Can You Hear Me Now?

Christmas continued at my mom’s house with my Stepdad. It was very peaceful! No cats running amuck and tearing up the hall. We decided to open all our gifts on Christmas Eve, because it’s so nice to do it by the light of the tree and candles. And the fireplace DVD I gave my mom and Bob that turns your TV into a fireplace… I need to get one of those now, it is seriously relaxing.

So after we ate chili and cornbread, we got a glass of wine and opened presents. Of course, I had already received my BIG present of the digital camera, but I still had lots to open. My stocking filled with my favourite shower gels and lotions and magazines, the Spin Spa I had been begging for, a cordless kettle, a coat rack (for the corner of my bedroom because I’m not so good at hanging up clothes) and a couple pairs of casual pants and tops. I gave my mom a couple sweaters and Nora Ephron’s book she had been wanting, and my Stepdad got pants and tops from me. My mom and Bob gave each other some really nice things. My mom got a snuggly that I am now DYING for myself!!

Must.Have.Avon.Snuggly.

Anyway, we all went to bed fairly early because we are party animals.

Christmas morning we slept in and then Bob made us a big breakfast, with the fluffiest omelet known to mankind, wheat free pancakes and bacon. He even brewed me up some French Vanilla flavoured coffee. I spent a good portion of the day snuggled up in my mom’s La-Z-Boy by the TV fireplace, reading. None of us are in the greatest of health, so going for a walk or a drive just isn’t something we could do. We had a nice supper, and mom made this delicious apple crisp without any wheat or sugar for dessert. I mostly stuck to my food regimen… I did have a couple raisin cookies and some candy-coated nuts, which I paid for in dizzy spells and tiredness.

So that was Christmas, in a nutshell! I know, my family is so exciting. Hope you all had a good one!

Today I made up a big list of 101 things I want to do within 1001 days. I made it a permanent page in this blog so I can keep track and read it every day. They say if you write down your goals and read it often, you have a better chance of achieving them. Anyway, I grouped them into categories, but other than that they are in no particular order. You can read it RIGHT HERE (or the link is at the bottom of my categories in the side bar).

I was flipping channels earlier, and stopped for a moment on an interview with Ralph Klein. For those of you that aren’t from around here, he was the Premier of Alberta forever (Mayor of Calgary before that, forever) and retired last week or something. Anyway, the interviewer asked him about his thoughts on same sex marriage, and he responded that he does not believe in it. That the Institution of Marriage should be between a man and a woman. That “The Institution of Marriage is sacred, and should only be between a man and a woman” and I almost spit out my latte. SACRED?? Don’t go telling me that same sex marriage shouldn’t be allowed because marriage is sacred. You can have two people of the same sex, who have been in a committed relationship for 20 years, and you don’t think they should be married, but you will allow a drunken couple to get married on a whim one weekend while in Vegas, and then get divorced when they come home? (I’m looking at you, Britney). You allow young people who don’t know any better to marry and start pumping out babies, just to get divorced 2 years later and leave the kids at home while they go out and party (I’m looking at you, Britney), yet the boring same sex couple who stay at home to raise their adopted babies and take their roles as partners and parents seriously, aren’t allowed to? You allow people to marry and divorce 6, 7, 8 or more times? You will allow a man to marry a woman and turn her into his property, controlling her, not allowing her freedom to visit her friends or family or go to work, yet you won’t let that same sex couple who respect, value and cherish each other completely to marry? Enough straight people have already made a mockery of marriage and that “sacred” union with all their affairs and dumb decisions (I’m looking at you, most celebrities, and that woman-I-know-and-don’t-like who has been dating a married man for years) so why can’t gay people? It’s ridiculous.

At this point Gay Marriage is legal in this country, but it seems to be a never ending issue. Many politicians still want that law retracted, and I just don’t get it. No one should be telling anyone who they can or can’t love and be with. (Unless that person is already with someone else, then HANDS OFF!) Just my two cents.

When can kitties get married?