Thursday, December 3, 2009

Tagged with a meMe! lol

Alrighty....I got tagged from FeliciaE at Living Just Like Grandma! So here is my Christmas meMe and yup I'm going to tag some of you too. lol

1.) Have you started your Christmas shopping?


Heck no!!!

2.) Tell me about one of your special traditions.

We have lots of them so I'll share one from when I was growing up.  Christmas Eve is also my little sisters birthday and my mom always made sure i was special for her.  We would have her special birthay dinner, usually spaghetti, birthay cake and open present. Then we would ring in Christmas Eve by getting dressed up and going to 7:00 services.  Come home, light a fire in the fireplace and gather around the tree.  We got to open one present on Christmas Eve.  Then a friend of my parents would come over every year dressed as Santa. lol  He was still doing it when I was a senior in high school...go figure lol

3.) When do you put up your Tree?
We put up our tree the Sunday after Thanksgiving and yes it's up and lit right now.

4.) Are you a Black Friday shopper?

No waaaaaay, it scares me!

5.) Do you Travel at Christmas or Stay home?
Well not really travel...my sister Wendi and I take turns and we live 45 mins from each other.  This year we are having it at our house and my little brother is coming up from Florida YAY!!

6.) What is your funniest Christmas memory?

My first year of college....we were gathered around the tree on Christmas Eve...firing going...music playing.  It was my turn to open my one present.  My dad hands me a box larger than a shoebox and I looked over at my sister Wendi who had a comical look on her face.  I tore off the paper and untaped the box.  When i lifted the lid, I saw to my horror that she had given me a large purple bong!!!!! OMG I went into panic mode and slammed the lid back down. 

Dad: What is it Tam?

me: Nothing dad...

Dad: Nothing?  What's the matter?  What's in the box.

me: (muttering with my head down) a bong

Wendi breaks into major laughter

Dad: A what? (he's hard of hearing from polio when he was a kid)

me: a bong

Dad: What? A bonk?

me: a bong

Dad: A bonk?

me: a bong dad

Dad: A bonk? What's a bonk?

me: (shouting) IT'S A BONG DAD! A BONG! B...O...N....G

Dad:  Oooh a bong? What exactly is that?

me: (in complete horror and frustration) you smoke pot with it.

Mom: (gasping) (my two other siblings giggling, and  Wendi rolling with laughter)

Dad: Oh..very nice. We'll have to try it out together sometime. (smiling)

me: (mouth gaping open) ummmmm okay dad

Oh my god, I will never forget that present from Wendi as long as I live! I can't believe she put it under the family christmas tree! hahahahaha

7.) What is your favorite Christmas Movie of All time?

I have two....It's a Wonderful Life and Nestor the Long-Eared Donkey

8.)Do you do your own Christmas Baking, what’s your favorite treat?

Yes I do and my favorite is sugar cookie with creme cheese frosting.

9.) Fake or Real Tree?

Went to fake last year...i don't want to deal with the mess and a broken vacum cleaner every year anymore. lol

10.) What day (as a Mom) does the actual panic set in to get it all done?

I don't usually panic until I need to send out boxes. lol

11.) Are you still wrapping presents on Christmas Eve?

Yes I am lol

12.) What is your favorite family fun time at Christmas?
 
The anticipation with the kids before we get to open presents. lol

13.) What Christmas craft do you like the best?
 
Making homemade ornaments.
 
14.) Christmas music. Yes or No, and if yes What is your favorite song?
 
Definitely!! Too many to list, but i love Merry Christmas Darling by The Carpenters and The Christmas Shoes by Kenny Chesney.

15.) When do you plan to finish all your shopping?

The day before christmas. lol

We would love for any blogger to participate in this meme, even if you haven’t been tagged yet. Heather will go back and add your blog link to the list if you wanna play along.

Just simply copy and paste the questions into your blog, and then answer them.

Then tag 5 or more of your favorite blogs, and leave them a comment telling them they’ve been tagged.

When you post your blog, please spread some Christmas cheer, and leave a link back to JaelCustomDesigns.com

OKAY LADIES, I'm tagging you!! And I'm only tagging 5 because we have a showing in 30 mins and I'm so not ready.  If anyone else wants to do this, I'd love it and let me know so I can come see your answers. :)

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9 comments:

Foursons said...

Wow- thanks for tagging! I'm gonna try to get to this on the weekend. :)

And the bong present is HILARIOUS! Did you light up with Dad before you went back to school? hahahaha

Joey Lynn Resciniti said...

Hey a bong is a Christmas present that keeps on giving. (I definitely don't know that from experience. I mostly get socks for Christmas.)

Kimi said...

Oh I would have died! Don't you just love sisters. Great Meme

Liz Mays said...

I can't believe she did that! Did you use it and do you still have it?

I like making homemade ornaments too!

Amy said...

I will so do this very soon. I love this. What a gift your Sister gave you. That is pretty funny... I love getting a real Christmas tree. But I will not say anymore because I will be playing along..

Menopausal New Mom said...

Thanks for tagging me, this looks like fun! I'll try to have it up for Saturday!

Mrs. M said...

Fun! :)

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Amy said...

I did my tag today... Then added it to the link...

http://keepingupwiththeschultzfamily.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-meme-1.html