christmas has come again. this year the family is doing something different. we've managed to go to church on our own times this year. danny and i, attended midnight mass at Good Shepherd in Mira Mesa. Its been a long while since the last time that i've been to mass. every year prior to this, i was always one of the members of church sitting in a pew listening to the priest say wow, we have a full house tonite....if only every sunday was like this, but unfortunately the only time we have huge crowds like these are during christmas and easter. as much as i dont want to admit it, i was one of those people this year. i cant promise that next year it'll be different cause i dont like to make promises that i cannot keep. this year was a busy year for me and i never seemed to want to make time for church. not a good thing at all. i grew up going to church, and here i am on my own and have been out of my parents house now for the past 7 and a half years...and i cant seem to get myself together and attend church. its a small sacrifice. an hour once a week, and i failed to do it this year. tis tis on me.
the game plan for today is to head over to moms house and bbq some of my famous ribs. i take pride in them, cause they are scrumptious. my brother ralph is cooking a 12 pound prime rib and dad is cooking some kind of potato dish. last i head it was hash browns, but that cant be right. the pie just finished cooking in my oven and is ready to go over to moms. i'm preparing my ribs for bbqing here before i bring em over. paul will probably bring something over also, not sure what. jim, well, he's lazy and probably wont contribute jack shit but complaints. there's always a scrooge in every family. some where in the mix, we'll exchange gifts so the kids will have some kind of christmas this year. we arent the traditional family when it comes to the holidays. we never have been. my parents dont even have a tree up...its been maybe 10 years now that they dont put up a tree, but at least they have lights up outside.
sometimes i wish we were more traditional with celebrating christmas. i guess i'll have to live that out when i have kids. the whole christmas carols around the fireplace drinking hot cocoa and doctored egg nog. i definitely want to make a big deal about decorating the tree and putting up lights. its hard to now cause its just me and danny. maybe when we get a bigger place we can have a christmas eve party of even just a christmas party so we can have friends over and just enjoy the holidays. i've always wanted to host a christmas party of some sort cause they're always fun. one year it'll happen....
stay tuned for tonites post....maybe it'll happen tomorrow...
