As promised - pictures of presents!

Pajama top from John's parents


From John's parents


The picnic basket full of stuff that John's parents got us. The plastic bag is full of outdoor cups/plates/etc, there's also a tablecloth at the bottom.


Metroid 3! I can't decide if I like this better than Mario or not. I think not, but it's a very close second. The first person controls really ARE amazing, even though I made fun of the box for saying they were the best ever, I think they really are.


Dart board! It's up and in the cabinet already. So fun.


Lego magnets! Squee! (I did write out "HI!" with them before John got home. He thinks they're cool, too)


Off-centered picture of the sweater E got me


Ok, he's not a christmas present. But isn't he cute?

I forgot to get a picture of the pink sweater my parents got me!! Oops. It's really pretty and soft. I'm wearing it right now. I'm sure it'll make its way into a picture eventually.

Also not pictured: The awesome calendar that E's kids make us (I already brought it into work, so I didn't have it around when takin pics last night), A Goofy Movie (from my parents), A box of choclates (from John's uncle), some christmas decorations (John's aunt), the cow shower scrubby thing (R's parents) and the cow ornament (which is now the only ornament on my tree. ha. Also from R's parents). I think that's it. I apologize if I'm forgetting something that you gave me. Oh! The entertainment book (which John was really excited about too, btw) and candle from my parents.

Dining room, etc.

Well, Christmas is over and I should probably tell you all about the busy little weekend it was, but instead I'm finally posting pictures of the re-painted dining room. Mom and dad got to see it in person, and I think they'll agree it looks a bit lighter and much better in person :)



In other not-so-exciting news, my house got egged a couple weekends ago. We don't know why, it seemed to be random and as far as we can tell, it was only our house. Bummer. And gross. And smelly.



It was great seeing the family all weekend, and it was also great when John got home and we got to relax just the two of us again. Or four of us if you count the cats, who were definitely excited to see us again. It had nothing to do with the fact that they ate all the food I left out for them, though, I'm sure.

I hope everyone had just as good of a Christmas as I did - and you can look forward to me bragging about all the wonderful things I got just as soon as I'm able to get pictures of everything. Because it's just no fun talking about cool gifts if I can't show you. *nod*

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

I'm done decorating for Christmas - just the nativity and tree for me. The cats had fun "discovering" christmas lights, and Myles has spent almost every minute curled up under the tree.

New doorknobs!

New doorknob
Originally uploaded by Cutiemoo.

John and I have been doing a bunch of little random things around the house this weekend, as usual. One of the things I did was finally finish replacing all the doorknobs upstairs. I started about a month ago by doing two, and finished off the other two. John put on all the strike-plate thingies (they were bigger than the old ones, and he had to dremel away some of the frame in order for them to fit. And put epoxy in the old holes so he had something to screw into), and so now all the doors upstairs close perfectly :) yay.

Oh, that's the bathroom door in the picture and you can see in the background that there are now TWO switches out there - one for the lights and one for the brand new fan!!! I'll take a picture of it all (the new lights are SO pretty!) once I do all the touch-up paint, because I'm a perfectionist and don't want you seeing it until it's complete.

I've also prepped the dining room for painting, but decided not to start actually painting because I'm afraid it will take more than a day, and as I'll be in CT next weekend, I didn't want it sitting around with just one coat forever.