tomorrow is the new years party. i'm not a party person at all. i prefer hang outs and dates over parties.... like every holiday it's like "ok, another one down." and then another holiday comes up and i am like, "i can do this, yeah." take a deep breath and squeeze shiloe's hand for strength.....
anyway, finally this year it is a less formal party. in fact it isn't even a party! :) i am so excited! it is supposed to be more casual, like a hangout/date type and possible sleepover. YAY
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Friday, December 25, 2009
shiloe's cute tags
shiloe took the opportunity to write a different set of names on each tag this christmas. here they are:
to kattalicious from skelator (other nicnames)
to kitty from shilore (other nicnames)
to felix ferdinand from grey pony(our "world dictator" names)
to kat-a-ryn from shiguy (other nicnames)
to kat from shi (shortened names)
to kathryn from shiloe (first names)
to mysterious guest from mysterious guy (this one ended up being for him from "santa" LOL)
it was a fun christmas. :) shiloe is so sweet!
to kattalicious from skelator (other nicnames)
to kitty from shilore (other nicnames)
to felix ferdinand from grey pony(our "world dictator" names)
to kat-a-ryn from shiguy (other nicnames)
to kat from shi (shortened names)
to kathryn from shiloe (first names)
to mysterious guest from mysterious guy (this one ended up being for him from "santa" LOL)
it was a fun christmas. :) shiloe is so sweet!
the snuggie
so this christmas was a good christmas. :) in addition to the spirit of giving and the true meaning of christmas, the world often celebrates a material christmas. this is the christmas i am referring to. over the years of my fairly short life i have always had a way to satisfy or curb my controlling nature. for one-i may or may not have peaked at my christmas presents before christmas growing up-some of the years. and i may or may not have seen santa deliver them at least on one occasion. birthdays are the same way. it's like throwing a party but you don't know if anyone will truly show up, and if they do-will they have fun? so for my the gift giving holidays are just a little frightening and out of my control. i prefer not to talk about them.
this year however, i believe i have made a huge step forward to trusting the holiday spirit. shiloe wrote a christmas list with only three items on there. one of which was very expensive, thus forcing people to get him what he really wants-books. not just any books, history books and where's waldo? books. of course he put the history books on his list sent to his parents, so i was only left with one choice. Waldo. but where was he? i searched at several different online bookstores, no success. barnes & noble seems to only carry newer books.... online at least. so finally i turned to amazon.com, where i found the complete collection. all six books packaged together and sent to our front door. so i was done. i secretly hoped shiloe would forget about my gifts, or if he remembered i would get something like a ballet bar(barre?).... except that those are like $300 just for a good portable 5 ft bar. it was discouraging. but i put it on my list anyway.
by the next day shiloe had gone shopping for my gift. i had given him a very very specific list. but for some reason my list doesn't work the same way as shiloe's. my whole reasoning is that you write a list so that people know what to get you. what's the point in writing it otherwise?
so when i found out that my gifts came from bed bath and beyond i was upset, to say the least. that was not at all anything on my list. i didn't care what it was-it was the same amount as my ballet bar, and it wasn't my ballet bar. so it was going back. shiloe, bless his heart, returned it all except a cute little mug with hot cocoa mix. after a few days i thought i had convinced him that i was not to get me anything unless it was on my list. but christmas eve came, and while doing some last minute shopping in the morning shiloe banned me from one half of the store while he purchased my new gift..... can i say i was upset? i was. truly. and it was an event to watch my act like a two year old because shiloe just got my a gift that i didn't specify and from the wrong store and without my approval! i made him promise that if it was any sort of massage machine he would return it. he said he would, but after christmas. he said i had to open it first. of course i was upset. it would be so much easier if we just unwrapped it and returned it before christmas morning, then i wouldn't feel forced to accept a gift i wouldn't use. after a meltdown about how much i hate holidays because of the very lack of control that exists and how shiloe didn't even know what i wanted other than a ballet barre because i didn't write a list for that, shiloe sat me down. he snuggled me, and even though i said i couldn't kiss him because i was upset with him... well he convinced me to change my mind. :)
at this point he reminded me that we have a tradition picked up from my family to open one gift on christmas eve. i got excited. this could help me know how well he did on the rest of my presents. so he took me downstairs to the tree and recommended a few i could choose. i chose one. about the size of a wii box, but it was not a wii. it was light and didn't shake. no sound at all! i stared at it, and stared at it. i began to realize i could wait until the morning to open it. but that would break the tradition. so i used a justification to excuse the broken tradition. "shiloe, usually our christmas eve gift is pajamas." he looked at me and smiled, then laughed gently. he gave me a big hug and said, "you already have pajamas, but you will want this gift tonight." so i opened it.
