It's that time of year again. As I have shared before; all my kids are grown. This year there is a second grandchild.
For the first time since my children were born; we won't all be together this year for Christmas. However, we have actually just postponed our family Christmas. Basically, the pediatrician doesn't want the baby exposed to a lot of people until after her immunizations which are the first week of January. So we decided to just have a late Christmas.
My favorite thing is Christmas with all my kids, and their families, together. I love nothing more than just hanging out with them and taking in the fun they have being together.
In the meantime, I suffered a heart attack last month and I'm doing "cardiac rehab" three times a week. So the delayed trip out of town is actually working for me as well. Cardiac rehab is basically exercising while wearing a heart monitor; BP and oxygen checked also.
I've spent months making Christmas stockings for everyone and I'm looking forward to sharing them with everyone. I will have to make an additional one for next year. My daughter is pregnant again.
For the first time in a half dozen years I put up a large Christmas tree. We haven't had Christmas at my house so I had purchased a small tree when we lived in a very small place. I have been only putting up that tree for years now since I was gone Christmas anyway. Last year I had donated the narrow six foot tree I had and planned to get a new one this year. I got a very nice seven+ foot tree that fits in my house well. I have had a multitude of decorations that included some that were my parents' and grandparents'. This is the first time I've been able to use them all. We still aren't having everyone here for Christmas but I wanted to decorate anyway.
I've been working on getting my house really settled in. I've been here two years but this is the first time in almost a decade I've been able to really get to the bottom of the "stuff" and get it sorted out, disposed of, reorganized. I love my house and I love getting it settled in. I am hoping that in the future my kids will come visit more often.
Merry Christmas to Everyone. May 2017 be a great year.
