Christmas Update

I had my third shocker present of the day from my brother, who gave me the two-pack set of Spiderman and Spiderman 2 on DVD.  Woohoo!  Good thing I didn’t buy either of them myself in the past week or so.  The temptation was strong in this one.  We just watched the first one, which I went to see twice in the theater, and Deb thought it was fantastic.  I find myself astounded in advance by the universal praise of the second as better than the first.

Sadie got lots of nice stuff.  Now for toy storage…

We did too!  I really wasn’t expecting anything besides a few gifts for Sadie from people.

I stuffed myself outrageously at my sister’s, the downfall being that there was both ham and turkey, that there were so many food items, and that there were too many desserts.  Well, if there’s such a thing as too many.  There was mashed potato, butternut, turnip, creamed cabbage, broccoli casserole, stuffing, sweet potato with raisins and nuts, various rolls, gravy, plus the meat.  Oh, cranberry sauce too.  Then there was our cranberry pie that’s more like a cobbler, which came out good except for slightly overdone, and the recipe could stand a few more cranberries.  Plus a small pecan pie my nephew singlehandedly ate about half of and that was popular enough not to be leftover as I’d expected when I brought it.  Then there was mince, lemon meringue, and pumpkin pie, date bars, brownies, some cookies, and probably something I’m forgetting.  Before dinner was even served, there was shrimp my uncle had brought, which I had to restrain myself from devouring.

Sadie is celebrating the anniversary of her parents meeting in person by having her first cold.  On top of the teething, which seems to have reduced in trauma now that one tooth is through.  Naturally not in the normal location for first teeth.  Guess she wants to be a vampire baby.  I think I’ll take the teething.  She’s outrageously congested, to the point where I can use the aspirator three times on each nostril and not clear it all.  We’re thinking saline drops and maybe humidity.  Poor kid.  We may not get much sleep tonight.

What’s impressive is the way we sleep with such awareness of her.  Last night she congested up, started choking and wheezing, and the two of us woke with a start and sat up in unison to help her out.

There was another funny incident with my family treating California as if it were a foreign land today.  She eats cranberry sauce, but chose not to have any today.  “You can tell she’s not a New Englandah!  What do they eat for Christmas dinner in California?” Those furriners and their exotic foods and customs are always interesting, after all.  “Pretty much the same, except turnip.” Deb had never had, and rather likes, good yellow turnip.

I’m not sure what the imagined California feast might be like.  Roast yak, guacamole, prickly pear salad, and garlic mashed tofu perhaps?  Heh.

Hard to believe that one year ago I was recently arrived at Deb’s apartment in Fresno, getting acquainted and confirming the expected viability of our relationship.  Time flies.  This means eight more days to our wedding anniversary.  By the time I posted this, Sadie was already in progress.  A little more so when I posted this.  Hard to believe her hair was so short.

1. Everytime I visit this page and see the color scheme, I think it’s a chick’s blog.

   It’s confusing, but then again, I’m simple.

   Oh, and merry xmas!

   Posted by Christopher Cross  on  12/26  at  01:42 AM

2. Well, my wife is a chick.  At least as far as I can tell.  It’s her blog too.  She even set it up.

   But seriously, it’s not pink, but looks it on some monitors and resolutions.  On mine it looks… not the most masculine you could get, but acceptable.

   It’s the default template for Expression Engine, with a few minor changes that don’t affect the overall sense of color gender.  It’ll get modified further eventually, but first I have to fix the file location issue.  That is, it was setup in the EE folder, moved to the root of the web site without being in a folder, and it insists on looking in the folder for some things and failing to work exactly to spec for some things as a result.

   Perhaps in the next day or few I’ll figure that out and we can return to more neutral colors.

   Posted by Jay  on  12/26  at  01:51 AM

3. Its pink.. admit it you like odd bright colors and always have.. 
   Spiderman 2 I’m not sure I would say its better then the first, Or worst. Though I need to rent it and see it again so I can comapare again.
   I think is more equal.  A continuation of a great movie done just as well.
   but who am I right?
   I still don’t feel good and no its not my fault Sadie is sick.  Even though she is grining at me from my builiten board where I have her picture up.  HEHE I do so want to snuggle her though she’s such a cutie.

   Posted by wayne  on  12/26  at  11:48 PM

4. BTW Jay, teething and colds go hand in hand.  At least she’s handling it well

   BTW in at least one cali house(mom’s), the christmas menu is steak, garlic mashed, and some green veg just about every year.  No yak.  No guacamole.  And I make my own cranberry sauce

   It’s not pink.  It’s Raisin

   Posted by caltechgirl  on  12/27  at  11:57 AM

5. Jay, this is a note of thanks for posting the Cranberry Pie recipe (which I found via Carnival of the Recipes).  I made it last week as a dry run, and then for Christmas Eve dinner with relatives.  The second time I used more cranberries, and a little nutmeg in the batter.  Usually things are great right out of the oven, but I think this is better once it’s cooled to room temperature.  With a little whipped cream .. outstanding.  Definitely a keeper.

   Posted by  on  12/27  at  12:49 PM

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