I apologize for being MIA – but it’s been so terribly busy this holiday season – or at least it seemed like that. Was it just me or did the holidays sneak up like…POW!!!…this year? As a result, holiday cards were sent out late and I only baked three batches of holiday cookies (sugar, peanut blossoms, and cranberry/pistachio biscotti)!
Good news to report over the holidays…my cousin gave birth to a healthy baby girl, as did our friend Dani…and our friends Niki and Bill got engaged Xmas Eve! Lots to celebrate!!!
Maybe because we were here celebrating Xmas here and not in France with S’ family – Christmas seemed to laid back, anti-climactic this year. I dunno, maybe it’s me. Anyhoo, S & I scored some nify gifts this year:
iPod mania (I’m sporting a new nano and hell has frozen over and S now has a video iPod)
new snowboard wear for S
frozen yogurt maker
a new timepiece for K
cool French cutlery
and a cozy hoodie for moi
Now that Xmas is over (S + I are off work this week) we’ve been more or less doing absolutely…NOTHING! And I can tell you right now that doing nothing, is quite relaxing. Other than taking Lucie out for a W-A-L-K or to the P-A-R-K, we’ve been holed up in our home watching reuns of Project Runway (even S is getting into it…Santino needs to be slapped upside his head) and I’ve been catching up on The Golden Girls reruns on Lifetime. Tuesday, we actually left the house to run an errand and Wednesday we drove down to Palo Alto to visit with the Saadas. (Since it was muddy outside, poor Lucie couldn’t bark at squirrels and was stuck inside with the two boys.) Of course, all the things I wanted to accomplish this week, I didn’t. I haven’t even looked at my resume (I was supposed to update it this week and have it ready to send out in January), go through and organize my paperwork (ha!)…oy! Of course, I’ll be scrambling around this weekend, cleaning up. S decided at the last minute to go to CES next week, so I’ll have a day or two to myself to get my s*** together…maybe. ;o)