Christmas Wrap Up

[gridlore]

OK, the holidays are about finished, so I can do the report on the events and swag.

Picking up from the party (where I forgot to mention blackfyr and lysana's presence, sorry folks!) we actually had a couple of calm days before the big day. Christmas Eve came, and aside from the obligatory dinner disaster (kshandra was helping to unload the box, and what appeared to be one thing was actually three, and some stuff spilled) everything tasted wonderful and a good time was had.

Christmas itself was quiet. Kiri had to work, so I spent the day reading and just being mellow. Thursday I had the blues, as I reported. Friday we went down to my moms. There, we met with my brother Craig isomeme, his lovely wife Lauri laurellady, and daughter Lenore. Another feast was held, with an incredibly good chicken dish that we need to have the recipe for.

All in all, a fairly stress-free Christmas. I was so glad that we got the party off, and that people enjoyed the gifts I found for them.

So, what did I get? Glad you asked.

- From dafydd, A Long Strange Trip: The Insider History of the Grateful Dead
- From clairaide The castleerewhon.net domain for all of us
- From kshandra A very nice photo of her.
- From isomeme and family, We received a gift card for Borders Books and Music.
- From my mother, a nice warm grey sweater, perfect for the trip to New York.
- From fimbrethil A terrycloth penguin that I've named Pixel. From a foot or two away, he looks like a low-rez image of a penguin.
- and finally, Santa brought me my annual motorcycle. This one is a picture frame with spaces for two photos in the wheels. I have pictures of my two long-distance sweeties fimbrethil and eleri in there, so I can look at them all the time.

fimbrethil also sent us a nice roll of wrapping paper with, you guessed it, penguins on it. I've already enthused at length about the subwoofer that dafydd gave Kiri and me.

Hope everyone else had a nice holiday seas