Happy New Year

Well, 2008 has come and gone.  There have been some ups and downs, but overall, I think it was a pretty good year.  I have a lot to be thankful for- my brother overcame his drug problem, my hubby and I were successful in creating a life, my best friend gave birth to a healthy and handsome little man, my niece is growing like a stink weed (and gets cuter everyday).. I could go on and on.  Here's to a positive outlook for 2009!

And now for a quick recap-  Thanksgiving was a slight nightmare.  I held it here for the first and last time ever.  It was way too overwhelming for my little house.  I simply do not have the room to host holidays like that.  Having friends over is different, they don't care if they have to eat off their laps sitting on the living room floor.  That doesn't jive with family.  Also, having everyone "bring something" doesn't work either, because not everyone brings their "something" hot.  I only have one oven.  I can't keep 6 trays of food hot.  So, everything was luke warm/verging on the side of cold.  I was on my feet the whole time, which resulting in terrible back pains by the end of the day.  Needless to say, I was miserable.  I'm not hosting Thanksgiving ever again.

The Christmas festivities went much better.  Friend's Christmas was held on the 20th here.  It was small this year, Lenny had the stomach flu, Ang and Ryan were with his family and Chris and Danielle had other plans.  I made spaghetti- which is nice and easy- it doesn't require multiple trays! LOL  After dinner we made cookies and played with Mason.  It was a quiet night.  Christmas Eve we spent with Sal's parents at Luigi's in Lakehurst.  Another quiet evening, had dinner, came home.  Just the way I like it!  I did host Christmas morning breakfast though- did ALL the cooking myself!!  And know what?  It was perfect!  The food was hot and delicious!  We opened gifts, ate, chatted, played with Aly and everyone was gone by noon.  It was a great day.

Last night, New Year's Eve, was supposed to be spent with Ron, Steph, Lenny, etc... HOWEVER, I ran into an issue that I just couldn't get past.  We were getting ready to go to the Sledzik's, so I hopped in the shower.  I put my leg up to shave and saw it... FLINTSTONE FEET!  My feet and ankles were swollen beyond recognition.  If you know me, spent any time with me at all, you know I have boney ankles and feet.  I screamed for Sal to come see and then proceeded to sob like a baby.  I made him call Steph and Ron and tell them we were coming, there was NO WAY I was letting anyone else see this.  I put on my pjs at 7 pm, got in bed, propped my feet up with ice packs and that's where I stayed.  So much for a fun NYE out, so much for the cute outfit I had picked out, so much for a good time with friends.  I was asleep by 8:30 (due to exhaustion for the extensive crying I did).  What a miserable night.  I know it's due to pregnancy, I'm not ignorant to that fact, but SERIOUSLY?!  I've had every other issue, why couldn't I be spared this one?!  WHY?!  In fact, they are still a little swollen this morning.. better but not normal.  And now, we're getting on a plane tomorrow- great.  More swollen feet.  

Oy.