My New Year's Resolutions

1. I resolve not to smoke this year (I make this resolution every year and so far I've had 100% success).
2. I resolve to ride my motorcycle as much as possible and read a bunch of books.
3. I resolve to enjoy life, not sweat the petty things, and not pet the sweaty things.

Hope you have a great evening tonight and a truly fabulous New Year that brings more laughter than tears and events that will bring delight when remembered.
If that is aiming too high, well, here's to hoping it won't suck.
Cheers!

It is possible my husband regards me as

mildly retarded.
While I have been known to call from the store to ask, "Why did I come here again?" I am a reasonable intelligent and self-sufficient human being.
Due to his previous career in the military I have in fact maintained our household in his absence for up to six months at a time, all by myself! It is true that I lack his attention to every fricking minute detail of life but that is ok. If you had two people who were that uptight in one house the resultant tension could rip a hole in the time/space continuum, and then where would you be, or when for that matter?
Now see, I can remember completely useless trivia. The immediate usefulness of any information evidently dicates how my brain processes and stores it.
"Spouse's cell phone-toss it, it's crap!"
"Cultures responsible for Cuniform, Linear B, and Hieroglyphs- queue for critical retention."
I swear I don't do it on purpose! I have other little foibles as well.
I've tried to convince him it's all just part of my charm. The extent to which he is charmed seems inversely proportional to the amount of aggravation said tendencies are currently causing.
Anyway, we are working on year 17 of this marriage, so clearly we are successfully negotiating all this so far.
The reason I even bring it up is because I got an email asking me to do a couple errands and this was at the end of the mail...

PRINT THIS PAGE PRINT THIS PAGE PRINT THIS PAGE PRINT THIS PAGE PRINT THIS PAGE PRINT THIS PAGE PRINT THIS PAGE PRINT THIS PAGE
O.K., drive careful and I'll see you when I get home. Love ya lots.

In BOLD, underlined, red text he informed me he thought I would benefit from carrying the list with me.
Isn't that sweet?

We got the coolest, easiest game evah!

It's called Shut the Box.

It's fun for the whole family! The kids get to practice their math and the grown ups get to bet.

I whomped my brother in law by shutting the box when we had both bet our whole stack of chips. I had been down to one chip at one point then came back with a vengence and KICKED ASS!

Not that I am competitive or anything, it's all just good clean fun, especially when I win :D

Cards I did not send this year.

See how well behaved I can be?

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

OK, so the esteemed elder sister made a standing rib roast for Christmas dinner.
Oh em gee! That is a nice hunk of cow, mmmmm.
The roads were mostly empty so our trip to see the family on Whidbey Island was quick and painless.
Such good food, and I whooped @$$ at a new game we received.
The neice and nephew quite enjoyed their Walter the Farting Dog book and stuffed animal.
Now I am tired and must get to sleep.
Nanight!

Christmas Eve means...

good food! At least when Mr. Logo is around.

We adopted some Italian traditions during our three years in Italy and The Feast of 7 Fishes is among our favorites,

even though we are not Catholic.

Here is an article from a local paper about the tradition.

We've invited some friends to join us this afternoon.

We'll start eating about 4:30 and finish up at about 9:30.

Here is a reprise of last year's feast.

This year we are having homemade crab ricotta ravioli with other little nibbles for starters.

We are also having frutta di mare insalata (you can never have enough squid, octopus or cuttlefish in your diet).

For primi piatti we are having fettucine al salmone.

There are also clams and mussels in a red sauce and THEN

a mixed green salad with pan seared scallops.

For dessert we will have caffe and assorted holiday cookies.

It should be YUMMY!

Happy Festivus!

Today is the day for the eating of comfort food, the airing of grievances and feats of strength.
The thumb wrestling championships were after dinner and then the good bit...
"I got alot of problems with you people, and now you're gonna hear about it!"

Ah, the holidays, a time of peace and love and all like that stuff there.
Tomorrow, 7 seafood dinner for Christmas Eve! Yummmm
Given that we celebrate Festivus, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day I find myself rather busy.

Heifer project total...$600!!
If you want to contribute you have until the 25th to follow the link over there >>
Hope you had a happy Festivus!