It's jolly old Christmas time
Dec. 27th, 2007 11:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deathpixieWow, is it only 10:30? Feels like I've been here forever...
So, the "What I did for Christmas" post. Let's see if I can think past the food coma. ;)
Christmas Eve, Dex and I opened our presents, mostly because we weren't going to be getting up at 6 am after Sandy's party to open them before catching the bus, and we didn't want to haul everything to Hamilton and then London. I'll do the itemised list with my thanks at the end of the post, but I'll say I was very pleased with all my gifts, and the expression on the roomie's face as he opened the one from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ferox and me was worth the wait of four months. ;) Presents unwrapped, we headed over to the Griffin to grab a bite to eat and to have a couple of drinks since we were dumb and forgot the LCBO (the bottle shop) closed at 6 and didn't have a lot to actually take with us to Sandy's.
Maria (the owner) paid for our meal. *grins* Sometimes it's good to be a regular. Sandy is also one of the regulars, who lives a short walk away from the pub, and fun was had at his place. We stayed a bit longer than we'd intended, and returned home a bit more intoxicated than intended, which meant passing out on the couch until I woke up at 4 a.m. and staggered off to bed with the knowledge I had to get up in three hours to do various chores before catching the bus to Hamilton. The roomie proved very difficult to wake up, but we staggered out of the house and down to the subway station on time. Only to find the subway wasn't starting until 9 a.m., half an hour after our bus was supposed to leave from Union.
Cue frantic taxi flagging, and a rush to jump on the bus before it left. We had maybe two minutes to spare, and promptly passed out as soon as the bus started moving. I woke up as we arrived in Hamilton, and we took ourselves to the first meal of the day at the roomie's dad's. A good time was had, cute baby in a Santa outfit admired, and stockings were opened. I have to admit, stockings are the coolest idea - a sock filled with little odds and ends of presents and such, so you wind up with a pile on your lap.
After lunch, we caught a lift with the roomie's cousin to London, as she was driving back to Sarnia that evening, to have Christmas meal number two at the roomie's mother's place. I got salmon, the roomie had his second turkey meal of the day, and then we kind of went into food and red wine coma. I had a wicked tension headache from sleeping on the bus (and the couch), so I begged off early-ish. Just as well, tho', since we had to get up at 6:30 a.m. to catch the bus back to Toronto. Slight scare when we realised half of the population of London apparently was on the same bus, but Greyhound actually did something sensible and had two buses running. Passed out again, and attempted to negotiate Boxing Day crowds with two bags and a folding table each - possibly not the best idea. *wry* We gave up, decided to try HMV later this week for cheap DVDs, and headed home to relax for an hour or two before heading over to Johnny's place. For Christmas meal number three.
Mindy did brilliantly with the cooking, stockings again were had, and I have oodles of new music. :) Roomie and I left around 8-ish, since we were kind of dead, and went to the Griffin with the intention of having a couple of quiet drinks to wind down and then go home and sleep like sensible people.
*insert hollow laugh here*
Not so much. We left around 2 a.m., watched some of the roomie's baseball history DVD present, and passed out on the couch again. I wandered to bed around 4 a.m. again, and got woken up intermittently by the kits, who decided all the new objects in our place were for their personal amusement. *wry* Hurricane Jane was in today, so I couldn't come in late, and you can bet your butt I'll be sleeping tonight.
Made out like a bandit present wise and have so much gratitude for all of it. So far the tally is:
Mum and Dad: two new shirts, a new scarf made by mum thatferox is probably going to want to steal like Mindy did, and a necklace with an angel on it I'm guessing is dad's specific contribution. Oh, and some mail. ;)
dexfarkin: the latest Harry Dresden book in hardcover, and something else which is slipping my mind but which I'll edit later. Food coma, remember? Season Three House. Can't believe I forgot that.
seraangel: Harry Dresden, books 2 and 3.
cynjen: Plushie microbe - I now have sleeping sickness. ;)
Roomie's mum and step-dad: Harry Dresden, books 2, 3 and 4.
Mindy: Harry Dresden, books 2 and 3, oodles of stocking fun.
Johnny: Canadian 80s Music Pusher CD.
Rob: Christmas music CD, by himself and Johnny.
I still have a gift fromferox, but from what I understand of the instructions, the one I have is for Matt Nute, and he's bringing mine. Yes?
So yeah, that was my Christmas. I also got a lovely chatty email with photos from Leanne, who gave me a rundown of the family Christmas bash. When I'm less brain dead, I'll upload some of the pics. ;) Thanks to everyone for everything - I feel all warm and fuzzy from the love.
