Rocking around the Christmas tree!
Happy Boxing Day!
Merry Christmas!
Happy Chanukah!
Joyful Kwanzaa!
Woke up Christmas day...raining again. The news says that mud slides occurred south of us. I feel for the families who lost someone...of all days. What a way to remember the holidays...
So the Christmas day...Spent most of the morning preparing the meal. The commune does a multicultural potluck, and my mother bakes like a mad woman. She started the hobby when I was a baby and couldn't afford to buy presents. She would bake cookies for the important people in her life. She bakes them for people that buy her artwork, family members, friends, neighbors, and anyone who makes an impact on her life. This year she baked 19,000 cookies (starting on November 2nd). So I helped her finish her baking, and made Pad Thai for 40 people.
At 6pm...the drummers started and the candles were all lit. The gift exchange was done after dinner which was as always, incredible. The Pad Thai was a hit, as was the seafood enchiladas. I wasn't a fan of one of the curries (something unidentifiable and crunchy in it...*shudder*). Mom's cookies, as always, a major win. I have a box of them to take home with me now.
The gift exchange is my favorite part. Michael likes his glass painting, and I got a great abstract painting. Anthony composed a song for someone, and two people gave poetry pieces. One artist made a blank journal, actually making the paper, and binding it.
The children all gather around the adult artists and they open up stations where the kids can make their own artwork. Being a kid at heart, I did a little painting in oil. I'm thinking I may take a few classes next year to improve my technique or lack thereof.
Today being boxing day, I decided I needed to go for a run, and burn of the 50+ cookies I ate the night before. Raining and muddy, I instead helped clean up around the house instead. Spent the rest of the afternoon preparing for the show tonight. I'm a little nervous performing in front of my family (I always get paranoid performing in front of people I know), but I'll manage.
Time to rehearse again.
