Christmas Gifts

I almost forgot!

I got some WAY cool Christmas gifts this year!

My 2 faves are my 320 gig external hard drive (I could store everything from my work, home, and the boy's computer and not even make a dent) and my bread machine.

We will never have to buy bread again! I have already made 3 loaves since Christmas. It was fantastic! White, wheat, oatmeal...the combinations are endless! Muwahahahaha (evil laugh, I thought it was called for)


Pictures to come if I ever get this laptop up to speed (that's another story for another day)

Christmas, take #5948

We have now had 4 Christmas's. That's a LOT!

#1 - My aunt's house
#2 - Our very own place
#3 - His parent's house
#4 - My parent's house


Still to come....Christmas with his aunt (who wasn't feeling well enough to make it on Christmas - I hope you feel better soon!!)

And I have decided...we are VERY spoiled!

This year's Christmas Decorations

Here are pics of our tree and our Willow Tree Nativity Scene.

This is what the boy and I did on Sunday afternoon, after the NVCB played an AWESOME concert at the Ayer Town Hall. A bunch of us (the boy included) went over to JP's afterwards for a late lunch/early dinner.

It was a blast! :-)

My mom's Christmas gift

My sister and I took our Mom to a salon in Andover for her Christmas present. She got her hair dyed and they blew it straight. My sister got her hair cut, and I got a pedicure.

Before the salon, we took her out to brunch, and then for a martini. We had a lot of fun, and I think my mom's hair came out looking great!

The reason we picked the Friday after Christmas was because that was the day of my brother's Holly Ball (big bash that the different armed forces schools throw).

Her hair looked great for the party. I have a few shots of my brother and his girlfriend getting ready for the ball, and my mom and stepdad too.

how cool is this house?????

I couldn't even get all the lights in one shot!!! This house is over in Bradford, near the Ward Hill onramp onto 495. There were even more lights up on the side lawn, as well as behind the house! I can't imagine what the electricity bill must be (or how the neighbors can get to sleep with all those lights!)

What about setting them all up (or taking them all down?)

It's over the top, and I love it!!

My collection

I bought the nativity scene (Mary, Joseph, Jesus, a shephard and some sheep) for myself right before Christmas. My aunt bought me the angel, the shephard that is kneeling with the goat, the camel, and some more sheep. My brother got me a metal star backdrop (not in the picture), and my mom said that the three "wise guys" (as she calls them) are on order.

I can't wait to have the whole thing set up for next year's holiday!!!

ugh

I apologize for the lack of blog posts....however.....I have entered computer HELL!!!

After reinstalling Windows, it seems that my computer STILL does not want to cooperate.

BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH

over and over and over again

I have not had a chance to call Dell again, but this is getting ridiculous....


However, in other news....

I have had a BUSY week...but a good one.

The concert on Tuesday went well (other than the noisiness in the audience, which was VERY noisy) The jazz band kicked butt!!!

Several students signed up to play Christmas Carols at the mall, which I think went VERY VERY well. I have received a LOT of positive feedback on that gig!

Friday was the Christmas party, which of course was VERY fun :-)

I have had a cold for the past week and a half, I lost my voice for most of Thursday and Friday (which makes teaching very difficult). I'm still not feeling completely better....we'll see what the week brings......

We spent today at the boy's parents' house, celebrating mom's birthday, and decorating the tree. We had a lot of fun (and I hope she enjoys the many bottles of wine she received from all the family members)

Here's to a FOUR day week!!!! (let's hope I can make it through!)

Our Christmas Tree

This is our Christmas tree this year.

I bought it today at KMart. I dragged it into the car, and into the apartment, and put the whole thing together. I plugged it in, and half the lights didn't light up, so, I packed it all back up after spending a few hours trying to figure it out, finding the bulb that was smashed (and emitted a few sparks), and cursing a few times. I dragged the box back to my car, and back into KMart. No hassle, they brought me another one, and helped me get it into my car. Then I dragged it back out of my car, and up the stairs to the apartment. I set it all back up again, and VOILA!!!! it all lit up. The boy came home, and we decorated it. It is glorious.

In order to completely understand why I would put up with all this, you have to see the tree we had last year...

Doesn't that just explain it all????????