Dayt 97 and 98 - End of 2010

Spent the last two days of the year at home, recooperating from the trip to FL. It was nice to be alone for a while. And being home with the kitties is my favorite thing ever! Also managed to read through another 2 library books.

For New Year's Eve I went to a party at Katie's house. It was a good time. Played some beer pong, which I definitely need some practice at. Rang in the New Year with friends, which hopefully will help my 2011 karma as I so want this year to be better than the last.



Days 94, 95, and 96 - Orlando

Spent 2 days in Orlando after Christmas. Got in Monday December 27th. Hung out with the Wardle clan before having sushi at Wazzabi. Spent the rest of my visit at Christine's. We had Mexican, ate Indian, saw Tangled, and hung with her kitties. We also witnessed a touch of Wild Kingdom in her backyard, a stray cat returning to his lair with squirrel in it's mouth. That was a sight to see. Cats are quite the hunters. All in all it was a nice short visit.

The trip back was delayed a few hours so I had spent some quality time in the Orlando airport. Got home and had to do some shoveling to get to the front door. Good Times!

Day 93 - Green Stripes

Sorta sad to be through with the Christmas socks. Normally I'd wear some duplicates, but not this year where no duplicates are allowed.  It's ok though, I have plenty more socks to wear. Even got one new pair for Christmas from my Sissy.

On the agenda for today. Going to Bridget's to watch "Very Brady Christmas" which when we watched as kids caused Bridget to freak out so much our babysitter had to call her own mother over to help calm her down. Also gonna play some more Wii and be generally lazy I suppose. Then leftovers for dinner. Afterward I am meeting up with Kristen and Billy, two of my peeps from high school. I am definitely looking forward to that.

Tomorrow afternoon it's back to the airport so I can head to Orlando. Gotta work on getting everything packed.

Day 91 & 92 - Christmas Eve Stripes & Christmas Day Snowflakes

Christmas Eve still remains my most favorite eating day of the year. For lunch we have shrimp, crab, fresh bread, and about 6 kinds of cheese. Then for dinner we have fried bread, more cheese, deviled eggs, jello salad and all my favorite Italian cold cuts. Cappicolla, Salami, Pepperoni, Soppresetta, and Proscuttio. I know it doesn't sound like much, but it's so tasty. After our Italian meat feasting we open presents. Got some new clothes, the Pacific on Blu Ray, a new wallet, scarves, and a new coat among other things.

The pork eating continues on Christmas morning. Breakfast of bacon, bagels, and bread. Another yummy meal. We spent the morning playing Wii, which Bridget got for Christmas. Followed by Christmas dinner of Ham, Turkey, Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Peas, Asparagus and Rolls. Think we may scale that back next year though. It was WAY too much food. Afterwards more Wii. The best part was watching Mom school my Dad at boxing.  I spent the evening being lazy, finishing my second book of the trip, and watching The Tooth Fairy. BTW, the movie is not recommended. However I really liked the book, Easy Company Soldier, a biography from one of the Sergeants from Easy Company 101st Airborne, the company that inspired Band of Brothers.

Definitely feeling stuffed after two days of eating!!

Day 89 & 90 - Noel & Reindeer

Got to the airport bright and early on Wednesday morning. There were an alarming number of people there. Yes, it's the holiday season, but it's the third year in a row I have traveled on December 22nd and there were by far more people than ever. Thankfully the lines moved fast. So I made it to Naples without a hitch. Had lunch with Mom and Bridget at my favoritest Chinese place. We went to Ruth's Chris to celebrate Dad and Bridget's birthdays. The steak was yummy! I seriously don't think I have had a steak since this summer. The more you don't eat something the better it tastes when you do.

Wednesday and Thursday afternoon were mostly filled with Christmas chores, collecting and making food for Christmas Day and Christmas Eve. And there was some present wrapping since I got all the family's gifts shipped here. Other than that there hasn't been much excitement. I have been going to bed ridiculously early and waking up before 8. It's like Naples has turned me into an 80 year old. Oh well!

Day 88 - Winter Snowmen

The last picture of Christmas socks from MA. Tomorrow's will be from FL. Leaving at 8:30 for Naples. Have yet to get packing. That's on the agenda for later this afternoon. Need to watch another episode of Band of Brothers first. Started yesterday. I swear I will never tire of watching it, all 10 hours. And the Blu Ray version has a cool special feature with extra info as you watch. Plus they have commentary for each episode. After I finish the series with the extra info ( field guide), I am gonna go back and watch with all the commentary on. I can't wait!

Day 87 - Christmas in Black

There are little wreaths, bulbs, and snowflakes on these.

Feeling pretty sluggish today. I didn't get enough sleep this weekend. And I kinda still feel hungover from Saturday night. Steph, Elyse and I hit up the North End for some Peroni and pizza. Then joined up with a bar crawl. It was a super fun time, but I am suffering a lot for it. It's like all my healthy eating and exercising has erased all my ability to recover from drinking. It's sad : ( Hoping a nap will help today.

Only another day til I leave for Florida. Trying to get everything situated for the journey. Won't start packing til tomorrow but I am getting everything washed today for packing. Also finishing up my Christmas movies. Saved the best for last, Rudolph and Elf.

Having our first real snow of the year. It's not suppossed to accumulate which means no shoveling! I'm definitely happy about that. Glad to see everything all white outside though. It's so pretty!