Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
holidays

christmas 2005: a whole lot of visiting

As previously mentioned, we kicked off the Christmas weekend by visiting with Judy Friday evening. Saturday, Christmas Eve, was a nice day since it was on a weekend (Christmas Eve is not considered a “holiday” by either of our employers). That gave us the morning and afternoon to do whatever it is we do on Saturdays and then we went to my parent’s for supper that evening. After that, we came home, changed our clothes, then headed to church. We went to the 10:30pm service. It’s a little rough keeping Jake up that late, but our church only has Christmas Eve services, so we didn’t have much choice.

Jake was all pumped up for Christmas this year. He only asked Santa for one gift, and he got it. He was so excited! Note: I learned a very valuable lesson last year–do not buy the kid what he asks for in the summer or fall. Wait until November because that is what he’s counting on getting. Later that day, we headed over to Brian’s parent’s house and had supper with his parents, grandmother, and brother’s family. That evening, my parents and brother came over to visit. Then last night, Brian’s parents and grandmother visited.

I took today and tomorrow off to recover from the festivities. To celebrate, I took a long nap on the couch this afternoon. I’ll probably be up all night tonight. Poor Brian had to go back to work today because he can’t take any time off yet with his new job.

Normally my favorite part of Christmas is putting away our loot. I’ve been procrastinating a little this year and I think it’s because I have no idea where to put all of Jake’s stuff. Someone needs to buy that kid a bigger bedroom for Christmas next year.

tv

family guy presents stewie griffin: the untold story

We are recent converts to the Family Guy phenomena. I never watched the show, much less heard of it, before this year. This is probably due to its timeslot–Sunday nights at 9pm. Normally, I can be found watching whatever HBO Original Series is on. Anyway, the show is ridiculously funny and I especially love all of the pop culture references in it (whether archaic or not). I’m sure we’re missing a lot of the jokes, but it’s funny anyway. Since we’re a few years behind on the series, we’ve been renting them from Blockbuster. While doing the search for the show, the Family Guy movie came up. I had it on my list for a long time before we got it, but it was definitely worth the wait. It was less movie-like and more like and extended version of the show. So, like the show, it was ridiculously funny. If you like Family Guy, it’s definitely worth checking out.

friends, holidays

christmas starts now

Last night, actually. Judy came over to exchange gifts and partake in food and drink. We had a pleasant evening sitting around chatting. Of course, thanks to Jake, we had to open our gifts immediately. But, at least that gave him something to do the rest of the evening. He proclaimed himself to be the official “opener of gifts”. I had to put a stop to that nonsense. I don’t care how cute you are–you’re not opening my gifts.

Jacob was very excited at the prospect of Judy’s visit. It partly had to do with the gift thing, but he does really like her. All day, he asked “how long until Judy gets here”. By 6:30 that evening, it got a bit ridiculous–19 minutes, 17 minutes, 13 minutes…Finally, the clock chimed 7:00. Where was Judy? I think she was about 30 seconds late. I guess she’s going to have to set her watch to ours before she visits again as to not cause undue stress to Jacob.

Anyway, it was a very pleasant evening and a great way to start off the Christmas weekend.

do-it-yourself

bathroom remodel: days 42 & 43

Between last night and tonight, Brian installed all of the sink plumbing. I thought it went pretty well, though he’d probably tell you differently. It would’ve been done last night, but as it goes with all of our plumbing projects, we didn’t have some of the right parts. After the installation was complete, we had a few minor leaks, but stuff just needed tightened more, so it wasn’t a huge deal. One thing is still leaking ever so slightly, but we’re going to reassess it tomorrow (sometimes plumbing problems just go away–believe it or not). Jake was so happy to be able to brush his teeth in the new bathroom before he went to bed. I’m looking forward to that as well.

There’s still a good bit of work to do in there–the vanity needs doors and drawers, the ceiling needs wood trim, the new door and trim need to be made, and all of the little stuff needs to be attached to the walls. We attached one thing this evening–a framed poster of the Gashlycrumb Tinies. It hangs proudly above our toilet.

do-it-yourself

bathroom remodel: day 41

Today, we installed the vanity and the top. We also put the faucet spigot and handles in. However, we did not have time to hook up the plumbing. We still need to go to the hardware store for supplies. As long as the plumbing is hooked up before Christmas, I’ll be happy (sound familiar?).