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Dec. 28th, 2007 02:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lenora_roseChristmas happened. I was too busy having it happen to post about it, I guess. Dinenr with Colin's aunts was nice if laid back, but we managed to have interesting conversation until almost 10:00, and we usually leave about 9, sometimes as early as 8:30. Dinner with mom on Christmas eve was much fun, the church service at 11:00PM went smoothly so far as I can tell from inside the choir. We were the last ones to leave the after-service choir party, albeit by about 30 seconds,a dn only because I couldn't reach my boots until there was a little room in the front hall. Nonetheless, of all the goodies and desserts so far, the cinnamon torte is *still* the one to die for the most. And I got Bernard Callebaut chocolates, and my aunty from Vancouver made a nanaimo bar cheesecake.
The two family get togethers (We also hung out Boxing day at my cousin B's new house with his fiancee) were both much fun in a louder way. And contained small children -- to be fair, C7C;'s two boys are rambunctious (especially hyped up on Christmas) but basically well-behaved.
Among other things, Colin got me DDR for the Wii, and has been playing it almsot as much as I have (I'm terrible at it, but it's fun -- espeically if I can try it out without anyone watching, something I couldn't do when it was a friend's machine. Also, decent exercise while the aerobics classes are out of reach. I'll take it!). Mom got me a variety of things, several of which were ordered but have not arrived just yet -- but of the ones on hand, the one that caused the most immediate enthusiasm is probably the ticket for Ruthie Foster in February. (The Oysterband tickets are just as squeeeful, but I've known about them since March last year.)
There has been altogether too much eating of goodies. So I guess the DDR has another good purpose.
Colin and I went out on Boxing Day, wherein he bought stupid amounts of DVDs (I think it comes to 12), and bought me stupid amounts (5) of CDs, the latter not nearly as much on sale as should have made it worth it. I *should* have put at least one of them back; not because it hasn't gotten play, but it was a lot lower in my interests than the others.
I've been planning a book and movie review lj entry for a while. It only gets longer.
We're going away for New Year's eve to a friend's cabin - the same one we went to last year, but for more than one night this time. Although the amount of stuff Colin seems to be planning to bring for entertainment could very well keep us going for an extra week, I think. Especially if he takes the Wii. I just hope more than two of us go out to play in the snow this year.
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Apparently I'm back into Bird of Dusk. I made a vague attempt earlier in December to start the edits on Raising the Storm, and while I lost some words int he opening scenes, the new material made loud sucking sounds. This, on the other hand, seemed mostly to be waiting for me to figure out where I'd written myself into a corner, so i could fix that and press on.
So naturally I just wrote myself into a new corner.
On the other hand, it made sense for the characters and it was a lot of damn fun, and it';s not nearly as bad a corner as the last one. And 1200 words, and I clearly know what the very next bit will be.
In pottery, I finished two more of my cups before cleaning up the dining room on the 23rd, when the whole lot of them got put into the basement for storage. I must remember to take them back upstairs soon.
The two family get togethers (We also hung out Boxing day at my cousin B's new house with his fiancee) were both much fun in a louder way. And contained small children -- to be fair, C7C;'s two boys are rambunctious (especially hyped up on Christmas) but basically well-behaved.
Among other things, Colin got me DDR for the Wii, and has been playing it almsot as much as I have (I'm terrible at it, but it's fun -- espeically if I can try it out without anyone watching, something I couldn't do when it was a friend's machine. Also, decent exercise while the aerobics classes are out of reach. I'll take it!). Mom got me a variety of things, several of which were ordered but have not arrived just yet -- but of the ones on hand, the one that caused the most immediate enthusiasm is probably the ticket for Ruthie Foster in February. (The Oysterband tickets are just as squeeeful, but I've known about them since March last year.)
There has been altogether too much eating of goodies. So I guess the DDR has another good purpose.
Colin and I went out on Boxing Day, wherein he bought stupid amounts of DVDs (I think it comes to 12), and bought me stupid amounts (5) of CDs, the latter not nearly as much on sale as should have made it worth it. I *should* have put at least one of them back; not because it hasn't gotten play, but it was a lot lower in my interests than the others.
I've been planning a book and movie review lj entry for a while. It only gets longer.
We're going away for New Year's eve to a friend's cabin - the same one we went to last year, but for more than one night this time. Although the amount of stuff Colin seems to be planning to bring for entertainment could very well keep us going for an extra week, I think. Especially if he takes the Wii. I just hope more than two of us go out to play in the snow this year.
______________________
Apparently I'm back into Bird of Dusk. I made a vague attempt earlier in December to start the edits on Raising the Storm, and while I lost some words int he opening scenes, the new material made loud sucking sounds. This, on the other hand, seemed mostly to be waiting for me to figure out where I'd written myself into a corner, so i could fix that and press on.
So naturally I just wrote myself into a new corner.
On the other hand, it made sense for the characters and it was a lot of damn fun, and it';s not nearly as bad a corner as the last one. And 1200 words, and I clearly know what the very next bit will be.
In pottery, I finished two more of my cups before cleaning up the dining room on the 23rd, when the whole lot of them got put into the basement for storage. I must remember to take them back upstairs soon.
