Happy Holidays

Well, I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Due to the windstorm, and a lot of snow at the cabin this year, the decision to have the family Christmas at my house somehow made it to the top of the list of "good choices".

Overall, I can't say that it was bad at all. I did have to scramble a bit (as I didn't have even a 2nd bed ready in the house, and I just might have needed 2 extra). Also, I hadn't installed any blinds in the other bedrooms - a little thing you don't realize how nice they are until you don't have them around.

So, despite not having basting brush, Pam, or some easier serving platers - things went relatively smooth.

Onto the Thank Yous:

Nicole got me a really nice pub table for the house, and a bran new robe. (Alex, its not green.. what are we going to do! Tell Steph to get you a tan robe.. hehe).


Scott and Rachel got me Call of Duty 3 (xbox360) and a Wireless Control for the 360.

CoD3 is a very fun, very realistic World War II game. I guess I'm not the one to be talking about how "real" it is, but there's a ton of reviews for this game (and some post traumatic stress warnings) - Below is some of the gameplay.



My parents got me a really nice weather station for the house. Wind, Rain, temperature. All wireless from the outside transmiter to the station in my kitchen. I don't have any cool pictures for it though. Sorry Mom & Dad.

My Grandpa and Joan managed to get one hell of a deal off Buy.com and bought me 7 books (Freakanomics, a 3 box set of the Sword of Truth (books 4-6), Books 9, 10 and 11 of the Wheel of time). And still had $14.66 for coffee!. (Okay, so they sent me $50, but that's what I used it on).

Nicole's parents got me some flashlights, a tiny socketed screwdriver and some neat coffee/liqueur glasses.

Alex was kind enough to drop off some Gray Goose and a very nice martini glass. That will go to good use. =)

In the "Merry Christmas to Me" category is:

The HD-DVD player for my xbox 360


Lego Star Wars 2 for my Xbox 360. I mean, its Legos... and its Star Wars. How could you go wrong? I'll give a full review of this sometime soon. I have high hopes. =)


Gardens of the Moon - A very highly recommend fantasy series.

600 TC Duvet Set


A Towel Set for my guest bathroom (mmm, holiday money spent on house linens. My dream has come true...)


And a 330 TC Medium Fill Goose Down Comforter; that is now $30 cheaper and on sale...

Lastly - 95% sure I'm going to be getting this once the dust settles from Christmas Shopping:


A 50" 1080p Samsung DLP TV. Mmmm.. Merry Christmas indeed.

I rock at buying myself gifts.

and thank you everyone for some great gifts this year too.


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Sorry for the minimal picture Mondays and Link Fridays. I've been trying to switch over to my new computer at work (Windows Vista) which has made both grabbing the pictures off the memory card, and getting my links for the blog not as easy. Also, I managed to lose my memory card for the better part of the holidays; so I didn't get nearly as many pictures as I would have hopped for.
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Here's to a good New Year!