rantsandrecipes

So did i actually need a vacation? Well the fact that I slept about 11 hours last night pretty much confirmed that the answer is indeed yes. LOL. So far the vacation has been wonderful!!!! We finished the house! All the rooms have been painted - walls and ceilings both. New lighting fixures are in we just need to save enough money for the light that Raymond wants to put in the dining room. Its nice, but wasn't in the budget for December. The fact that we managed to pull off what we did with the money we had actually was a serious christmas miracle. LOL. There are still a few minor touchups to be done but nothing major.

Christmas was nice... Christmas eve was a bit of a fluke, i had some stomach issues so we opted out of going to Aunties - thankfully she sent some lobster bisque home with my parents. So me and Ray stayed home while Felix and Frank did their own family things. I think that was the first time in about 2 years me had a quiet evening to ourselves lol. I love the boys, but it does tend to stay busy around these parts. Anywho, we watched G.I. Joe courtesy of On Demand and i have to say that movie was a blast. I know it got a bad wrap from some of the more cultured movie goers but seriously, it was just a fun action movie was some incredible scenes.

Christmas Day was fun we opened presents and played video games. Then we went to my parents around 3:00 or so for food and family. I got to see my cousin David and his wife Emma for the first time in forever as well as my aunt Maryann and Susie's brother Doug and his wife came over as well so that was fun. Later for dessert my aunt Nancy and uncle Jimmy came over with their kids Ryan and Katie.

That night I made two things - Peanut Butter fudge in honor of my mothers love for peanut butter and a peanut butter - chocolate silk pie. The fudge i had made before, the silk i made the year before but with a hard chocolate bottom that caused difficulty in cutting since it needs to stay cool for the silk the fudge hardens and it isn't easy to cut or to eat - so i cut out the fudge and just kept the silk in a grahm cracker crust. Yummy! lol.

Vacation has been good for me - just relaxing, playing a lot of Diablo II the expansion set... keeping up with work emails via laptop so i'm not overwhelmed next monday and just taking some time to relax and do nothing. I don't do that often cuz i can't sit still and do nothing, its not really in my nature. And i don't usually watch tv alone and these days its pretty much only pre-recorded programs that we all watch. But just chilling and playing video games has felt really good. Next week starts the new year and gods only know whats in store for all of us in 2010. Should prove interesting though!