That would be incredibly foolish. I am buying a handful of gifts, only for those who I actually see on Christmas day. Christmas isn't about the gifts, anyway. It’s about time spent, love, appreciation, and joy. Not money or material things. It took me all these years to realize thatand it wasn't without some struggle, unfortunately. I used to get so frustrated around this time of year, trying to get folks to act right, trying to please everyone and satisfy their impossible expectations of me. Ugh. I used to half-way joke around, saying “I’m not John D. Rockefeller!” but really I’m not. And I’m certainly showing it this year (as I did last year when I split and went to Hawaii). I’m finally almost out of debt and I didn't come this far just to muck it all up over a bunch of meaningless gifts that won’t be appreciated anyway. I don’t expect to see but two family members aside from my son on Christmas day, anyway, and they’re who I’m buying for. Oh, and the baby, of course, but I’m taking her gift to her. She’s still innocent.
My Christmas will be peaceful. My mom and step dad will come over on Christmas Eve to spend the night. We’ll stay up watching movies with blankets while eating sweets and drinking cocoa. I will cook a big breakfast on Christmas morning, get dressed, open presents, and then relax until my folks leave for the casino (yes, my mother goes gambling every year after she drives around to people’s houses playing Santa Claus). Later that night, I’ll fix dinner and plan/prepare for the New Year while my son is away with his dad. I usually write my ‘Power of Intention’ list around my birthday in January but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to start it a little earlier this year, here’s a loose list of what I’m planning for 2011:
· Travel to
· Get my groove back
· Write a business plan
· Continue my labor of love so that I can finally birth this elephant by 2013 (can’t go into details, don’t want to jinx it)
· Paint my kitchen cabinets and/or remodel it, if I can afford to
· Mark at least 3 items off my bucket list
· Volunteer, donate, recycle, pay it forward
· Shoot for the stars
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