Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Sunday, 22 April 2012

BEDA - Day Twenty-Two


To finish off my parents in the city weekend I will now recount what happened today. Today wasn’t as exciting as the other days this weekend, but I enjoyed it none-the-less.

This morning I got up and went to church with John and Shelly, my Mom met us there, and it was a good service. I don’t think that there is much else to say about that. I always enjoy church, I like that I get to attend the same church as John and Shelly, and I love it when Mom and Dad get to come and worship with us. Church is something that I look forward to every week, and I’m glad that I had a good church to attend.

After church we all met up with my Dad for lunch at Swiss Chalet, something that we all like. We had good food, and great conversation. Family meals are always fun, we laugh, give each other a hard time, and enjoy each other’s company. Today’s meal was different because we knew that it was the last of the weekend, and we sat at the table a little longer than normal because of it. It is always sad to say good-bye, but we always know that we will see each other again soon.

Once my parents were gone and I was back in my apartment I just relaxed and read. I love having my family around, but I love being on my own as well. I like to be able to do whatever I want without having to talk it over with someone else, and to be able to not worry about doing anything. It’s nice to do nothing after a busy weekend.

Now, I continue to do nothing in particular relaxing, and planning my week. I always seem to plan what I am going to do that weekend on Sunday nights. I think about what I will eat, and where I will go. I like to try to plan out when I will get up every day, and what times I will do certain things. The only thing that I find difficult is actually sticking to the plan. I’m getting better at it, but I still have a bit to go.

Monday, 19 December 2011

Christmas

I arrived home today a few days early for Christmas. The house is decorated to the nines for the season and immediately put me into the Christmas spirit. I had been trying hard to get into holiday mode, listening to tones of Christmas music and watching all the Christmas related movies that I own, but somehow it just didn’t feel like Christmas yet.
However, as I walked in the door and saw the Christmas tree with gifts piled underneath I felt like it was finally Christmas. I spent the afternoon knitting while my Mom baked cookies and we listened to Christmas music. Later on we are going to watch one of favourite Christmas movies, Christmas Vacation. I’m excited to get to spend the rest of the week preparing for the big day. I have knitting to finish, and lots of wrapping to do. I look forward to visiting family, and the arrival of my brother and sister-in-laws arrival on Friday, Christmas eve eve as my family would say.
The other night as I watched an old Christmas play that my brother and I were in when we were kids I got to thinking about how different Christmas is and how our traditions have changed. When we were kids we use to stay at one of my grandparents house over night on Christmas eve so that we could Christmas morning with them. Now we stay at home, and make the short 10 minute drive to each Grandparent’s house later in the day.
This year marks the first year since my brother and sister-in-law got married that they will be at our house for Christmas. They usually travel to Saskatchewan to visit my sister-in-law’s family, but this year decided to spend the holiday with us. I’m excited to introduce her to some of our traditions. The house will be full of people and I think that it will be an extra special Christmas this year.
Although some of traditions have changed I still really enjoy Christmas. I think that as you grow up it’s natural for traditions to grow along with you, and I’m sure that this year they will change once more. I look forward to see what this Christmas holds for my family, and I hope that your holiday is full of laughter, smiles, warmth and love.