Things to Remember from this Holiday Season

• The airplane zig-zagging down the runway in 40-knot winds.
• Popping three Dramamine and thinking that I was going to die.
• Standing in line at the bakery for a Christmas Kringle. For 45 minutes. At 8am. In the misty fog.
• Watching my giddy niece get ready for a date.
• Chatting with our best friends and East-coast family on Christmas morning.
• Homemade, vegetable lasagna with bechamel sauce and crusty sourdough bread.
• Dad laughing outloud because I bought him a book on Neo-Conservatism.
• Sobbing in the movie theater while watching The Family Stone.
• Hoarding the muscle relaxants.
• Husband shopping on Christmas Eve for 2 hours.
• Noshing on Crab Louie at Duke's overlooking the Pacific ocean.
• Wrapping my sister's new I-Mac G5 (for my brother-in-law.)
• Unwrapping my 2006 Yiddish phrase a day calendar.
• Brother-in-law agreeing to consider carrying my jewelry on his clothing line label in Hawaii.
• Barbequed steak and salmon with baked potatoes and salad.
• Spooning Husband in the tiny, double bed.
• Explaining the real reason why I chose not to go to Christmas dinner with the clan.
• A $200.00 check from Dad...which was spent on the Coldwater Creek 50% off sale.
• Husband wearing his Denver Bronco suede jacket with pride at the airport.
• Listening to the happy cries of our cats when we walked through the door.
• Gobbling down swiss-mushroom burgers and sleeping in our own bed.
  
  Ahhh, yes. Gut yontev.