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Christmas came and went. I survived it. That's all I was looking to do. We went to the Nursing Home and mostly it was nothing like Christmas at all. I spent the whole time talking hockey (and baseball a bit) with my favourite cousin, Jonathan. He made it a lot better than it could have been. I don't see him often enough and I miss him. I invited him to go skating with me and I hope he does.
My aunt Joanie picked my name out for a present. She got some gluten free recipes from a coconut site and printed them out and put them in a folder. Then she bought some of the ingredients from the recipes (mostly cakes and cookies) and put them together in a basket. It was nice. (And along those same lines, Alix sent me a bunch of gluten free mixes and (really good) cookies. I don't remember complaining about the cookies and cakes I can find on the shelves but people seem to know that the only way to get good baked good is to make them myself. So I should probably get on that!)
I bought my mother a really pretty black and purple dress jacket and a cute 'winter wonderland' shirt, along with a bunch of our traditional food things that I've been giving her for Christmas since I was very little. I always buy her big black and green olives, hot peppers, artichokes and peanut butter. I used to always get her Ovaltine, but I couldn't find the right flavour in the stores. Kinda sad, they don't make it anymore. I want to get her an air popper, but we haven't been able to find one yet. (Ours is possessed by demons. Pea soup is next, I'm telling you!)
I asked my mother for three things for Christmas and nothing else. I actually got all three things. I wanted Center Ice Online the most. I miss my boys so very much. I really feel so disconnected from the season if I can't watch them. I've watched at least two games everyday since I signed up for it. The second thing I wanted was a Keurig one-cup coffee maker. I stop at Dunkin' Donuts before skate and school. This is so much more cost effective and the espresso roast coffee I picked is so very very good. I've made six cups already since Christmas morning. And the third thing was a new pair of headphones. I wanted a set that block out ambient sounds completely (I had a pair but they broke). She bought me SkullCandy, white with pink accents. I'm looking forward to using them at skate on Tuesday. She also bought me a new Bruins water bottle, a Red Sox 2010 calendar and a couple books. And she wrapped up clothes that we'd bought before the holidays because she wanted me to unwrap more things on Christmas morning. She's too cute.
My present to myself is going to be a new watch. With the CI Online, I get a $20 gift card to shop.nhl.com, but I have to wait three weeks to get it. Since I'm buying my watch through them, it makes sense to wait for that. I'm buying this one.
I didn't sent out Christmas cards this year. I just never got around to it. That's kinda the theme of the holiday. We never put up a tree either. We didn't really decorate. The only thing we did was watch the specials, but we did that on Christmas Eve. It's just not the same anymore. Such is life. New traditions are okay, too.
My aunt Joanie picked my name out for a present. She got some gluten free recipes from a coconut site and printed them out and put them in a folder. Then she bought some of the ingredients from the recipes (mostly cakes and cookies) and put them together in a basket. It was nice. (And along those same lines, Alix sent me a bunch of gluten free mixes and (really good) cookies. I don't remember complaining about the cookies and cakes I can find on the shelves but people seem to know that the only way to get good baked good is to make them myself. So I should probably get on that!)
I bought my mother a really pretty black and purple dress jacket and a cute 'winter wonderland' shirt, along with a bunch of our traditional food things that I've been giving her for Christmas since I was very little. I always buy her big black and green olives, hot peppers, artichokes and peanut butter. I used to always get her Ovaltine, but I couldn't find the right flavour in the stores. Kinda sad, they don't make it anymore. I want to get her an air popper, but we haven't been able to find one yet. (Ours is possessed by demons. Pea soup is next, I'm telling you!)
I asked my mother for three things for Christmas and nothing else. I actually got all three things. I wanted Center Ice Online the most. I miss my boys so very much. I really feel so disconnected from the season if I can't watch them. I've watched at least two games everyday since I signed up for it. The second thing I wanted was a Keurig one-cup coffee maker. I stop at Dunkin' Donuts before skate and school. This is so much more cost effective and the espresso roast coffee I picked is so very very good. I've made six cups already since Christmas morning. And the third thing was a new pair of headphones. I wanted a set that block out ambient sounds completely (I had a pair but they broke). She bought me SkullCandy, white with pink accents. I'm looking forward to using them at skate on Tuesday. She also bought me a new Bruins water bottle, a Red Sox 2010 calendar and a couple books. And she wrapped up clothes that we'd bought before the holidays because she wanted me to unwrap more things on Christmas morning. She's too cute.
My present to myself is going to be a new watch. With the CI Online, I get a $20 gift card to shop.nhl.com, but I have to wait three weeks to get it. Since I'm buying my watch through them, it makes sense to wait for that. I'm buying this one.
I didn't sent out Christmas cards this year. I just never got around to it. That's kinda the theme of the holiday. We never put up a tree either. We didn't really decorate. The only thing we did was watch the specials, but we did that on Christmas Eve. It's just not the same anymore. Such is life. New traditions are okay, too.