Year: 2010

Does X’mas just pass? But, that doesn’t matter. This is what I like for my next X’mas gift.

All kind of ball pens as well as markers because, we are seldom at home and all ball pens and markers are dead because of their age. It frustrated me a lot when someone called and a quick note was needed because of my advanced memory. The ball pens were everywhere but they were seldom usable. You had to try thousands (exaggerating of course) of them, before picking one which was just barely working 🙂

Our stored food fares no better. It wasn’t difficult to find some can food which was already expired several years in our house. Mom threw most of them away. But for cokes, sometimes I just wonder.

I occasionally joked to our house guests that they should be vigilant to what they had just consumed. Even I ain’t sure 🙂

I asked for a window mounted bird feeder for Christmas so I could have some feathered company while I worked. A few days ago, I got my first bird visitor! However, today I sat next to the bird feeder for a good 8 or 9 hours and I got no visitors. Strange.

I also asked for an indoor/outdoor thermometer which has been really helpful the past few days. Yeah, it’s cold here.

(The magnet next to the thermometer was also a Christmas gift! I enjoyed that too!)

Yesterday, a co-worker of Jeremy’s invited us over to an art gallery where he and his wife were hosting a New Year’s celebration. They called it a Namaste party. It was a nice party – lots of kids for Vince to hang around with (there seemed to be a lot of tackling and wrestling and hide and seeking) and Edda appreciated the clear and wide spaces where she could wander and explore.

Although she almost always headed towards a doorway.

We stayed out until almost 10 pm! A new record for us (Edda did fall asleep around 8 pm). I almost fell asleep at 9:30 pm. Luckily, Jeremy did not fall asleep on the way home as he was our trusty driver.

Went to the mall yesterday to exchange some Christmas gifts. Jeremy ogled the combine tractor at the Lego store. Vince was not interested in exchanging his gift for the combine. No surprise there.

Found a whole store labeled “Petite”. Actually, the name was “Banana Republic Petite”. A whole store just for short people like me! So excited to get pants that fit. Apparently petite people are still 4 inches taller than me. OK, I don’t get these pants. Am I suppose to wear 4 inch heels with them or am I suppose to roll them or am I just suppose to pull them over my feet so the scrunch a bit on the bottom part of my leg? I’m so behind the times.

I rung in the new year with a cold and an insomniac night – so even though I fell asleep at 8:30, I was awake enough at midnight to hear the neighborhood fireworks.

Vince hosted a New Year’s Eve party which involved a shopping bag pinata:

Vince even put a dog bone in the pinata for Ruby – look closely at the Rubister’s mouth.

Then we celebrated with the traditional pepperoni pizza and Caesar salad combo.

Happy New Year to all!