I got a lovely day with family with my ex-in-laws on Saturday. Truly enjoyed every minute of it. They gave me a lovely blue down-filled vest.
Sunday, the brooms came to our house. Once again, I utilized the wrong meaning of "hosting" the family Christmas..stupid me. She has always had cold ham sandwiches for her Christmas meal. And dummy me, I fixed a meal that wasn't what the broom had in mind. I wanted hot ham, husband wanted hot ham, she asked what the menu would be, and we told her we're having baked ham - hot, fresh baked, glazed ham, with hot sides. She brough 2 coolers full of cold sides and fixings to make sandwiches out of our hot ham. (and she made sandwiches) Why do I bother? But I had my hot ham.
I got bracelets from cgfg and a necklace and earrings from Wee. And money for my camper part from the brooms. difficult child 1 wrecked his car so his gifts will be late (he's fine, but he didn't make it to the post office) and easy child 1 has been at his to-be-in-law's for Christmas, so we will have Christmas with them when they get home.
I feel bad for feeling bad, but I didn't get anything from husband. The part that stung was that he said he "didn't make it to town". Guess he was just "too busy". Things had been going better, but that was a large setback. Glad I took the kids shopping or I wouldn't have gotten anything from them, and that devastates them more than me. :-(
I did get a super nice gift from above, though. The swelling in my ankle that we had decided was probably permanent went down Monday. Its back...but maybe there's hope for a normal sized ankle somewhere in the future.