2006 Xmas Gift Report
Christmas is about the birth of Jesus for us Christians and about gift giving and selflessness for the rest celebrating the American holiday. But still after Christmas everyone asks what’d you get for Christmas!?
So here’s my 2006 gift report:
From Josh:
iHome! to wake me up gradually to the soothing sounds of my ipod music 
Lawn Buddy, I’m probably one of the few people in California that does my own gardening. I get a huge sense of pride when my plants actually grow and my garden fills up This thing will save my back when I’m weeding and planting.
Ridata 8GB Pro High speed Compact Flash card which will allow me to take many more RAW photos per card
Motorolla KRZR K1m… a super tiny awesome phone from verizon, since my phone is tweaked out with some kind of voodoo where the battery sometimes works and when i need it, it dies with 4 bars of charge.
And a Victoria Secret gift card
From Mom & Dad:
2 cute shirts from Charlotte Russe…
3 great books:
a cute travel jewelery box so i don’t break anymore jewlery while traveling
a cute black necklace
a cute bracelet
From Tracey:
a forever 21 geometric patterned ruffle sleeve blouse
as well as the audio cd version for listening to
From LB:
3 pairs of hoop earrings
Forever 21 gift card
Chocolate Band-aids! for life’s boo-boo’s
From Josh’s sister & boyfriend:
A cute Hallmark ornament that talks! The two characters say the cutest tech talk things haha…
ugh
i saw josh gag for the first time ever yesterday. but of course my gag reflex is more sensitive than his, so shortly after i was gagging. but we learned mashed potatoes have milk in them and milk spoils after 2 weeks of being at room temperature in a closed environment. and boy does spoiled milk stink!
on another note, i receieved a beautiful elephant wind chime in the mail and don’t know who it’s from. is it a christmas gift from someone out there? thank you! im sure the neighbors will love it come the santa ana winds 
so much to say
so my mini is back and in good shape. they fixed him and i picked him up next day. it was the throttle body.. defective.. and that 9mph was “fail safe mode”… a bit dangerous if you ask me (especially if i were on the freeway!). as soon as i picked up the mini i went to burbank airport to pick up lori beth and then van nuys flyaway to pick up tracey.
we had a lot of fun. we all got our haircut friday and did some shopping, baked cookies, made pierogis and had our polish christmas dinner saturday night with real fresh kielbasa from mom! and some alligator rolls too! tracey dyed lori beth’s hair slightly darker brown and she’s parting her hair on the side now, she looks really great! it was nice all being together again, though i’m sure josh was a bit overwhelmed
i posted pics in the photo gallery.
total of 3 christmas parties hosted at work! one for our IT dept: breakfast in a conference room, one on the ships in long beach with a 5 course dinner and a live show for employees +1 guest, and another today outside in the cauldesac a huge tent set up with breakfast and raffles and a small gift for us it’s super nice that they appreciate their employees so much and do all this for us.
now playing: bright eyes - method acting
Is it a lemon?!
Last night Josh and I went out to get a pizza with my car and it took 3 times to start.. weird but we figured it was pretty cold.. maybe that was it. This morning I drove to work and it was fine. I leave work on lunch to go home and eat and visit doggies and the car stalls in the middle of auto center drive and magic mountain pkwy. in the intersection of course.. i start it and it starts again but only goes 9mph and the check engine light and EML light go on.. wonderful 9mph is EXTREMELY slow when you’re in an intersection.. you’d be surprised..
i got it into a parking lot near the mall and called roadside assistance who said they’d be there in 45 mins. After 45 mins I called them back and they said oh, i mean 6 hours. Yes, they said SIX HOURS. wtf. So i escalated the call to supervisor and supervisor again and they paid an “out of area” tow company to get my car at in 90 more minutes. so i walked back to work and then had the tow company call me when they were nearby. And so my mini is back at the dealer for a diagnosis tomorrow. 
I hope i get it back tomorrow night. I need it for my sisters’ visit!!
2 more days!
On Wednesday night, Tracey and Lori Beth will be here! I can’t wait to see them both. Then on Saturday evening we’re celebrating Christmas and I’m having as many dinner guests as I can fit at our dinner table for a yummy Polish dinner and of course hundreds of homemade desserts!
On another note, Damien has been living crate-less now for almost 2 weeks and he’s been doing really well. He only tore stuffing out of Mandy’s pillow one day while she was at the vet. Nice, huh? She comes home to her pillow stuffing tore out. She’s doing amazing since her surgery. She puts more weight on her back right leg again but she still has a lot of muscle to build up in it and it may never be the same as it used to be. We just have to keep moderately walking her.
