A “home” for my first Christmas album . . .

While we had our biscotti 101 class a couple of weeks ago, Kel must have paid attention to what I was babbling about . . . I’ve always been meaning to buy but never got around to getting one, a “frame” for my first Christmas album that my dad gave me [...]

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A quick trip to IKEA at 8:15 p.m. on 12/30 meant:

1. Leaving the hubs at home (already asleep) while AC and AD played so Kel and I could go to IKEA. . . spur of the moment! We only had less than 45 minutes to shop!
2. Christmas item bargains, i.e. clear glass swan ornaments (pkg. of 4) for .25 each, 3″, round red glass candle [...]

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LadyRam5ft3, who’s this?

Ha! Ha! Ok LadyRam5ft3 . . . happy holidays to you!  I decided not to comment on your comment but to write a post instead.  Here’s wishing you and the family a very prosperous and healthy new year.  God bless you all . . . where be your fleurs?  You’ll get some  . . . [...]

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What a way to wake up to . . .

 
with a swollen uvula (that’s that thingy that hangs down in the middle of one’s throat and when touched it’ll make one gag) . . . yeah, that’s called the uvula. I didn’t know what it was called because of those “ology”classes that I took back in high-school or college but only because the same [...]

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What a way to spend my winter break . . .

coming down with some sort of flu! It started yesterday morning with a very sore throat and major body aches and pain. I told AC that I’d bring her and her friend JW to Stoneridge Mall so I was able to sleep it off before we went. I told the hubs that [...]

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Good ol’ Texas Guacamole . . .

While the hubs was in Texas visiting my bro and his familia, the familia took the hubs to this bistro on the Riverwalk. Since I wanted to bring some other dishes to our Christmas Eve gathering, the hubs remembered this great tasting chunky style guacamole he had (bro told him the recipe was available on-line). [...]

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On a cold night . . .

nothing beats a cup of hot mint cocoa (from Trader Joe’s of course!) at 9:33 p.m. [JG...remember the cup from Le Pain Quotidien?] This whole week I’m off due to holiday curtailment and the hubs always takes off for vacation the week of Christmas up to New Year’s. The day after Christmas was [...]

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On Christmas Day . . .

Luckily JP and AC were scheduled to altar serve at the later Christmas Day mass since we got home pretty late from Brentwood last night. After mass, we went back home to open more presents and for me, meant cleaning up, throwing away wraps, etc. Since we weren’t going to the hubs parents [...]

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On Christmas Eve . . .

we went up to Brentwood to Ate E’s house . . . since moving there 5 years ago, we’ve been spending our Christmas Eve for the past 4 years. On our way, the hubs and I thought about how the “familia” used to attend Midnight Mass and eat, drink and be merry at Ate [...]

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The eagle has landed…

yup….the hubs landed SFO at 11:10 p.m. (smiley face!) We were on the approach to the Bay Bridge at 11:55 p.m….not too bad considering the waiting for the hubs to get his baggage and the traffic at the airport.

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