3 days to Old Christmas eve4 days to Old Christmas
All of our shopping is done, but going shopping just seems the thing to do, when you've run out of ideas at home. One of the gifts I received for new Christmas was storage space to store items I want to keep in Boston (for whenever I come). This will be the mini-fridge, small microwave, and the tapas serving dishes. I'm also thinking of leaving my portable network. So, I will use one of the netbooks I got for new Christmas to learn and practice remote log-in, desktop and network configuration.
Well, new years day went well. I had more access to the kitchen, making my tapas bar out of leftovers. Making chicken fingers for the basement was rather easy -- so the migration had food to snack on. For the girls, we all work together to keep or places clean (including the basement). The boys -- well, it's piling up!!!
The countdown to old Christmas (January 7th) has begun. New presents are under the tree!! This will be followed by twelve days of celebration. Although the crowd usually thins out, more of the kids are asking to stay -- and the moms seem agreeable.
Everything is quiet -- now. In a few hours, the boys (of all ages) will be watching football (the New Years day sport of choice). There is nothing better, than a good cup of hot chocolate -- real hot chocolate not that powdered stuff. A carton of chocolate milk, a wide coffee house mug, three minutes in the microwave and a few marshmallows !!! Ahhhh Bliss !!!
So I hosted (in my room) a Godzilla movie marathon, and for about 20 minutes (11:50 to 12:10) we watched New Years eve in Tokyo (thanks to a webcam) and then (later) we watched both Dick Clark's Rock'n New Years Eve (on ABC) and CNN's countdown. We had both the TV and laptop going. I'm aiming to get one of those new portable LED projectors.
Orange punch (with mango) mixed with lime pop, was our Champaign. Syrian meatballs (kibby) , Greek souvlaki, spring rolls, cheese & spinach pies and a variety of other tapas - formed our tapas bar. Made everything earlier - and got permission from the Mom, to put everything together in the kitchen and then bring it to my room. So this otaku's humble home, for this Christmas Season, was party central. However, I didn't hog it all. I helped the girls put together their room and helped fix up the basement (the boys didn't want any help). So the usual migration occurred.
I have more planned (sort of) for today! I'll tell you tomorrow how things went.
