The Queen's Rambles

I hope the past few days have been filled with love, laughter and kindness.

We’ve had a lot of all three, though kindness certainly doesn’t come easy for me these days. I’m way too much of a grouch.

Mike scored big time in the gift giving department this year. We’re going to the George Strait/Reba concert in January!!!

The funny thing is, he had to tell me to keep Jan 22 open last week when I was looking at my calendar for the month. I immediately began to ask what we were doing and my first suggestion was going to the concert. I didn’t even know if the concert was happening on that date and I sure as hell didn’t believe that he would actually A) know about it and B) get tickets. He is not a country fan.

I also got a ring, a couple of movies and a couple of books. And George Strait’s latest CD. Whoo-hoo! I scored big time.

I’m not sure Mike was so lucky. He got a really nice framed photo of some stars. I got it at a local art festival. It was really hard to pick because I knew something outer-spacey would be cool, but I have no idea what constellations Mike likes best. Do you know your significant other’s favorite constellation?

Erik got a bunch of toys, none worth writing about. His favorite gift? This weird penguin game that he picked out for Mike. Poor Mike. I let Erik pick out presents for Mike. He liked all kinds of stuffed animals and toys, but I limited him to a couple of games that could be for the whole family. He was not too impressed with his big gift of building panels, which makes me sad. I was sure it would be a hit. I know nothing.

We had a really good afternoon with our friends. The boys fought a little, but after we got some food in them they did a lot better. What else to say? Nothing much.

Erik has been so excited about Christmas that he ended up stripping naked during Christmas Eve dinner and throwing his shirt in my food. Nothing like a major time out and a mommy temper tantrum to spread the Christmas joy.

Second before total meltdown.

Anyway, I hope you all have a good week. Not sure how much internet access I will have while I’m gone. I’m not taking my laptop since I don’t want to fry it with the 220 voltage, even though we have plug converter things. Even if I took it, I doubt there are any neighborly wireless waves floating around the farm. That would require neighbors.

Question for those in the know: How did Buddy the Elf end up at the North Pole? I’ve seen snippets of this movie a million times, but have never seen the whole thing.

Now we are just running all our laundry in anticipation of our trip tomorrow. We leave for Sweden! Eeeeek! I am so not ready for this. I am also coming down with cold, which is just fabulous for travelling.