Alrighty, so before we get too far from the holidays to remember all the precious nuggets uttered by our mother during enforced FAMILY TOGETHERNESS, let's just do a little re-cap.
1) As my 9-year-old nephew and 6-year-old niece were playing with their Christmas toys and my father was preparing Christmas dinner, my mother asked them to help set the table. Fine. Excellent. They should help. However, when they failed to respond immediately, she said to them, "Let's not ruin Grampy's nice dinner." WTF?!
2) And let me just add as a side note to the above that she forgot to make the dessert that she's made every year in living memory. She said, "Oh, I forgot that I usually make it. I was waiting for your dad to do it." Mind you, she didn't say to my father, "Dear, are you going to make the trifle?" That way, he could have said, "No, you always make it." Nope. She just waited for him to make it, expecting him to read her mind and discern that this was her expectation. Yay for good spousal communication!
3) When we got to their house for dinner, we waited for awhile for my parents to answer the door. Finally, my sister got out her key and started to unlock the door just as my mom opened it. Startled, my sister jumped and made some sort of exclamation. My mother's reponse? "Oh great. My daughter's scared of me!!" Um, or you startled her?
4) I had asked my parents for money for Christmas since I'm starting back to school in January. I was expecting maybe $50 because I knew they had already bought me some presents. They ended giving me $200! I was quite pleasantly surprised and, since I am inordinately worried about paying for school right now, I became a little emotional. So later, as we were preparing to leave, my mom takes me aside and says, (insert whispered tones of significance here) "Thank you for your appreciation of your gifts". Uh, no problem. I like money.
Merry Christmas 2007!!!!!!!!!!
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