Very Merry, part one.
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japanesedream_72Hi. Back. Miss me?
Here's a run-down of my weekend...
Got off a tad early Thurs. night, so I spent a good deal of time getting things ready, & beginning a major project (thank you, insomnia) - rearranging my videotape collection. That's still a work in progress.
Left a little later on Friday (Xmas) morning, 'cuz it was s'posed to icy-rain early on, & I wasn't about to drive on slippery roads. Fortunately, the roads were clear, & traffic wasn't a problem. The one drawback was that there was still quite a bit of snow in the road, & my mom doesn't have a driveway, so there was no parking on her street. I had to park about a block & a half away.
We sat & chatted for a bit, then opened gifts. Here are some of the goodies I got!
A hippie-disco t-shirt!
I call this "Kanji Camo" 'cuz of the camouflage colouring & Chinese-style writing that's part of the design. It's a sort of light blazer-type garment. I wore it to work today, so I took this shot at home afterwards, in one of my many needs-to-be-cleaned mirrors.
Thanks to my grandmother, whose name was Betty, & who was quite a looker in her day, my mom & I have a thing for Betty Boop.
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el_jefe59, I knew as soon as I saw this that you'd be envious! I joked with Johnathan that I'm wearing it to the next VAMPS concert.
Additional gifts included a pink Snuggie (I got one, my mom got one, Mattie's girlfriend, Bridget, got one, & Danielle got one - plus, the twins got zebra-striped ones...can you say 'slumber party'?), electric blanket, travel-size flat-iron, little light-up teddy bear with flowers that plays "Fur Elise", another shirt (http://pics.livejournal.com/japanesedream/pic/0002ad1g/), & a pair of black jeans. Whew! I think that's everything.
Had lots of yummy food for dinner/dessert & watched bucket-loads of movies & junk. I'd brought a few 'holiday horror' videos with me, so we gawked at "Don't Open 'Till Xmas" & "Silent Night, Bloody Night". Flitted around on tv for a bit, catching pieces of "A Christmas Story" (naturally), & some other stuff I can't remember right now.
There are a few more details from Friday that I must omit, because they're VERY adult. I'll do a separate, Friends-Only post for that. But it's quite humourous!
I think we clunked out pretty early Friday night; Saturday was a bit more memorable. Mark, Danielle, & Anthony were set to come that day, so we had Xmas again!
clockwise from left: Johnathan, Mark, Bridget & Mattie (looking possessed), Danielle, Anthony, & my mom
A set of Amy Brown faerie lights & a Mystical Creations faerie statue!
Oh yeah, & Bridget gave us all lottery tickets! My mom & Johnathan each won $2. ^_^
I'm kinda tired, as this has taken me AGES to put up 'cuz it's Mercury Retrograde & nothing will load the way it should (I thought embedding from the LJ scrapbook would be easier/faster than Photobucket, but I keep getting server errors). Stay tuned, I'll finish this soon!
Here's a run-down of my weekend...
Got off a tad early Thurs. night, so I spent a good deal of time getting things ready, & beginning a major project (thank you, insomnia) - rearranging my videotape collection. That's still a work in progress.
Left a little later on Friday (Xmas) morning, 'cuz it was s'posed to icy-rain early on, & I wasn't about to drive on slippery roads. Fortunately, the roads were clear, & traffic wasn't a problem. The one drawback was that there was still quite a bit of snow in the road, & my mom doesn't have a driveway, so there was no parking on her street. I had to park about a block & a half away.
We sat & chatted for a bit, then opened gifts. Here are some of the goodies I got!
A hippie-disco t-shirt!
I call this "Kanji Camo" 'cuz of the camouflage colouring & Chinese-style writing that's part of the design. It's a sort of light blazer-type garment. I wore it to work today, so I took this shot at home afterwards, in one of my many needs-to-be-cleaned mirrors.
Thanks to my grandmother, whose name was Betty, & who was quite a looker in her day, my mom & I have a thing for Betty Boop.
el_jefe59, I knew as soon as I saw this that you'd be envious! I joked with Johnathan that I'm wearing it to the next VAMPS concert.Additional gifts included a pink Snuggie (I got one, my mom got one, Mattie's girlfriend, Bridget, got one, & Danielle got one - plus, the twins got zebra-striped ones...can you say 'slumber party'?), electric blanket, travel-size flat-iron, little light-up teddy bear with flowers that plays "Fur Elise", another shirt (http://pics.livejournal.com/japanesedream/pic/0002ad1g/), & a pair of black jeans. Whew! I think that's everything.
Had lots of yummy food for dinner/dessert & watched bucket-loads of movies & junk. I'd brought a few 'holiday horror' videos with me, so we gawked at "Don't Open 'Till Xmas" & "Silent Night, Bloody Night". Flitted around on tv for a bit, catching pieces of "A Christmas Story" (naturally), & some other stuff I can't remember right now.
There are a few more details from Friday that I must omit, because they're VERY adult. I'll do a separate, Friends-Only post for that. But it's quite humourous!
I think we clunked out pretty early Friday night; Saturday was a bit more memorable. Mark, Danielle, & Anthony were set to come that day, so we had Xmas again!
clockwise from left: Johnathan, Mark, Bridget & Mattie (looking possessed), Danielle, Anthony, & my mom
A set of Amy Brown faerie lights & a Mystical Creations faerie statue!
Oh yeah, & Bridget gave us all lottery tickets! My mom & Johnathan each won $2. ^_^
I'm kinda tired, as this has taken me AGES to put up 'cuz it's Mercury Retrograde & nothing will load the way it should (I thought embedding from the LJ scrapbook would be easier/faster than Photobucket, but I keep getting server errors). Stay tuned, I'll finish this soon!
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Date: 2009-12-29 04:39 am (UTC)Yowie! 70s flashback!
Cool! My mom and I are also Betty Boop fans. One of my gifts to her this year was a Betty Boop mug.
Yes, I am indeed!
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Date: 2009-12-29 11:51 am (UTC)Oh, cute! Hello, fellow Boopster! :D
Yeah, that's what I figured. ^_^
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Date: 2009-12-30 12:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-01 08:19 pm (UTC)What? X-Rated posts now? *lol* Is that legal on LJ?
Did you know the voice of Betty Boop, Mae Questel, also did the voice of Olive Oyl? :-)
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Date: 2010-01-02 12:08 am (UTC)Yep, it was a blast! And yes, Anthony turned 3 on 12/20. Thanks! Yeah, he's a total doll, ain't he? I certainly hope he'll look back someday & remember his childhood as fun. Wild & eclectic definitely covers it, LOL!
It's not exactly X-rated, let's just say it's...anatomically correct. In a humourous way. ^_^ Stay tuned, I'll post about it soon.
No, I didn't know that, how cool!