Christmas Update, and Other Things
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jaelieToday is the day of the lj-cuts! Prepare yourselves...
We spent the day before Christmas with Matt's family - his mom, our sister-in-law Audt, and the monkeys. Er, I mean our twin nine-year-old nephews Sammy and Danny, and twelve-year-old niece Jessica. Matt's brother Nick is in severe disfavor with the family, and rightly so. That's family drama, though, and not my own so I'll leave it at that. We had lunch at Tokyo One (mmm sushi!!), then spent the afternoon at various shops getting last minute stuff with the monkeys. It was fun, and I was happy to spend time with Matt's family. That evening, after I finished up all the cleaning with some help from Matt, we relaxed and played WoW.
Christmas day was primarily spent at my house - the family came over and we exchanged gifts and stories and visited and otherwise chatted away a few hours. Then everyone split, some to go to Grandpa and Gramma vB's place, others to head home, and Matt and I went to the wat to visit with his mom and give her Christmas present to her. I love that wat. It is both beautiful and ornate, yet peaceful and inspiring. Anyway, she was having fun teaching some people how to cook Thai deserts. Mmm. We sampled. Hehe. Then after a while with her, we headed back home for more relaxation.
Lessee, what did I give this year?
Dad = $50 Gift Cert to Hastings. He loves movies, I just don't know which ones he has already. It's not hard to pick them for him, as he and I share movie tastes. Heh.
Mom = A nice gray, classically cut, machine washable suit. I *think* I guessed the correct size... The jacket fit. I did strike out, however, in that there were no pockets.
Matt's Mom = a really pretty jade carving of a phoenix and a dragon. The symbolism there was really neat, as they represent yin and yang, phoenix being yin, and dragon being yang. And, beautifully, Matt's mother was born in the year of the Chicken, but also known as the year of the Phoenix, and Matt's father was a Dragon. Anyway, she loved it.
Matt = Black cowboy hat, and a nice one, to his desired specs, heh. I believe the shape of it is called "The Gus" or somesuch, after Gus from Lonesome Dove. I also fed his British navy addiction with the Horatio Hornblower complete series.
Matt & I = We're both getting badly needed replacement contact lenses. Yay! That's our big Christmas present to ourselves. Also, Matt signed me up for training classes to be a better Jay. /laugh! I'm kidding! ^_~ I am signed up for training, though, with our pooch Taltos. ^_^
We drew names among the sibs, and I drew Aaron, Matt drew Nikki. So...
Aaron = A game card for 2 months of WoW.
Nikki = A black cashmere sweater, very simple and classic. Can't go wrong with cashmere, heh.
I didn't purchase or make any friends gifts this year, as I was being a procrastinating cheapskate and spent it all on Matt and our parents. Sorry yall. /guilt
And my loot!
from Mom = a set of silky PJs. They're dark blue with darker blue stripes. I wore 'em last night and they are quite comfy.
from Dad = a set of luxurious bath stuffs. Mmmm. Already started digging in to those!
from Matt = a red cashmere sweater, a pink cashmere sweater, gloves & hat. Matt is now well on his way to the required seven cashmere sweaters that I must have before we are allowed to move to Ireland. ^_~ Realistically, however, it's more likely that we'll move to Thailand before Ireland, heh, and then what good will cashmere do me? Ah, well. I love it!
from Kevin (Matt helped) = a clarinet!! I broke it out when I got home and fiddled around with it. Sheesh, I suck. I also need to buy some cork grease and a swab before I fiddle with it any more or it'll get all nasty.
from Mir = a super cute ladybug watch. It's pink w/ dark pink flowers. I promptly attached it to my purse. So cute!
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elizagoth = a tin full of yummy christmas treats. I really liked those chex treats. I have yet to sample all of them, however. I'm sure they're all equally tasty, heh.
from me = the full set of new paints from work!
I think the two favorite gifts I received this year are the clarinet (I've been wanting to get back into music), and the training courses with our dog.
I've been at a loss as to how to spend quality time with him. We play "Monster!" in the back yard, in which I am the Monster and he is the Super-Fast Uncatchable And Wily Hound. We have one variation to "Monster!" and it's "Squeaky Monster!" where I have a squeaky toy and chase him around with that. He loves both games, heh. Otherwise, I also make it a point to watch a movie with him so I can snuggle and pet him, but mostly I get the feeling that he gets bored. So training class will give us something to do. Yay!
