Sniff. SoCal people. So jealous!
Joyce ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Next year come join us Emily.
Visit folks gave me the best Christmas present I've had in years. I actually feel like I had a Merry Christmas this year. For me that's really saying something.
Shoulda done it this year. I mean, I have this whole week off. Kind of silly that I didn't go anywhere at all.
Sniff. SoCal people. So jealous!
t nods furiously
OMGWTFSNOW!!!
In New Orleans!
I believe this is the first white christmas in New Orleans ever! okay, it's not like there are inches of snow or anything, but fluffy frozen water is totally falling from the sky!
Time to go walking in a winter wonderland...
Merry Christmas!!! I can't believe people in NOLA and Texas have a white Christmas, and I don't. I'm not complaining, mind, it's just odd and wonderful. All your snowless Christmases are belong to me!!
It's sticking to the ground! We left footprints!
-t, snow angels! IJS.
My four-month old niece is helping me post.
nbnvj
That was her. She's not much of a speller yet. She is fascinated with the computer, though.
-t, snow angels! IJS.
It looks like it's raining, now, so they'd be more of slush/mud angels. But we got to walk through some snow while it lasted, and then had some hot chocolate, so I'm satisfied.
Hi DX niece! Noise brings new babies joy, indeed!
HAPPY CHRISMUKKAH!!!
We are happily ensconced in Philly, and in fact only remembered this evening that the computer was here.
Thursday, after taking multiple attempts to get a set of keys that worked and getting those to the sitter (see LJ for ordeal), we got our frantically stressed-out asses to the airport, heard that all flights to Philadelphia were delayed, took off, landed without incident, and then sat on the runway for 3 hours waiting to get into a gate. It was, errrrm, fun. (I blame Columbus.)
The folks warned us about the crazy lady next door. They always warn of the crazy lady next door, but until this visit I've never believed she really existed. Until 5 or so am, when the crazy lady next door was suddenly out in the alley between houses banging on her shatterproof windows with a stick and screaming AAAAAAAAHHHH THEY'RE COMING TO KILL ME! occasionally interspersed with CALL THE POLICE!!! and on one occasion IF NOBODY CALLS THE POLICE I'M TAKING MY CLOTHES OFF!!!!! The police were called.
Friday, we slept until noon (see above) and then commenced to jigglin'. World's Cutest Nephew (tm) has become a gambling addict, and has beaten us all at poker numerous times. The one exception is Stephen, who takes the boy for all he's worth. WCN also talked us into opening a great many presents, most of them his. Dad grumbled about how we should really wait until Christmas day, and sis pointed out that we've been having this fight for 20 years, and opening more on Xmas eve every year. Consumables: champers, scotch (Plei, do you know of Ladoig? Nummy.) many cheeses, leg of lamb, tasty veg, rice, salad, wine, Bûche de Noel.
(Dad has just come into the room to remind me that I did not make the promised apple pie yesterday, and he guesses I'm not getting to it today. "You're too young to have memory lapses," he says. I point out that it's not so much lapsing as ignoring.)
Today was early-morning Monopoly and the remaining loot. Sis and her BF took off back to NY, leaving the little money-grubbing heathen with us.
S. pulled me aside to say that he likes the folks. The folks pulled me aside to say that they like S., and also that they hoped it wasn't too chaotic a christmas for him. As his people don't have electricity this holiday (Columbus. See? I knew those midwesterners were trouble.) I figure they really can't be any better off than we are, plus we have Homicide DVDs and a radio-controlled Porsche (belonging, natch, to Emmett's great rival). And possibly another bottle of wine.