I must admit that I was a little worried about Christmas this year in the Hunt House. It seemed nothing had been going my way for a while, and it wasn't looking like things were going to change. My sister called me Thursday morning in tears. Without going into details and boring everyone, let's just say that emotions were running high in our house and there was a lack of full disclosure of information to my sister. With Christmas Eve Day starting this way I just knew it was bound to take a turn for the worse. But . . . I was wrong. This was one of the best Christmas' I can remember. Everything went perfect! I got to spend the day with my parents, sister, and both grandmothers. Everyone was in great spirits. We ate some yummy food (including a layer cake I made after screwing one up big time the previous weekend - see picture)! It was a White Christmas which is very rare here in Dallas.
I must say that my favorite present this year was being able to spend this time with my grandmothers. We have always spent Christmas with Granny (paternal grandmother) as she lives in Ft. Worth, but this year we moved Grandma (maternal grandmother) to Dallas which meant she got to spend the holidays with us. I am realizing that the time I get to spend with them is very important. They are both in pretty good health for their age, but it scares me to think that they won’t be around forever. Both have very different personalities and come from different backgrounds, but they are the ones who raised my parents to become the amazing people I know today. I know I got a lot of my outgoing personality from my Grandma who I don’t think ever met a stranger. And my knack for numbers comes from my Granny who always reminds me that when she did payroll by hand at the Swift factory she got it within the penny (which for all you auditors is immaterial). Who knows what I would be like if it wasn’t for these two incredible ladies in my life.
I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! (I know I did.)
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