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Happy Christmas Everyone
Dec. 26th, 2010 10:44 pm Hello all!
My Christmas very nice and quiet . I had Christmas Eve off and spent it with my parents, mostly trying to finish knitting Scott's present ( a 1941 Navy watch cap) and listening to Radio 2 with mom while she cooked up a storm. We also watched Bridget Jones together , again with me trying very hard to finish knitting. We lost our telephone, internet, and cable during the evening so we watched a few Christmas films (national lampoon and A Christmas Carol) and had yummy ham sandwhiches together. It was very nice and cozy. I finished wrapping up presents and finished off my evening with Garfield's Christmas and The Vicar of Dibley. Christmas morning was lots fo fun, I knew what my big gift from mom would be, a new cell phone, but I did have few good surprises Like a yarn ball winder and a knitting needle set from Knit Picks. Scott got me a gift card to Amazon. Squee! After that we got dressed and Scott's mother, sister and her husband came over for dinner, which was awesome, mom went a little crazy with the food, but it was sooooo good. We also had fun with the crackers ( My Grandmother looked smashing in her paper hat, she and all of us wore them the whole meal) And while we where eating it began to snow. Which look really pretty but kept me from heading up to my "other family's" house. We all opened our gifts to each other and had desert ( Two cakes and a Trifle OMG it was good).
Today was largely a lazy day, Scott had to leave on a trip to Chicago, so that took up most of the time. Although Mom and I did get in a walk in the snow and watched the second Bridget Jones movie
I've started working on the front half of my Watson sweater on my new needles :)) I think mom is looking forward to this costume as much as I am, When we went to the mall she half dragged me into a medical supply store to see if they had reasonable cane for the costume, they did have one in the correct style but the wrong color, still it was fun to see her embrace the costume hunt like a fan girl :)
I'm still very excited about England, I've finally decided on the topics I'm going to write for on one of the essays I have to send in with admissions and my Aunt and Uncle have both volunteered to read them and give me feed back when I'm finished. (Both are Professors and do a lot of admissions reading for the PH.D program at the school ) I'm hoping with the house to myself during the day time this week I can get started on writing, I'd like to get my applications in by mid January.
I'm also excited although a bit sad that I'll likely be buying a new (used) car very soon, Dobby (yes my car has a name) has finally reached the end of the road and is no longer safe, or affordable to drive. This stinks a) because I do like the car and b) with me looking to be out of the country it takes a sizable chunk of change and will be sitting here for a year. But I really don't have a choice, leasing a car is too expensive. I've got my eye on a Kia that I like, I'll probably be going sometime next week to look at them.
And i think that's it for the news, I'm sure I'll be posting before or after the new year with resolutions that I'll break within the first 24 hours of the new year :)
My Christmas very nice and quiet . I had Christmas Eve off and spent it with my parents, mostly trying to finish knitting Scott's present ( a 1941 Navy watch cap) and listening to Radio 2 with mom while she cooked up a storm. We also watched Bridget Jones together , again with me trying very hard to finish knitting. We lost our telephone, internet, and cable during the evening so we watched a few Christmas films (national lampoon and A Christmas Carol) and had yummy ham sandwhiches together. It was very nice and cozy. I finished wrapping up presents and finished off my evening with Garfield's Christmas and The Vicar of Dibley. Christmas morning was lots fo fun, I knew what my big gift from mom would be, a new cell phone, but I did have few good surprises Like a yarn ball winder and a knitting needle set from Knit Picks. Scott got me a gift card to Amazon. Squee! After that we got dressed and Scott's mother, sister and her husband came over for dinner, which was awesome, mom went a little crazy with the food, but it was sooooo good. We also had fun with the crackers ( My Grandmother looked smashing in her paper hat, she and all of us wore them the whole meal) And while we where eating it began to snow. Which look really pretty but kept me from heading up to my "other family's" house. We all opened our gifts to each other and had desert ( Two cakes and a Trifle OMG it was good).
Today was largely a lazy day, Scott had to leave on a trip to Chicago, so that took up most of the time. Although Mom and I did get in a walk in the snow and watched the second Bridget Jones movie
I've started working on the front half of my Watson sweater on my new needles :)) I think mom is looking forward to this costume as much as I am, When we went to the mall she half dragged me into a medical supply store to see if they had reasonable cane for the costume, they did have one in the correct style but the wrong color, still it was fun to see her embrace the costume hunt like a fan girl :)
I'm still very excited about England, I've finally decided on the topics I'm going to write for on one of the essays I have to send in with admissions and my Aunt and Uncle have both volunteered to read them and give me feed back when I'm finished. (Both are Professors and do a lot of admissions reading for the PH.D program at the school ) I'm hoping with the house to myself during the day time this week I can get started on writing, I'd like to get my applications in by mid January.
I'm also excited although a bit sad that I'll likely be buying a new (used) car very soon, Dobby (yes my car has a name) has finally reached the end of the road and is no longer safe, or affordable to drive. This stinks a) because I do like the car and b) with me looking to be out of the country it takes a sizable chunk of change and will be sitting here for a year. But I really don't have a choice, leasing a car is too expensive. I've got my eye on a Kia that I like, I'll probably be going sometime next week to look at them.
And i think that's it for the news, I'm sure I'll be posting before or after the new year with resolutions that I'll break within the first 24 hours of the new year :)
