I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
My Christmas was lovely! Christmas Eve day was spent with Robert. We just putzed around the Donnavilla. I wanted to go to Walmart but he told me I was insane wanting to visit a retail establishment. He said we would be killed by the crush of the crowd. Rob is so wise. In the later afternoon, Rob went to his friend’s Tom’s house for Christmas Eve dinner. I went home with Lisa to Mom and Dad’s house. Mom and Dad ate a late lunch and so rather than having the normal Italian/Carpatho-Rusnak mixed salad of dishes, we opted for just the Italian portion. That means we ate smelts and Aglio Olio. The mushroom soup and pierogies were saved for Christmas day. At 6:30 we left for evening mass. During Mirovanije, the priest was like, “It must be Christmas, that’s why you guys are here! See you on Easter!”
When I got home, Robert was waiting for me and he said, “Why is your forehead all shiny?”
“The priest anointed me with oil”
“Did he also have you kiss a rattlesnake?”
I forgave his comment and said we should open our gifts to each other. We lit a duraflame log in the parlor’s fireplace and exchanged gifts. Rob was ecstatic over the Rowdy Roddy Piper HOT ROD! T-shirt I got him. He also liked the Season 1 and 2 Ultraman DVD boxset, nose hair trimmer, and Rice Cooker. In a crazy coincidence, Rob also got me a rice cooker! His rice cooker is much nicer than the one I got him. He got me a counter top appliance while the one I got him was for the microwave. In addition to the rice cooker, Rob gave me body lotion, sea scrub, and a mint candle. He also got me two little figurines of Superman and Wonderwoman and a new office chair. The office is chair is something I really have needed for a long time. My old one is falling apart. The one arm rest is missing and the chair leans all the way back until you have no choice but to tumble out of it.
The next day we went to my parents’ house for Christmas supper. The house was hopping when we got there. Barbara and Barbara were there and Pat from next door came by for a quick visit. Rob sat and watched basketball with my father while I helped my mom prepare the meal. Afterward Rob told me my dad has a great idea to make basketball more interesting. He said they should install a permanent trampoline to the side of the basket-area and the players can jump on it to dunk the ball, etc. Sounds like a good idea to me too. Dinner was roast beef, ham, pierogies, sweet potato casserole (with marshmallows!), mixed veggies and mashed potatoes. We opened gifts after dinner. My mom got Rob a signed Eagles Trivia Book and DVD. Lisa finally got the laptop that she’s been needing. I got a back massager that fits over my office chair (good thing Rob got me an office chair!). Gosh, I made out like a bandit! As we wrapped up, I noticed the time was getting very close to 5:00. Rob and I left for the Donnavilla so he could watch the Eagles.
Apparently last night’s game was special because the Eagles don’t usually play on Christmas Day and they were playing their arch nemesis team, the Cowboys. I watched the game with Rob and I really tried to pretend like I understood what was going on. At one point I said, “THEY GOT A HOME RUN!”
“No Donna, a touchdown, they got a touchdown.”
It didn’t really matter, the Eagles won and Rob was very happy. Christmas was wonderful and all was right for the moment.
I like the idea of a basketball goal that raises and lowers itself random-like.
We had sweet potato with marshmallows, too! Imagine the odds of that happening?!
Happy Boxing Day and Happy New Year!
No one has ever loved me enough to give me a nose hair clipper.
The idea for the nose hair clipper came to me when we were sitting in Rob’s car, in a church parking lot, right before his niece’s wedding. Rob was using the rearview mirror and his swiss army knife to gut the forrest of hair growing in his nostrils. At that moment I realized he needed me to provide him with an implement to assist him with this daunting task. Luckily Christmas was right around the corner!
🙂