Mr. Love has wanted me to play a song for him for as long as I've known him. I decided that his Christmas present would be that I would play a few Christmas carols for him. I started practicing about a month ago, but it was hard since he had to be out of the house for me to practice.
Christmas morning came, and there was a present for me under the tree but nothing for Mr. Love. It was driving him crazy. I'll let you in on a secret ...... he's one of those people who can't stand it if there's a present for him. He will drive himself crazy about it and will be tempted every day to secretly unwrap it just to see what it is. So, to not even have a present was REALLY bugging him.
I made him sit upstairs, and I set up in the basement. I called him down, and he was so confused. He couldn't figure out how I had his present in the basement but he'd never noticed it. I had the fireplace going and a comfy chair set up for him. I played four songs. I sounded like a 4th grader at her first recital, but I made it through all right. He loved it. It was so sweet. He was so genuinely touched that I did that for him.
Then we headed upstairs for me to open my present. He took a bunch of our beach pictures from cruises and other vacations and made them into a really cool screen saver. The water in each picture actually moves, there are water sound effects, and he even added Jimmy Buffett music! It was such a thoughtful, fun gift! I had him load it on my lap top right away so I could see it. My Mr. Love sure is talented!
Then we got started with our day, and he made sweet potato casserole to take to my family's dinner.
We went to my sister and brother-in-law's house in Linden, and I have to say, it was a fantastic Christmas day together. Of course we had a ton of food and ate way too much, and then we broke out a Bingo game and played some cut throat Bingo. Check out the cute caller..... what a looker!
We ended the day by taking a million family pictures.
After we left my sister's house, we stopped by my parent's house for a little, and then we were on the road again. We finished our day by stopping in at our friends Doug and Cara's house, and our other friends Cindy and Laura were also there. I don't know what it is about that house, but every single time we go there, we end up laughing until we can't even breath. Christmas night was no exception. Mr. Love was in rare form, and it seemed like everything he said came out funny. We were all about sick from laughing by the time we left.
We got home a little after 10:00, and Cloe was ready to kill us because she hadn't had supper yet. He unloaded the car and fed the dogs, and then we decided to hunker in and watch a little TV together. He came into the TV room where I was sitting, and he took my face in his hands. He kissed me and then said, "Thank you for the best Christmas Day I've ever had, Mrs. Love."
What a perfect ending to a great day. I'm one lucky lady, for sure.
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