wish I had just done my shopping today instead of the maddness that was out there yesterday...lol

I ended up buying Christmas decorations, candles,stockings and gift bags at 75% off the lowest marked price.”

“I was a stupid child. I loved to wrap presents so I got to wrap all the presents EVEN MY OWN. My Mom put my stuff in other boxes but I NEVER PEEKED NOT ONCE!!! Like I said stupid. I've grown out of it. (I'm sure of it.)”

“I am all set for an evening alone tonight. I rented some DVD's, I will watch the Trans-Siberian Orchestra tonight on TV, have some wine and cheese and just chill out.”

“Everything does have a chill out kinda feel on Christmas Eve. Rather than cook I also ordered a Honey Baked Ham turkey breast for the weekend. That sucker is goood!”

“I am having a ham tomorrow. I can't screw it up to bad since it is fully cooked. All I have to do is reheat it for about 2 hrs”

“ma bought a rotisserie cheecken for teemorree”