EEEK! Can you believe that Christmas is in 8 days??? My
craft-tastic desk has been disheveled for well over 2 months (ok ……..ok ….if you ask the hubster It’s been
this way from the day he built it) and I think I have burned all my
fingertips off in the process!! But I added 6 new holiday candy dishes this
year with all the ideas swirling around in my head, it could have been more (but the hubs would probably have divorced me
so I better not push my luck)!! Ha - it’s been fun! Pretty sure at some
point the hubster will either change the locks or go on strike from being my
master spray painter!! Maybe…………….just maybe he will re-instate my spray
painting privileges……..but I am pretty sure that I have a better chance of pigs
flying before that ever happens! I don’t know something about, getting spray paint
on the car, garbage can, the house, the dog ….the ………..well everything other
than what I am actually spraying!
The Prince and I did some Black Friday Shopping, we left the
house at 12:30am and retuned at 3:30am. We had a blast, went to a few stores,
he may or may not have whacked an old lady in the back of the head with a comforter
set on accident, which usually would have derailed our day - but he just moved right
past it, thankfully so did the lady!!!
The Prince wanted to make sure that anytime I am out at that hour, I
needed to make sure he was with me……. For my own protection…..from all the
hoodlums out at that hour. I assured him that this was not an everyday thing
that stores were open all hours of the night and neither were all these people!
“S” his new friend, that’s just like him, has been a God
send for us all!! They went to Orlando last month for the day to Mega Com, with
good ol’ Uncle B, he is convinced they communicate telepathically!! And then
the hubster had to travel over and pick them up that evening, he also confirmed
it was the “quietest car ride ever”! So maybe that’s the reason the Prince had
2200 text messages last month, or at least 2197 of those were to her, the rest
could have been to me and the hubster!
“S” has had tough times in her young life but she has
overcome so many obstacles and she is an amazing young girl and a great friend
to the Prince! So sweet, and caring and thinks that she is at that school just
so she can help the Prince overcome some of his anxiety’s and issues! “S” even convinced
him he needed to get a haircut ………. WTH?? Really?? Can she come over and tell
you to also clean your room, do your homework and the other million things I
ask him to do? Now don’t go all crazy thinking you could actually TELL he got a
haircut ……but he did get a trim ……… a very small trim, but its baby steps!!
So this year as we are thinking about Christmas (did I
mention it’s in 8 days) the Prince told us he wanted to get “S” a computer,
that’s all she wants for Christmas and that’s what I want to get for her. Over
and over again this has been his plea that this is what HE wants for Christmas,
is to be able to get this for her. She has had tough times, and this is all she
wanted and he told her that’s what he was getting her. WHAT??? I was flabbergasted
that a 14 year old would even think to say something like this, much less
promise someone this is what he was going to get her, but yep …. That’s my gem ….and
that’s what he did!
We’ve had long talks about how things are, and how much
money that would cost and why we couldn’t possibly do that. But the Prince was persistent
and told us this would be HIS Christmas present, that we wouldn’t need to get
him anything, not one single thing, this is what he wanted and it’s the only
thing he wanted. We explained that “S” wouldn’t be able to get him a present like
this is return, and he replied “ I already have a computer, I don’t want
anything but to get her one of her own, she’s my friend and she deserves it”.
Taking a step back, looking at the big picture and seeing
what a positive effect she has made in his progress, I would almost op to buy
her a friggen brand new car …..if I had unlimited
funds of course!!! So last weekend the most amazing thing happened, Mama Pepper called to say that Pop Pop Pepper wanted to take the Prince
and go pick out a computer for him to give to “S” for her Christmas present! The
Prince of course would have picked out a $10,000 top of the line laptop with
all the bells and whistles, but he was very happy with the laptop that they
picked out for her! He is over the moon to be able to do this, and I am so
proud at how mature he is being! I mean really if you think stop and think
about it …….I don’t know many grown ass adults that would give up getting a
present just so their friend could get
something they really wanted.
So while the Prince is super excited and has his wrapping
paper all picked out, from our Black Friday shopping trip ( I couldn’t figure
out why he picked out wrapping paper with owls on it……….and then told me I wasn’t
allowed to wrap anything with it, that
he needed it ……..….humm I know now that our little friend likes “owls” ) J It should be interesting
to see how this gift giving goes, considering he bought her an anima hairclip
in September for her birthday …………and the Prince still has it in his binder and
now uses it for decoration!! Last week at the craft fair, he picked out an owl
bookmark – (that’s when I put two and two
together about the owl wrapping paper) but at the Christmas show last week
he had it in his pocket, they sat and next to each other texting …… and I
nudged him about the bookmark …..he just sat there ……….and I did what any
mother would do …….whipped it outta his pocket with a big grin on my face
handed it to “S” and said ….”Here you go
honey, we saw this at the craft fair and thought of you”!!!
Did the Prince turn 42 shades of red and give me a wide eye
roll …you bet our sweet- ass he did!! But that’s what moms do! And apparently
from my conversations with the Prince I am “annoying”,
“ he can’t believe that we could be
related” “ he just doesn’t have the energy to DEAL with my annoying-ness in the mornings because he is to tired in the
mornings” so I’d say ….I am right on track! Pretty sure my Mother of the Year Award is on it’s way!
And for that matter so is my Wife of the
Year Award as I sat through a Christmas Musical last night …….. (if you know me …you know I am not a fan of Christmas
Music ….its okay for an 30 minutes …. Maybe … on Christmas morning….) and tonight’s
date night is the prescreening of Star Wars......
I look forward to the New Year and what new things it will
bring both big and small milestones and new adventures for me, the Prince and
the Hubster! Bring it on ~ We’ve got this 2016!