Ohannawick, do you mind if I invite myself over to your house every now and then? I'm about ready to start painting again, especially since I got myself the new paints. I'm so curious to see how it works out on my pallet, not to mention the figures! I am going to hit WalMart to check out tackle boxes, since the lil one I currently use won't work anymore. I need something relatively small and portable, but that will still hold all 54 colors.
Did Dave like the paints that KiD got him? Aaron asked my opinion on what Dave would want, so I gave Aaron the hook up. Did you know I love your husband? He's awesome. I'm glad you gave me another brother. ^_^ Oh, and another nephew, too, heh.
Tomorrow will begin my crack-of-dawn Tuesday/Thursday trips out to the pasture again. The weather has been horrible, so I haven't been out in several weeks. I don't mind the cold so much, but there is no way I'll go out and play with horses and get covered in mud, then show up at work all muddy and icky. However, the cold, on the other hand, is defeatable, because at least I'll still be presentable at work. Heh. Emma ("my" horse) has probably forgotten me. I'm going to have to be doing some wooing. Now where did I put those apples?
And now the gamer MMOG nerd talk...WoW!
Predictably, my husband has changed classes. I think he likes the nuker-type classes, since he started out as a tank in DAoC but got burned out, then in CoH started a Scrapper then switched to Blaster. Same thing here, heh. He got his Paladin to 20 then started over with a Mage. So rather than the Paladin/Paladin team that I thought we were going to be, I think we're going to be a Mage/Paladin team. Since we havefinari along as her warrior, I don't think it'll be so bad, but I don't relish being the main healer, again. Shoulda done a Priest if I was gonna end up being the healer. /sigh
One of the coolest things about WoW (well, aside from all the cool stuff) is that my youngest brother is playing. His main server is Azgalor, but he plays a bit on mine, and I am planning on playing a bit on his, especially while Matt is in Hong Kong, heh. That way there will be no hubby-aggro and I can immerse myself, only emerging for play and exercise with the pooch. Bwahaha!
We spent the day before Christmas with Matt's family - his mom, our sister-in-law Audt, and the monkeys. Er, I mean our twin nine-year-old nephews Sammy and Danny, and twelve-year-old niece Jessica. Matt's brother Nick is in severe disfavor with the family, and rightly so. That's family drama, though, and not my own so I'll leave it at that. We had lunch at Tokyo One (mmm sushi!!), then spent the afternoon at various shops getting last minute stuff with the monkeys. It was fun, and I was happy to spend time with Matt's family. That evening, after I finished up all the cleaning with some help from Matt, we relaxed and played WoW.
Christmas day was primarily spent at my house - the family came over and we exchanged gifts and stories and visited and otherwise chatted away a few hours. Then everyone split, some to go to Grandpa and Gramma vB's place, others to head home, and Matt and I went to the wat to visit with his mom and give her Christmas present to her. I love that wat. It is both beautiful and ornate, yet peaceful and inspiring. Anyway, she was having fun teaching some people how to cook Thai deserts. Mmm. We sampled. Hehe. Then after a while with her, we headed back home for more relaxation.
Lessee, what did I give this year?
Dad = $50 Gift Cert to Hastings. He loves movies, I just don't know which ones he has already. It's not hard to pick them for him, as he and I share movie tastes. Heh.
Mom = A nice gray, classically cut, machine washable suit. I *think* I guessed the correct size... The jacket fit. I did strike out, however, in that there were no pockets.
Matt's Mom = a really pretty jade carving of a phoenix and a dragon. The symbolism there was really neat, as they represent yin and yang, phoenix being yin, and dragon being yang. And, beautifully, Matt's mother was born in the year of the Chicken, but also known as the year of the Phoenix, and Matt's father was a Dragon. Anyway, she loved it.
Matt = Black cowboy hat, and a nice one, to his desired specs, heh. I believe the shape of it is called "The Gus" or somesuch, after Gus from Lonesome Dove. I also fed his British navy addiction with the Horatio Hornblower complete series.
