Five Question Friday - Holiday MeMe

Here are this week's 5 questions - answer them on your own blog and link up at five crooked halos (click the button above) or just pick one and answer it in my comments section so that I can learn more about you!!

1. Do you open presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?

· We used to do it on Christmas Eve, but now we go to Dave’s parent’s house on Christmas Eve and open a ton of gifts there, so I don’t do it at home. This year we only have one kid on Christmas Eve Night… so I’ll wrap a gift for her to open that night. The other kids will be at their other parent’s house celebrating Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. We will get the other kids around 2 or 3 pm that Christmas Day for dinner/gift opening

2. What is your favorite Christmas cookie (or candy)?

· Hmmm… this is a hard question, probably a candy cane. I love sitting and watching the kids play with their toys while I am sucking on a candy cane. I like the sweet taste and the minty flavor… Mmmmm…



3. What's the worst Christmas gift you've ever received?

· Worst gift? When I was a kid and I thought a gift was a microwave and it turned out to be a dog. I know… that dog was a great pet for years, but to me, I hated that we didn’t get the microwave. Weird huh??

4. Christmas song that you love?

· I LOVE Christmas music… Love, Love it. It makes me happy and I’ve been listening to it since Thanksgiving!! My favorite song(s) are: “Baby it’s cold outside” and “The Peanuts Theme song from A Charlie Brown Christmas”. The first one makes me smile and feel a little saucy. The second one makes my heart melt…

5. How many trees do you put up?

· Two. One that we cut down (Tomorrow is “Christmas Tree Hunting” day!! YAYAYAY!!). We go up outside of Winter Park, hike FOREVER before I find the tree I love. Then cut it down, drag it back to the truck and then head down to Idaho Springs and eat at Beau Joe’s Pizza!!! Mmmmm… Love it! This year… we are walking UP hill to find the tree so we don’t have to drag it up the mountain. That is a pain! The second tree is put up for Little Jacqueline (Issa). She has a Birthday tree that is decorated with lights and cute things; we put her birthday gifts under it. She was born Christmas Day and I’d hate for her to lose that special day!!

Love without Ego

Could you love without ego?

Could you love without lashing out in a reaction to someone because of something they did?

I think this is a way that many relationships end, because they allow it all to get into the way.

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• Your significant other does something out of "character". Perhaps something as simple as NOT doing something they have done in the past.

• You react by pulling away from them, slightly, as a punishment for their transgression.

• Feeling slighted, rightfully so, and they do not do what they did in the past AND pull back.

• You feel them pull back, and so you retaliate once again.

• You both feel slighted and wronged, and no one is doing what you used to do then suddenly someone else comes along who does. Where do you think you are going to go?

Could this have been avoided?

HELL yes!!

What if you chose to not "punish" your partner? To allow them to have their bad days or to react how they need to without retaliation from you?

Would they walk all over you? Would they follow suit? Would they even notice? (If you think they would walk all over you, do you think that you should still be in that relationship?)

I think this is something I should work on, though Dave and I have an amazing ability to converse, I find myself doing this at times. Sometimes over something that is not important enough to remember the next day. How sad is that?

How about you? Do you find yourself "punishing" your significant other or worse, destroying your relationship over a small slight? Could you love without ego? Could you love without saying.. " I love you because....."? Leave off the reasons, and the stipulations.... could you love your S.O., just to love them?