merry christmas to all

hope everyone is having a wonderful christmas, full of family time, good food, and holiday cheer. i am loving being home in san antonio. i sure do love this place. haven't really gotten to write since i've been home - things have been crazy!!

i will have to do a brief recap (i'll try to keep it brief)

saturday, dec 20 - left LGA at the butt crack of dawn. flight is delayed. land in chicago. RUN from terminal to terminal trying to catch my connecting flight (i had 10 minutes). get to the gate just in time to see 'flight closed' and see the plane still sitting there. burst into tears. call the mom. miraculously catch a standby flight at noon (the flight was overbooked and i was at the bottom of the standby list, some random girl (or angel) told me the flight switched gates...we run to the other terminal, and make it JUST in time to catch the flight. about 1/3 of the people didnt make it. pretty awesome for me, huh?) jon picks me up from the airport. its hot. and i have to change out of my boots. go to marthas for mexican and margs. hang out at the tophill house. then come home to see teh family, slaving away preparing for lindseys grad party. love love, kiss kiss, hug hug. then do what i can to help out.

sunday. LINDSEYS grad party! wow. my sister graduated!! and i am so sad i had ot miss it. but the party was so much fun. had a great time with my family and friends and all that came to celebrate with us. ended the evening by seeing 'yes man' at the theatre with my cousins bradley and nolan. cousins spend the night. snuggle in my bed watching tv with the boys then head to lindseys room before i pass out from such a long day.

monday. eye appointment. i got some contacts! and my dr said i can wear them SPARINGLY. which means my eyes are getting better. which is awesome. and i got a new glasses rx - so i can replace these scratched ones i have. neat. go to my nephews bball game at reagan (weird that its been so long since we went there). brandon comes with. reminisce about his glory days (LOL) playing reagan bball. hang out at brans. ashley picks me up. meet jaci, dru and vogl at copa wine bar. realize my mom and our waiter are like bff because she comes there all the time. intersting. me, dru and vogl head to sherlocks. see b-wester who is bartending. hang out with kyle, steven and sean. go to jims. fall asleep in the booth. dru drops me at home.

tuesday. work a hanukkah party with brandon at this cool, contemporary house. make a $100 tip [[which was all spent on christmas gifts and an outfit for christmas eve...]]. the owner of the house makes me a killer dirty martini that i enjoy while finishing up the dishes and packing the leftovers. stop by jons to see him. watch the end of the tcu vs boise state - poinsetta bowl - cheer for the frogs who won. jon falls asleep bc he is exhausted from starting work. i leave. eat food. meet brandon, watch jeopardy. go pick mo up at the airport. come home, pass out.

wednesday. [[christmas eve day]] run last minute errands with the lindsey. come home. get ready for church. get to church early. save seats for osborns. photoshoot after mass with the osborns. go to auntie lindas. dinner with the fam. hang out.check out the bro's new hummer. go into maternal mode and scold the little cousins for misbehaving. lecture on respecting eachother and respecting the space. have them to do a 're-do' bc they started the night off with bad behavior [slip in the fact that santa is still watching]. mo and brandon come by. drink wine and firefly that brandon got me and mo. open presents. got some more lolita from uncle ed! help clean up. go home. go to bed.

thursday. sleep in. open presents with the fam [[new citizens. tiffanys charm. boots. cross. comm arts subscription. cute hat from urban. funky gloves. peace sign scarf (for the 50th reunion, lol. i like it) sweet henri bendel candle from b&bw. girls just wanna have fun on dvd & a gift certificate for a spa pedicure from the sister]]. eat breakfast. shower. drink margs. watch 'august rush' with the mom and the sister. hang out.

waiting for the osborns to come by. waiting for jon to get back in town from blanco! bc things have been crazy busy and we we havent hung out nearly enough since i've been home. tomorrow is the regulator christmas party! i am stoked. it will be great to see people and catch up. alright. so that is the run down of what i've been doing.

other than that - been enjoying the warm weather in sa. the fact that i didnt have to wear a jacket on christmas eve. the fact that our front door and back door are open righ tnow and i am loving the breeze. moving onto wine. still lounging around. ahhh. life is good.

xo