Matt & I = We're both getting badly needed replacement contact lenses. Yay! That's our big Christmas present to ourselves. Also, Matt signed me up for training classes to be a better Jay. /laugh! I'm kidding! ^_~ I am signed up for training, though, with our pooch Taltos. ^_^
We drew names among the sibs, and I drew Aaron, Matt drew Nikki. So...
Aaron = A game card for 2 months of WoW.
Nikki = A black cashmere sweater, very simple and classic. Can't go wrong with cashmere, heh.
I didn't purchase or make any friends gifts this year, as I was being a procrastinating cheapskate and spent it all on Matt and our parents. Sorry yall. /guilt
And my loot!
from Mom = a set of silky PJs. They're dark blue with darker blue stripes. I wore 'em last night and they are quite comfy.
from Dad = a set of luxurious bath stuffs. Mmmm. Already started digging in to those!
from Matt = a red cashmere sweater, a pink cashmere sweater, gloves & hat. Matt is now well on his way to the required seven cashmere sweaters that I must have before we are allowed to move to Ireland. ^_~ Realistically, however, it's more likely that we'll move to Thailand before Ireland, heh, and then what good will cashmere do me? Ah, well. I love it!
from Kevin (Matt helped) = a clarinet!! I broke it out when I got home and fiddled around with it. Sheesh, I suck. I also need to buy some cork grease and a swab before I fiddle with it any more or it'll get all nasty.
from Mir = a super cute ladybug watch. It's pink w/ dark pink flowers. I promptly attached it to my purse. So cute!
from
elizagoth = a tin full of yummy christmas treats. I really liked those chex treats. I have yet to sample all of them, however. I'm sure they're all equally tasty, heh.from me = the full set of new paints from work!
I think the two favorite gifts I received this year are the clarinet (I've been wanting to get back into music), and the training courses with our dog.
I've been at a loss as to how to spend quality time with him. We play "Monster!" in the back yard, in which I am the Monster and he is the Super-Fast Uncatchable And Wily Hound. We have one variation to "Monster!" and it's "Squeaky Monster!" where I have a squeaky toy and chase him around with that. He loves both games, heh. Otherwise, I also make it a point to watch a movie with him so I can snuggle and pet him, but mostly I get the feeling that he gets bored. So training class will give us something to do. Yay!
Oh
annawick, do you mind if I invite myself over to your house every now and then? I'm about ready to start painting again, especially since I got myself the new paints. I'm so curious to see how it works out on my pallet, not to mention the figures! I am going to hit WalMart to check out tackle boxes, since the lil one I currently use won't work anymore. I need something relatively small and portable, but that will still hold all 54 colors.Did Dave like the paints that KiD got him? Aaron asked my opinion on what Dave would want, so I gave Aaron the hook up. Did you know I love your husband? He's awesome. I'm glad you gave me another brother. ^_^ Oh, and another nephew, too, heh.
Tomorrow will begin my crack-of-dawn Tuesday/Thursday trips out to the pasture again. The weather has been horrible, so I haven't been out in several weeks. I don't mind the cold so much, but there is no way I'll go out and play with horses and get covered in mud, then show up at work all muddy and icky. However, the cold, on the other hand, is defeatable, because at least I'll still be presentable at work. Heh. Emma ("my" horse) has probably forgotten me. I'm going to have to be doing some wooing. Now where did I put those apples?
And now the gamer MMOG nerd talk...WoW!
Predictably, my husband has changed classes. I think he likes the nuker-type classes, since he started out as a tank in DAoC but got burned out, then in CoH started a Scrapper then switched to Blaster. Same thing here, heh. He got his Paladin to 20 then started over with a Mage. So rather than the Paladin/Paladin team that I thought we were going to be, I think we're going to be a Mage/Paladin team. Since we have
finari along as her warrior, I don't think it'll be so bad, but I don't relish being the main healer, again. Shoulda done a Priest if I was gonna end up being the healer. /sighOne of the coolest things about WoW (well, aside from all the cool stuff) is that my youngest brother is playing. His main server is Azgalor, but he plays a bit on mine, and I am planning on playing a bit on his, especially while Matt is in Hong Kong, heh. That way there will be no hubby-aggro and I can immerse myself, only emerging for play and exercise with the pooch. Bwahaha!