the first color i saw was PINK. i love pink. :) then i saw the word "snuggie". yes, that's right. i have a snuggie, and i use it. me, shiloe and my pink snuggie hung out together christmas eve. today (christmas day) we took a nap with my snuggie. but the point is. i use it, i love it, and it makes sense. shiloe obviously put some thought into this.... i can't be on my computer, i can't draw i can't do like anything without having my hands free. but i'm always cold. so that's where the snuggie comes in. :) i am now a proud snuggesian.
so the point of all this is that the snuggie helped calm my nerves and build my trust between me, my wonderful husband and the holidays. and i must include the results of this christmas morning. i opened the rest of my gifts from him.... and they match, they are just what i wanted, and i can use them. :) what are they-you ask? well a new comforter, a bedskirt, two pillows and two pillow shams i had been admiring. they are floral, black and white and match the bedroom. i made the bed immediately. *sigh* it is so much easier to make the bed when it creates something beautiful. :D
he also was thoughtful enough to include a separate bed set in case i get bored and want to switch things up. which i do. a lot. he definitely knows me better than i had previously thought. :) i think i am beginning to like christmas again, without cheating.
this year however, i believe i have made a huge step forward to trusting the holiday spirit. shiloe wrote a christmas list with only three items on there. one of which was very expensive, thus forcing people to get him what he really wants-books. not just any books, history books and where's waldo? books. of course he put the history books on his list sent to his parents, so i was only left with one choice. Waldo. but where was he? i searched at several different online bookstores, no success. barnes & noble seems to only carry newer books.... online at least. so finally i turned to amazon.com, where i found the complete collection. all six books packaged together and sent to our front door. so i was done. i secretly hoped shiloe would forget about my gifts, or if he remembered i would get something like a ballet bar(barre?).... except that those are like $300 just for a good portable 5 ft bar. it was discouraging. but i put it on my list anyway.
by the next day shiloe had gone shopping for my gift. i had given him a very very specific list. but for some reason my list doesn't work the same way as shiloe's. my whole reasoning is that you write a list so that people know what to get you. what's the point in writing it otherwise?
so when i found out that my gifts came from bed bath and beyond i was upset, to say the least. that was not at all anything on my list. i didn't care what it was-it was the same amount as my ballet bar, and it wasn't my ballet bar. so it was going back. shiloe, bless his heart, returned it all except a cute little mug with hot cocoa mix. after a few days i thought i had convinced him that i was not to get me anything unless it was on my list. but christmas eve came, and while doing some last minute shopping in the morning shiloe banned me from one half of the store while he purchased my new gift..... can i say i was upset? i was. truly. and it was an event to watch my act like a two year old because shiloe just got my a gift that i didn't specify and from the wrong store and without my approval! i made him promise that if it was any sort of massage machine he would return it. he said he would, but after christmas. he said i had to open it first. of course i was upset. it would be so much easier if we just unwrapped it and returned it before christmas morning, then i wouldn't feel forced to accept a gift i wouldn't use. after a meltdown about how much i hate holidays because of the very lack of control that exists and how shiloe didn't even know what i wanted other than a ballet barre because i didn't write a list for that, shiloe sat me down. he snuggled me, and even though i said i couldn't kiss him because i was upset with him... well he convinced me to change my mind. :)
at this point he reminded me that we have a tradition picked up from my family to open one gift on christmas eve. i got excited. this could help me know how well he did on the rest of my presents. so he took me downstairs to the tree and recommended a few i could choose. i chose one. about the size of a wii box, but it was not a wii. it was light and didn't shake. no sound at all! i stared at it, and stared at it. i began to realize i could wait until the morning to open it. but that would break the tradition. so i used a justification to excuse the broken tradition. "shiloe, usually our christmas eve gift is pajamas." he looked at me and smiled, then laughed gently. he gave me a big hug and said, "you already have pajamas, but you will want this gift tonight." so i opened it.
the first color i saw was PINK. i love pink. :) then i saw the word "snuggie". yes, that's right. i have a snuggie, and i use it. me, shiloe and my pink snuggie hung out together christmas eve. today (christmas day) we took a nap with my snuggie. but the point is. i use it, i love it, and it makes sense. shiloe obviously put some thought into this.... i can't be on my computer, i can't draw i can't do like anything without having my hands free. but i'm always cold. so that's where the snuggie comes in. :) i am now a proud snuggesian.
so the point of all this is that the snuggie helped calm my nerves and build my trust between me, my wonderful husband and the holidays. and i must include the results of this christmas morning. i opened the rest of my gifts from him.... and they match, they are just what i wanted, and i can use them. :) what are they-you ask? well a new comforter, a bedskirt, two pillows and two pillow shams i had been admiring. they are floral, black and white and match the bedroom. i made the bed immediately. *sigh* it is so much easier to make the bed when it creates something beautiful. :D
he also was thoughtful enough to include a separate bed set in case i get bored and want to switch things up. which i do. a lot. he definitely knows me better than i had previously thought. :) i think i am beginning to like christmas again, without cheating.
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