I have a drawing pad on my phone...

The holidays seem like a blur now. Christmas was great. I think my favorite gifts were my rain boots from Matt and Friends Scene It from my pop. We played Cranium which, if you've never played, is one of the most awesome board games ever, and nothing is better than when all of the teams have to hum at the same time while you try to guess the song. I worked on New Year's Eve but was off in plenty of time to ring in the New Year with Matt and some pals at the local wine bar. Beth came into town from New Mexico which was the greatest gift of all. I miss having her around and being able to talk about anything which we did a lot of but not nearly enough. Matt and I are headed her way at the end of February. Beth bought me Sylvia Plath's Unabridged Journals from a second-hand book store, and it's pretty awesome. Not nearly as melancholy as one would guess. I've been carrying the fat book with me in my over-sized bag that I got from my sister. Here's a picture of me and Beth at trivia during her last night in town looking a bit confused about our prompt to smile:

My grandma was thrilled with the whiskey and was quoted as saying, " I just can't get over it!" in her excited, tiny grandma voice. The following Sunday, she had two glasses picked out for us, sitting on the counter. I originally had gotten up to get some nog, but she quickly intercepted and had me pour each of us a shot to sip on at about 11 a.m. and I wouldn't have had it any other way.




Seems as though all went well up North for the holidays. Wish I could be there right now. Hopefully I'll make it soon. We have yet to get any good snow, and I hear that you guys are surrounded by it, or at least you were. All we're getting is ice everywhere and it's a pain.

Here's a few more randoms from Christmas beginning with Dad...

My Aunt Peggy brought everyone Santa hats. My kid sister proudly sported hers as well as Matt.

Above is my cousin Layla. I bought her and her sister finger puppets, miniature Slinky's, hair glitter, & tiny pens, but instead of drawing pictures, she found the tiniest spot and proceeded to write her thesis which consisted of line after line of letters, numbers, and symbols.

Below is proof that my grandpa can fall asleep at any moment such as when he's playing with a reindeer.

So I wish you all well in '09. It's been pretty interesting so far politically speaking, to say the least. And, though I have no set plans, I have requested off work in order to watch the inauguration. I miss all of your faces and will inform you as to when I will be there next. Rock!