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New Year, Old Friends

Ben and Jesse made it down for my first ever New Year’s Bash. Yes, bash is too strong a word, but it was still great. The menu turned out to be quite an eclectic group of nibbly things. We had three types of hummus, warm pita, taco fiesta dip, salsa con queso and bean dip, veggie taquitos, pizza rolls, cheese sticks, cheese balls, celery, Mom’s homemade biscuits (my personal fave), ham, and for the meat eaters- little smokie pigs in blankets and the vegetarian, veggie weiner pigs in blankets. I made a pumpkin pudding trifle and a Reece’s dessert. We have so much food left. Come get some food. Please.

Hobbit spent much of the night being a lot more sociable than usual, but Istar must have fallen asleep under the bed; we didn’t see much of him at all. Even though Ben and Jesse were missing Jonas, they were great to Da Hobb–Ben didn’t even step on her 😛 We watched the ball drop, The Doctor Who Christmas Special, bits of a Radiohead performance, Di’s amazing vid “Scattered” (after finding out the lead singers of Radiohead and Muse are brothers), and some Project Runway episodes.

The forecast calls for up to a foot of snow, or alternately, flurries. I tend to believe the flurry forecast because we are looking at the bluest skies I’ve seen in a while. I’m still hoping for snow to go along with the cold. :cold:

Annual Post

It seems my whole “Look at me!” gift post has really caught on; everyone’s doing it these days. :elf:

Zune A/C adapter
New optical mouse (much needed)
Microfiber polka dot robe
Microfiber turquoise slippers
Microfiber tartan blanket
Tartan dressy jackety thing
Overly festive orange hooded and belled sweater
Lint brush
Chef calendar
Star Wars calendar (from Cage)
Treasures of Tut book
Glasses case
Harry Potter OotP Day-by-Day calendar
Beverage warmer
Johnson’s Body Wash (for winter skin)
Socks (brown wool, grey/black/white wool, (2) blue/lt. blue stripe, blue, tan/brown, blue marbled, blue/multi dots, white Mickey Mouse (from Cage)
Ferrero Prestige
Pez (from Cage)- Boba Fett, Stormtrooper, Vader, Ewok, Chewy, Princess Leia, C-3PO, Luke Skywalker
Green/Navy lodge sweater
Tan/Tortoise shell sweater
Detachable keychain (already broken)
White mockneck, tan mockneck
Lots of candy
Lowe’s gift card
Candles
Foot/Leg spa set
Underwear
Carton of Newps (from Mrs. Bush)
Hickory Farms gift (from Mr. Grygiel)
Lump of Coal (in stocking)

Doctor Who Christmas Special– I’m going to have to go with, um, bad. Didn’t enjoy it much at all. Kylie Minogue was flat and The Doctor had too many messianic moments, especially coming off the whole last Series ender. Sill looking forward to the new Series, though.

Stargate: Ark of Truth (waaay early) was awesome. It felt like a comfortable extended episode and I will be buying it as soon as it hits the shelves in March/April.

Ben and Jesse are slated to attend my first ever New Year’s Party, and I hope they do indeed make it down. Hobbit, Istar, and I have already begun planning a menu. If the guys can’t make it down, there will be lots of food to go around.

Wishes

No, not Christmas wishes. Here’s to a painless recovery for Goober, a Happy Birthday (tomorrow) for Jamie, no more trips to the ER for Scott or Jamie, and a better episode of Heroes tomorrow. I hate Elle. I honestly gave her (and Kristen Bell) a chance, but nope, HATE them both. I wish she would die. Seriously (just the character).

I continue to love Robin Hood. A lot. Some of the cast are rumored to have signed on for Series 3, which is great news. I hate that British shows are so short. The seasons are short and the run of the show is short. With a few exceptions, all the great shows are gone in no time; Spaced and The Office come to mind immediately. I expect we’ll be getting the Doctor Who Christmas special soon, though I haven’t checked out the date yet.

Huge thanks to my Mom, who not only turned my kitchen into a supermarket, but who also turned my wallet into a bank. She’s got magical powers, that one. :love:

Istar’s vet visit went as expected. He’s now a whopping 17lbs. and he received another steroid injection as well as an antibiotic just in case he has a respiratory infection to boot. Too bad he prefers to wear the medicine as to swallow it. Oh well, we’ll keep trying. Hobbit hissed up a fit when he came home, but she seems to be over her little diva stunt….for now.

The Last Two Weeks

Nice Heroes-like title, no?

After a great visit with , , and Jonas (who is just purrrrr-fect), I started to get into the holiday spirit…a little.

I’m finished decorating, which actually consisted of me throwing a few things around. Seriously, I spent about six minutes, total. More importantly, I’m in serious love with Robin Hood. It’s just one of those shows that gets into my soul and I can’t explain why. I know Ben hates it, but I don’t care. I love him, and he loves me, dammit. I love it so much, I made a vid this weekend. It’s a Robin Hood vid with a really beautiful song by Jimmy Eat World. It’s an angsty little thing, and it’s more of an introductory vid, but for those who don’t want any spoilers for Series 2, it’s off limits.

I have a long week ahead including a 12 hour work day Tuesday, a field trip across three states Wednesday, and possibly a trip to the vet on Friday (Istar is having a few asthma attacks again), so if I’m not around, that’s why.