And yes, I'll be utilising the exchange policy for Amazon and Chapters, given a certain theme to my gifts this year. Note to self: when you ask for something off your wishlist, make sure you tell everyone someone's probably getting it already. *wry*
So, the "What I did for Christmas" post. Let's see if I can think past the food coma. ;)
Christmas Eve, Dex and I opened our presents, mostly because we weren't going to be getting up at 6 am after Sandy's party to open them before catching the bus, and we didn't want to haul everything to Hamilton and then London. I'll do the itemised list with my thanks at the end of the post, but I'll say I was very pleased with all my gifts, and the expression on the roomie's face as he opened the one from
ferox and me was worth the wait of four months. ;) Presents unwrapped, we headed over to the Griffin to grab a bite to eat and to have a couple of drinks since we were dumb and forgot the LCBO (the bottle shop) closed at 6 and didn't have a lot to actually take with us to Sandy's. Maria (the owner) paid for our meal. *grins* Sometimes it's good to be a regular. Sandy is also one of the regulars, who lives a short walk away from the pub, and fun was had at his place. We stayed a bit longer than we'd intended, and returned home a bit more intoxicated than intended, which meant passing out on the couch until I woke up at 4 a.m. and staggered off to bed with the knowledge I had to get up in three hours to do various chores before catching the bus to Hamilton. The roomie proved very difficult to wake up, but we staggered out of the house and down to the subway station on time. Only to find the subway wasn't starting until 9 a.m., half an hour after our bus was supposed to leave from Union.
Cue frantic taxi flagging, and a rush to jump on the bus before it left. We had maybe two minutes to spare, and promptly passed out as soon as the bus started moving. I woke up as we arrived in Hamilton, and we took ourselves to the first meal of the day at the roomie's dad's. A good time was had, cute baby in a Santa outfit admired, and stockings were opened. I have to admit, stockings are the coolest idea - a sock filled with little odds and ends of presents and such, so you wind up with a pile on your lap.
After lunch, we caught a lift with the roomie's cousin to London, as she was driving back to Sarnia that evening, to have Christmas meal number two at the roomie's mother's place. I got salmon, the roomie had his second turkey meal of the day, and then we kind of went into food and red wine coma. I had a wicked tension headache from sleeping on the bus (and the couch), so I begged off early-ish. Just as well, tho', since we had to get up at 6:30 a.m. to catch the bus back to Toronto. Slight scare when we realised half of the population of London apparently was on the same bus, but Greyhound actually did something sensible and had two buses running. Passed out again, and attempted to negotiate Boxing Day crowds with two bags and a folding table each - possibly not the best idea. *wry* We gave up, decided to try HMV later this week for cheap DVDs, and headed home to relax for an hour or two before heading over to Johnny's place. For Christmas meal number three.
Mindy did brilliantly with the cooking, stockings again were had, and I have oodles of new music. :) Roomie and I left around 8-ish, since we were kind of dead, and went to the Griffin with the intention of having a couple of quiet drinks to wind down and then go home and sleep like sensible people.
*insert hollow laugh here*
Not so much. We left around 2 a.m., watched some of the roomie's baseball history DVD present, and passed out on the couch again. I wandered to bed around 4 a.m. again, and got woken up intermittently by the kits, who decided all the new objects in our place were for their personal amusement. *wry* Hurricane Jane was in today, so I couldn't come in late, and you can bet your butt I'll be sleeping tonight.
Made out like a bandit present wise and have so much gratitude for all of it. So far the tally is:
Mum and Dad: two new shirts, a new scarf made by mum that
ferox is probably going to want to steal like Mindy did, and a necklace with an angel on it I'm guessing is dad's specific contribution. Oh, and some mail. ;)dexfarkin: the latest Harry Dresden book in hardcover, and seraangel: Harry Dresden, books 2 and 3. cynjen: Plushie microbe - I now have sleeping sickness. ;)Roomie's mum and step-dad: Harry Dresden, books 2, 3 and 4.
Mindy: Harry Dresden, books 2 and 3, oodles of stocking fun.
Johnny: Canadian 80s Music Pusher CD.
Rob: Christmas music CD, by himself and Johnny.
I still have a gift from
ferox, but from what I understand of the instructions, the one I have is for Matt Nute, and he's bringing mine. Yes? So yeah, that was my Christmas. I also got a lovely chatty email with photos from Leanne, who gave me a rundown of the family Christmas bash. When I'm less brain dead, I'll upload some of the pics. ;) Thanks to everyone for everything - I feel all warm and fuzzy from the love.
And yes, I'll be utilising the exchange policy for Amazon and Chapters, given a certain theme to my gifts this year. Note to self: when you ask for something off your wishlist, make sure you tell everyone someone's probably getting it already. *wry*
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Date: 2007-12-27 07:19 pm (UTC)