Couch 105-The couch with no issues.

We've been blessed with rain and very hot temps. Santa might be wearing his swim trunks when he gets around here.

Just thankful for my Couchies tonight. The gimmes and the fighting all fade into the background when I'm on The Couch.

i will not read my sons stuff on face book and see how they are celebrating christmas eve
IT HURTS I NEED ALCOHOL

Granite, our sons grow up and grow out into their own lives. As hard as it is to be away from them, remember it is about them finding themselves and not about them losing us. I hope you can find a way to celebrate and enjoy the day with your husband, creating new traditions and memories. Best of wishes to you.

I am totally at the "**** it, I'm getting drunk" stage of Christmas. Hahahaha. There was something I was going to say, but I already forget what it was.

I am at the blank it, im goin ta bed phase of xmas eve. I spent the day going thru historical parental papers looking for something (no not a cookie recipe!) for another cousin. Found something, hope it helps. Im afraid im losing momentum. Tomorrow is another day. I know what tasks im gonna start with, so that should help get me going.

It's Christmas Eve and I'm 3000 miles from my family. But PC people, Merry Christmas!

Granite, I hope you find something fun to do. Hope the hurting stops.

To anyone feeling alone at Xmas, I'm here!!!

Same here! I briefly considered turning on the AC tonight.

Also thankful for the Couchies

Survived Christmas Eve with the in-laws! (Beer may have helped a little...) Now just have to get through Christmas Day with my side of the family...Which I'm sure will be fine, but as an introvert with anxiety (and currently depression), it's just a lot of stuff to get through in a short amount of time...

It's Christmas Eve and I feel... disappointed.

And then I feel silly about being disappointed. I don't know... I was trying to suss out why I felt this way. I mean, it's been a difficult month what with my husband having his grandmother pass. Then my parents were due to come but had a sudden health issue so, while things are now on the mend, they are not here.

It's like those two things make minor irritations feel like massive disappointments. I'm like, "This shouldn't feel like a big deal!"

And then I stuff it down and pretend like it's not bothering me but IT IS BOTHERING ME but it's not something that warrants me sitting other people down and being like, "Let's talk about this..." It's like I have to find a way to feel my disappointment on a spectrum somewhere.

I promise I'm sober :-/

Just got back from Christmas dinner. Drinks, presents, main course, but when my xenophobic bother-in-law started speaking in favour of Donald Trump, I knew it was time to leave.

I keep hearing about these people who support Donald Trump but I have not met one in the wild yet O.O

The man is like a walking YouTube comment.

Well, Christmas Eve is coming to a close in an hour and fifteen minutes. It's been a pretty good day and evening. Tomorrow is Christmas Day with my mom's family. Hopefully my uncle comes late and I can come eat and whatnot then leave before he gets there. Then again, maybe I can make it about grandma the special time we will be spending together as well as seeing the rest of the family. Focus on grandma and the rest of the family(excluding uncle) and maybe I can get through it even if he is there. We'll see.

The little is finally asleep and the oldest went all out this year. There are "magic snow" footprints in there (made from baking soda and sprinkled with glitter) and a note next to the cookies (more glitter) and I heard a rumor that there might even be glitter in the milk!

I'm still needing to water marble the mugs for my sister and line the baskets. Procrastination is not my friend! Good night couchies.

I survived another christmas and had to play tech support to my ex's laptop. I think next year I may just be too busy to d this anymore

I'll be glad when Christmas is over. Even opting out of any observation of it doesn't help. Gotta try to shift to more positive thoughts and just enjoy a 3 day weekend.

It hasn't rained here in 3 years We are loving it.

I am tryign to listen to my fav christmas song Good King Wenceslas but my youngest keeps changing ti to Walking in the Air from The Snowman

Finished up 5 hours at church: two services with a meal for choir members and our families between the two. The midnight service was beautiful. I grew up in the Lutheran church, with its beautiful liturgy and tradition, but often services these days lean toward more contemporary style to please new members who didn't grow up in the Lutheran tradition and, honestly, it feels very watered down and not as meaningful. But tonight's midnight service was completely traditionally Lutheran with full chanted liturgy, traditional hymnody, full communion and candlelight. It was beautiful and moving and brought me nearly to tears. This is what Christmas is about for me.

Now I need to head to bed, probably to be back up in about 5 hours.

Merry Christmas all! God with us; God for us; God in us.

I'm stupid!! I broke the couch rule and sent my T an UNSOLICITED TEXT (we have NO outside contact AT ALL) to her social media account using MY social media account.

I had only 3 glasses of wine, but clearly wasn't thinking clearly!

I wished her Merry Xmas.

Shyt. I've gone and done it...

Its ok we have all done it (((Quietmind))) At least it was just Merry Xmas and nothing more embarassing...

It's so stupid of me. I'm worrying she'll block me and I won't be able to look at her public profile anymore.

I had told her before that I watch that public social media profile of hers and she said okay.

It's so sad that I am so curious about her and want to be connected to her.

But I sent a stupid alcohol fuelled message...ugh...and I know I'm not allowed, but I still did it like a fool.

I'm sure she'll give me a stern reprimand when I see her in January. *wince*

Boundary-crossing me... When did this neediness for T start sprouting? :/

Merry Christmas couchies! It's 5 am Christmas morning my time, and I'm sitting here eating a small breakfast (scrambled egg) for some protein before I go to work and eat the pastries they are bringing in for us. Sugary sweet pastries with no protein would give me a monster headache! I'm glad I volunteered to work today. Besides the extra money, it will take my mind off how I woke up feeling - feeling sad because there are no presents under my tree, we don't have the finances for it this year, and I'm feeling a little sorry for myself. I need to shake it off because I don't NEED anything.... I've got a roof over my head and food in my fridge and clothes in my closet and a warm bed. So I'm working on my attitude and heading into work so I can help those who call in for their medications today, and I'll find my Christmas spirit back driving to work in the dark and looking at all the Christmas lights along the way.

I wish all of my couchies a blessed Christmas and send hugs to those who want them. And the hugs I am sending out, I am hoping to feel a few in return because even though I have no right to, I feel sad this morning.

Gosh I already feel hugs and haven't even posted this yet. I loves you guys.

(I am also going to be fighting the urge to text T today to tell her Merry Christmas. I was thinking about her last night and asking myself why I love her so. I need to get over that, too.)

Christmas was ok. (We celebrate it on the 24th in most of northern Europe, so it's over and done with.) If you celebrate and don't hate it, good for you. I hope the mods will get around to deleting my account soon - I asked for it to be deleted more than a week ago - but since it is still here I thought I'd pop by and wish the couchies all the best.

It is just shy of 6 am here on the northern plains of America and FREEZING. I guess there's no natural barrier between us and the Arctic Circle?

I love "Good King Wenceslas" myself. Hardly ever sung in my church, though.