My Family and Holidays

Dear Wal,

I seem to be slipping. There's this thing in the name of this blog, called daily, that is apparently a concept I can't grasp. A bit of news: My old and new rebooted fantasy story is still going strong, still in the dark on where it's heading. That's four days now. This rewrite might actually last. At this point I still have hope.
Now, on this great American occasion, I will tell you about my family and holidays. We're a very strange family, I have a half-sister who is ten years older than me and a half-brother in his forties, and a niece. They're all awesome. We have lots of fun together as a family. But for some reason, holidays have never really stuck or meant anything to us.
Last year we didn't even have a Christmas tree. Dad's present, a new pair of slippers (which Mom and I spent an hour picking out) wasn't even wrapped. I got an iTunes gift card. It wasn't wrapped or contained in a card either. We're not very festive people anymore now that I'm older (I'm the youngest, obviously, and I've kind of grown out of Christmas.) and since we moved away from most of the family.

Pitiful rose. D:

Father's Day, Mother's Day and Valentine's Day are all also very uneventful. They usually consist of funny cards and maybe a family dinner out. On Valetine's Day Dad got Mom some flowers, though, and he got me this little rose. It's been limping along ever since. I don't know what's wrong with it or what I should be doing to help it live, so it's just been sitting out on the porch struggling along. It makes me sad. It was a pleasant surprise and I feel kind of guilty letting it die like that. Help?
Tangent: My brother thought my process of taking a picture of my rose was hilarious. I was too lazy to get an official camera so I used my webcam, which meant that I had to do some maneuvering in order to not be in the picture with the rose and still be able to click the button that took the picture. Wireless mice (Is it mice? Does that rule apply to electronics?) are extremely useful.
Anyway, the biggest holiday at our house is Thanksgiving. It's a family occasion, so we all gather round for lots of food and even on the china, which almost never happens. Last year our Thanksgiving was spent at my Aunt's house, and everyone came. Even my sister, who has a tendency to not return her emails or ever ever phone (*cough* Yes, I'm talking to you.) It was awesome. We all had a great time. I think I gained five pounds.
For this Independence Day we actually went to see fireworks for once because my niece was here. She's eight, so she's still into that sort of thing. I liked seeing the fireworks too, and my brother tells me that for a small town it was a pretty good show. He lives in what we would consider a big city but it really isn't compared to other, larger cities around where he lives.
So happy Independence Day everybody!

/endrant

P.S. My Nano is dying. D: