December 1st

Wow! I just can’t believe the year is almost gone. Where did the time go? I remember getting ready for the last Christmas. Making a ham, a potato salad and a few other Lithuanian dishes.

I love this time of the year. I love everything about it, except…

…except being so far far away from my family. Don’t get me wrong, I love my husband and my kids, and they are my family, but I’m talking about my parents, my sister, my nieces that are like daughters to me, my grandmother, my cousins, and the list could go on. I can’t even talk to them whenever I want to, because you know, it all adds up. I would love to talk to my parents every day, like I used to when they lived here. Now I’m lucky if I talk to them 1-2 a week. More like one time, unless I have to tell them something or I need to ask them something. It sucks. It totally sucks!

I would love to live there! Or at least somewhere in Europe. I know I would see them at least twice a year, probably more. And I could talk to them all the time, because they have plans for the cells that work in whole Europe. I would just have to pay a monthly fee and I could talk to them always. Agh, this is not happening, or at least not any time soon, so I need to snap out of this dream that I’m having and get back to the real life. V said that he would like to move there too, but first we need to come up with something that we could do out there, because he doesn’t speak the language. And honestly, I don’t think he will ever know it fluently. Because it is a hard language to learn.

You might ask why no one comes and visits me? Well, there is a lot of things going on. Like my mom can’t leave her mom (my grandmother) because she had a ………. and my mom is taking care of her. My sister and her husband work and they can’t take that much time off, plus the tickets are so darn expensive that they can’t afford it. My dad, maybe, maybe he’ll come next summer, or next Christmas. The only person that might come to visit us next summer is my older niece. But that all depends on her school. She’s been having some trouble with school and her grades, umm, kind of went down the hill, so if she brings them back up, she might fly over here in summer. I hope she does better at school and I hope to see her.

So that’s what’s been on my mind today.

Although there is one thing that I’m looking forward to this Christmas (well not really a one thing, but you know what I mean) is that my cousin Daiva will be coming with her boyfriend. Yay!! She lives in CO and they will be driving up. Not sure for 100% tht they will be here, but pretty sure, as they are already planning their trip.

Anyway, thanks to listening to my Saturday night thoughts. Now I’m off to watch some TV and to hang with my hubby. Oh, and have a glass of wine.

weird things

My last post looks so weird. All the writing and letters look weird. I have no idea why it does that. Everything was in black and white when I typed it up, and then I changed the colors to green and red to give more Christmasy look. But the post went all crazy. Oh, well, as long as you can read it I guess.

Fun Christmas Thing

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper, unless there is no way to wrap up the thing.

2. Real tree or artificial? growing up we always had a real tree, then we moved here and we were older so we just got an artificial one. And now that we have kids it’s back to the real one (although it’s probably safer with the artificial one). Love the smell of the real one.

3. When do you put up the tree? about a week before Christmas. Maybe this year we’ll get one sooner.  

4. When do you take the tree down? lol, sometimes we keep it till middle – end of January. But that’s only with the artificial one. The real one, probably about a week or so after New Years.

5. Do you like eggnog? I do, but I’ve only had it a few times.

6. Favorite gift received as a child? The first thing that popped to my head was a bicycle. It was a big, nice, green bicycle. Loved it! I think it’s still at the summer house in Lithuania.

7. Do you have a nativity scene ? no.

8. Hardest person to buy for? It kind of  depends on the year, but usually I have trouble with buying things for teenagers, especially boys. 

9. Easiest person to buy for? my kids!

10. Worst Christmas gift ever? hmm, don’t remember receiving a bad gift. I liked them all!

11. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? Mail, and then sometimes I’ll e-mail too.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? I like all Christmas movies. At the moment is The Polar Express.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? This year I started early and pretty much done!

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? no.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Everything!! I love all the Christmas food! I love these raviolis that my mom makes, there is mushrooms inside and you fry them, yum!

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? It depends what mood I’m in.

17. Favorite Christmas song? I like all of them.

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? When my parents lived here, we always went over there, now we just stay home.

19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer’s? No. They have names?

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Neither, I just come up with random stuff to put on. Last year I hung a bunch of little round ornament on the top and it looked cute! 

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas Eve.

22. What is the most annoying thing about this time of year? hmm… I guess it will be Christmas cards, the ones that don’t say Merry Christmas. Most of the cards now just say Happy Holidays. It’s fine with that, but you literally have to search for a card that will say Merry Christmas. Lets not forget Christmas!

23. What I love most about Christmas? I love all the decorations, Christmas lights, Christmas music, the warm feeling you get inside, the love. I love seeing the kids get excited when they see Santa and they look at him for a few minutes without blinking. I love everything about Christmas! And of course Jesus Christ!

Feel free to do yours and let me know about it. (well, if you want to )