Looked like the original post was getting lost under all the interesting pictures. So I’m starting a new one.
But first, some tangential observations. ….
I – Christina, we’re having trouble using your Amazon link. I’m not sure, but it looks like what would happen if you linked to your wish list while logged into your Amazon account. The logged in URL and the general public URL are different .. if you could look into that, that would be great. Thanks!
II – My flight plans are made so now it is totally official. I will be in Texas in December. Whoo-hoo!!!!
I’ll be in for two weeks, flying in Dec 20 and flying out Jan 4. So now we need to have a discussion about the itenerary for that time. From talking with Mom, it sounds like Christmas will work out well. We should probably get on the phone to hash that out. I’m also hoping to work in trips to Dallas and San Antonio. More plans 🙂
OK, back to the post ..
My last post read
…. I’d get rid of the stockings.
The socks are from Santa. ….. it is beginning to feel rather silly to be populating the socks for each other (adults).
And so much money gets poured into the little toys (sometimes very, very expensive little toys). I’d personally rather that all went under the tree. I like the fruits and nuts and candy. But can’t we come up with some other way to give each other canned olives?
I have gotten some tentative agreement on this.
Since we’ll be coming into Austin for Christmas day, does it make sense for you that you three (Chris, Christina, Aleah) will have your Christmas morning for whatever part Santa plays this year .. and then, for the rest of us, stockings are just skipped?
Agree abt the stockings. Last year we didn’t have them. I think stockings are for kids and none of us are kids any more. (Except Aleah 🙂 )
I don’t want to loose them, though… I want to know exactly where they are. 🙂
Fixed the link. Didn’t know it was an issue…
uh guys…did you forget to tell the people who’s house you were planning coming to for Christmas Day anything? Like perhaps you were coming?
It’s ok we’ll figure it out. But geez that was a shocker to wake up o this morning.
I should have said it differently .. should have said “Since we’re hoping to come to Austin..”
Sorry about the shocker. Have so many tentative plans flying around, and I know in my head that they’re all tentative, but it’s easier to talk about ‘the plans’ and I forget to qualify them to everyone who’s not in my head.
Sorry about that.
OK, here’s the tentative thought ….
Kevin’s folks tend to gather & celebrate on Christmas Eve, as I understand yours do. So Monday, we were thinking, could be spent with the Adcock/Traynor households.
Then, over in Azbill world, it seems that when possible, the household with the child should not be forced to travel – so that the child can have Christmas morning traditions set in their own place. So we were thinking that it would be nicer, easier, set the stage for more enjoyable traditions, if we came to Aleah.
Here’s the tentative itenerary – the one in my head, remember, except for the bits about flight times ..
I fly in Thursday the 20th. Spend all time in Rosenberg. Kevin flies in on Sunday the 23rd. I borrow car, pick him up at airport, we go to Sugarland hotel. We spend Sunday & Monday totally with his folks.
Monday night, we swing by Rosenberg, in two cars we drive to Austin, get new hotel. Maybe we quietly come to your house and bring all gifts in quietly so Aleah wakes up to tree with many extra presents. Wouldn’t that be fun?
Tuesday, we have breakfast in hotel (or Dennys or whereever) while you have morning to make Christmas traditions. At some agreed upon time, we come to your house and have Christmas day.
Wednesday, Kevin & Dad go back to Rosenberg; Kevin flies back to CO.
Mom & I may go back with them, may stay and be in your way for longer, may go to Dallas .. that part is where my plans, even the ones in my head, get fuzzy and dependent on the yet-to-be-determined availability and plans of all the folks I’d love to spend time with.
ps … if you read the original post, you’ll see that at that point, I though we were all congregating in Houston .. so you’ll see that I don’t really know where everyone’s going to end up …
Again, sorry for not qualifying what should have been qualifyed .. I’m not making assumptions, I’m not trying to establish plans, I’m just using verbal shortcuts that aren’t warranted ..
Actually it was my suggestion that we might go to Austin for Christmas. I had assumed that we would all be here and then i thought that since you guys have a child you may want to be at home on Christmas day. She is still young, but we always wanted to celebrate Christmas morning at home once we had children, so i thought you might. Ramona and i also talked about that Kevin’s family usually has the main family celebration the day before Christmas, and if i recall, that is the way it is in Christina’s family. So it might work for us to be together Christmas day. If it doesn’t, that is fine… and Christmas day or whenever, i would love to have all here.
I had intended to talk to you about this, of course, but thought we could cover that after Thanksgiving.
Our Thanksgiving plans may have changed, by the way. Found out tonight that Luke’s Dad and Lavania have decided to make reservations at a restaurant at 11AM and expect at to all gather at their house at 10. Upsets me, but there’s not much i can do about it. We will either have to leave your house at 4AM or drive further and spend the night at a hotel. I have no idea what we are going to do. At this point i am just along for the ride.