Monday, January 03, 2005
Christmas
Christmas was a great day and weekend for us. We woke up too early. My inner child is on a hair-trigger on Christmas morning so I was up at about 645am and by 7am I was pouncing on Lindsey to wake up, too. We made some hot drinks (coffee for her and apple cider for me) and we began taking turns opening presents. This would be our official first Christmas since we were apart at our respective families last year. And this year, she would be away from hers for the first time since we were going to my sister's for the weekend.
So, off we went.
We got there at around 1030, 11am. My niece Isabella (3 years old, going on 4) had already rampaged through the presents her parents gave her. My other niece Lexi, about 1, is a completely different personality than Bella. She's calm and relaxed where Bella can be hyper. But both kids are a dream. My sister and brother-in-law lucked out with such great kids. Anyway, Bella her Uncle Rick and has now been calling Lindsey "Aunt Lindsey" which is adorable. We came bearing gifts so she tore through those with speed, surprise, smiles, and gratitude. We spent the whole weekend there and came home Sunday evening tired and ready to do absolutely nothing.
Which we did.
The rest of the week, Lindsey was off and I wasn't taking any work so we spent it relaxing, doing some chores and errands, and again, generally doing nothing. It was great. We had planned on getting out of town, somewhere close but far enough not to remind us of L.A. but we never got to. We got soaked in by the weather which decided to appear that week so we were mostly wet a lot when we went outside.
On Thursday, the clouds parted in time for a planned trip the zoo. We took Lindsey's sister and cousin with us and had planned to meet my sister's family there but they got stuck in horrible L.A. traffic and decided against going. (They live in Orange County, which is an hour away in regular traffic and nearly 3 hours when it's packed. I don't blame 'em.) We first had lunch, stopped at a park to run around, then headed to the zoo. We walked and gawked and stayed until the skies got gloomy again.
Somewhere during the week, we managed a couple of movies.
Darkness: I have a weakness for seeing horror movies, even if they might turn out to be completely bad. Darkness was completely bad. It's a huge misstep of a movie, with bad dialogue and terrible direction serving a decent story. It's too bad. How'd it end? I don't know. We walked out.
Oceans 12: I enjoyed this movie although the first entry was a load better. One thing though: Don Cheadle really stepped up his Cockney accent as it was nearly perfect in this movie. His Oceans 11 accent left a bit to be desired.
New Year's Eve
We had several stops to make before making it back home. Since I don't drink anymore, I feel like I'm a bit of a drag at parties where there is drinking so I always feel slightly uncomfortable when I'm there. So we sort of planned to head home early and have the clock turn midnight and the world turn to a new year all my ourselves. So we stopped at Kir and Michele's for their annual get-together, said hi and talked to some friends. Then we headed over to Michael and Danni's beautiful new house, said hi and talked to some friends, and made our way home. I felt like a heel not staying longer at either place, but man....it's been a long year. I needed it to end with a whimper, not a bang. So we got home, crawled into our pajamas and our new electric blanket, watched the ball drop, smooched, and let the evening take over.
Today starts a new week...a new year...and the inevitable first day of the rest of our lives.
Happy new year, world.
Christmas was a great day and weekend for us. We woke up too early. My inner child is on a hair-trigger on Christmas morning so I was up at about 645am and by 7am I was pouncing on Lindsey to wake up, too. We made some hot drinks (coffee for her and apple cider for me) and we began taking turns opening presents. This would be our official first Christmas since we were apart at our respective families last year. And this year, she would be away from hers for the first time since we were going to my sister's for the weekend.
So, off we went.
We got there at around 1030, 11am. My niece Isabella (3 years old, going on 4) had already rampaged through the presents her parents gave her. My other niece Lexi, about 1, is a completely different personality than Bella. She's calm and relaxed where Bella can be hyper. But both kids are a dream. My sister and brother-in-law lucked out with such great kids. Anyway, Bella her Uncle Rick and has now been calling Lindsey "Aunt Lindsey" which is adorable. We came bearing gifts so she tore through those with speed, surprise, smiles, and gratitude. We spent the whole weekend there and came home Sunday evening tired and ready to do absolutely nothing.
Which we did.
The rest of the week, Lindsey was off and I wasn't taking any work so we spent it relaxing, doing some chores and errands, and again, generally doing nothing. It was great. We had planned on getting out of town, somewhere close but far enough not to remind us of L.A. but we never got to. We got soaked in by the weather which decided to appear that week so we were mostly wet a lot when we went outside.
On Thursday, the clouds parted in time for a planned trip the zoo. We took Lindsey's sister and cousin with us and had planned to meet my sister's family there but they got stuck in horrible L.A. traffic and decided against going. (They live in Orange County, which is an hour away in regular traffic and nearly 3 hours when it's packed. I don't blame 'em.) We first had lunch, stopped at a park to run around, then headed to the zoo. We walked and gawked and stayed until the skies got gloomy again.
Somewhere during the week, we managed a couple of movies.
Darkness: I have a weakness for seeing horror movies, even if they might turn out to be completely bad. Darkness was completely bad. It's a huge misstep of a movie, with bad dialogue and terrible direction serving a decent story. It's too bad. How'd it end? I don't know. We walked out.
Oceans 12: I enjoyed this movie although the first entry was a load better. One thing though: Don Cheadle really stepped up his Cockney accent as it was nearly perfect in this movie. His Oceans 11 accent left a bit to be desired.
New Year's Eve
We had several stops to make before making it back home. Since I don't drink anymore, I feel like I'm a bit of a drag at parties where there is drinking so I always feel slightly uncomfortable when I'm there. So we sort of planned to head home early and have the clock turn midnight and the world turn to a new year all my ourselves. So we stopped at Kir and Michele's for their annual get-together, said hi and talked to some friends. Then we headed over to Michael and Danni's beautiful new house, said hi and talked to some friends, and made our way home. I felt like a heel not staying longer at either place, but man....it's been a long year. I needed it to end with a whimper, not a bang. So we got home, crawled into our pajamas and our new electric blanket, watched the ball drop, smooched, and let the evening take over.
Today starts a new week...a new year...and the inevitable first day of the rest of our lives.
Happy new year, world.
Comments:
That was a great recap! I enjoyed the part about your nieces
opening up their presents. That sounds exactly like my sister
Melanie and I when were young. She was the one that got
overly excited and shredded through the wrapping paper, and I
was just as excited but a little more calmer. good times.. good times.
Happy New Year!
Kristen/Shmisten
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opening up their presents. That sounds exactly like my sister
Melanie and I when were young. She was the one that got
overly excited and shredded through the wrapping paper, and I
was just as excited but a little more calmer. good times.. good times.
Happy New Year!
Kristen/Shmisten
