Day After New Year's Day

That was odd. My post just posted itself. All I did was click on the View Blog link. Very weird. So if you got this post earlier with no content, I apologize.

I had a lovely vacation. Sallie came over for Christmas Day and after trying to call my folks' house a few times (every time Mom tried putting us on their speakerphone it cut us off) we sang a Christmas carol (Twas in the Moon of Wintertime) and opened our presents.



I got Sallie a few pairs of earrings and a couple bright red kitchen towels. She got me some CDs and books and a beautiful Christmas tree decoration (a tree, not to put on a tree). And we exchanged gift cards of the same amount: Borders for her, Starbucks for me.



I put her to work in the kitchen stirring cream corn and shredded Brussels sprouts while I checked on the pot roast with potatoes and carrots.



All the food was delicious and we ate a lot.



We watched a few movies that Sallie had brought: Gladiator, Kung Fu Panda and Game Plan. It was a lovely day.

Sallie also came over for New Year's Eve and we watched the third Mummy movie after she had given me the run-down about the first two over a Taco Tot Casserole dinner. Our special NYE treat was deep fried cauliflower that turned out amazing! It might be my favorite deep fried food.

It was okay being back at work today but there were only three other people here most of the day which made it easy to get a lot of work done. I did a bit of FSA reconciliation, paid the Visa bills, worked on budget and rent issues with my boss and wrote some checks. Now it's the weekend and another two days to relax. Maybe Sallie and I will do something on Sunday. I'm thinking maybe Bedtime Stories.