Happy New Year 2009!

It's my first post of 2009. How time has just flown! We had a pretty relaxing New Year Celebration. Kevin spent New Years Eve and New Years Day with us. We watched movies and played video games. It was nice hanging out with him again, he even helped us set up a more secure wireless internet network.

I dont think I've written since before Christmas. To sum it up we had a very small short and sweet Christmas. Robbie got me a tripod, camera bag, and a workout aid formy iPod. I got him some movies and a video game and some socks he's been wanting. He also wants a watch but hasn't decided exactly which one yet so that will be a late christmas gift. :) Our tree is still up, I might take it down this weekend. I love the lights though, it's a calming glow at night. Saturday after christmas we visited Skye & Nate and I brought a lasagna. It was really good for my first attempt at lasagna. I had no idea how much noodles to make and now I know I cooked way too many, but I know for next time. Skye had a friend over who made a Polish soup for us. It was basically beet and spinach soup. I tried it and it honestly wasn't that great. I'm sure it's good for you, but I am glad I'm not Polish! We also tried kale salad which had an interesting texture. Lamb is something that I had been wanting to try and Nate's dad made it for us. It was sooo good! It tasted like the best steak I'd ever had cooked well. It was a good time. Sunday we were invited to Carrie and Jake's White Elephant (Yankee Swap) party. Carrie told everyone not to buy anything for their gift but to find something from around their house and wrap that. Well I had bought some drip pans for our stove a couple months ago. Robbie advised me that I had bought the wrong size and they were just hanging around the apt. I wrapped those with some hair gel and shaving cream we had never opened. I felt a little bad to be giving a sort of crappy gift so I snuck in a scratch ticket. The other gift I wrapped was some candy cane flavored glasses I had bought the year before and never opened. I snuck a scratch ticket in with those too. Both our gifts were a hit. I know it was mostly because of the scratch tickets, but it was a fun way to get rid of some stuff! I ended up with some Starbucks coffee grounds and poor Robbie picked some old VHS tapes that we can't even watch because we dont have a vcr! I put them in the closet and we'll save them for next year!

I've been getting out more with the camera and taking more pictures. I really like doing it. I've gotten some good feedback from posting them online and I'm hoping to get even better.

I hope this year is better than the past couple years. Here's to 2009! :)