From left to right: Jessica, Melly, Ruth, Hunter, Aunt Ellen, Granddad, Stephan, Auntie Margaret, Alex, Dad Not Pictured: Uncle ScottSunday, December 28, 2008
Christmas Dinner!
The crowns were in our Christmas Crackers. Here I am with my family just before Christmas dinner:
From left to right: Jessica, Melly, Ruth, Hunter, Aunt Ellen, Granddad, Stephan, Auntie Margaret, Alex, Dad Not Pictured: Uncle Scott
From left to right: Jessica, Melly, Ruth, Hunter, Aunt Ellen, Granddad, Stephan, Auntie Margaret, Alex, Dad Not Pictured: Uncle Scott
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Coal in my Stocking....
My dad tells me that Santa wanted to cancel my Christmas because the North Pole is a red state...
Good thing I celebrate holidays multiple times. :)
Including the gift exchanges at work and Three Kings Day, I have three Christmases down and three more to go.
Good thing I celebrate holidays multiple times. :)Including the gift exchanges at work and Three Kings Day, I have three Christmases down and three more to go.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Cookie Casualties...
During the snowstorm last Friday, Amelia and I discovered that our oven was broken when I tried to make dinner and the apartment began to smell like gas.
We called our landlord and let him know that our pilot light had gone out. Determined to fix our problem and armed with a lighter in his hand, he began tinkering with the oven. Sadly, it was no use. The igniter was broken and he would send a repair guy on Monday.
Alas, we have a cookie exchange to go to on Monday evening and needed to use our oven to prepare for the festivities. The most logical solution to our problem was to ask our landlord if we could use his oven (he lives in our building). When he informed us that he had plans, Amelia and I began our quest to find an oven by calling all of our closest friends within a five mile radius of our apartment.
When we found our oven (available at 10, Thanks Bo!), Amelia and I set forth to start baking only to have our plans foiled once again. We did our grocery shopping by memory and remembered everything except for the vanilla.
It was getting late so we ruled our baking extravaganza a lost cause (I'm sorry Bunny, we tried!).
We called our landlord and let him know that our pilot light had gone out. Determined to fix our problem and armed with a lighter in his hand, he began tinkering with the oven. Sadly, it was no use. The igniter was broken and he would send a repair guy on Monday.
Alas, we have a cookie exchange to go to on Monday evening and needed to use our oven to prepare for the festivities. The most logical solution to our problem was to ask our landlord if we could use his oven (he lives in our building). When he informed us that he had plans, Amelia and I began our quest to find an oven by calling all of our closest friends within a five mile radius of our apartment.
When we found our oven (available at 10, Thanks Bo!), Amelia and I set forth to start baking only to have our plans foiled once again. We did our grocery shopping by memory and remembered everything except for the vanilla.
It was getting late so we ruled our baking extravaganza a lost cause (I'm sorry Bunny, we tried!).
Saturday, December 20, 2008
MINI Parade & Toy Drive
The MINI club of WNY organized a parade of MINIs led by a fire truck from Station 12 to bring toys to the Pirate Toy Fund office on Main Street:
Channel 10 News met us at the Pirate Toy Fund office on Main Street to videotape our arrival. I was in the MINI on the right with the checkered roof!
And to get footage of us unloading toys:
The full album is here. The news story and video is here:
Channel 10 News met us at the Pirate Toy Fund office on Main Street to videotape our arrival. I was in the MINI on the right with the checkered roof!
And to get footage of us unloading toys:
The full album is here. The news story and video is here:
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