Had a pretty good Christmas. It was nice staying in one place this year, given that we had Nigel. The only thing missing was lack of sleep. When everyone came over on Sunday, I was snoozing on the chair in front of the TV down in the basement. I came up and almost feel asleep there in front of everyone. This lack of sleep in really making me cranky. I don’t know how Marcia is putting up with it; both her lack of sleep and my crankiness.
Dinner was very good, and the cookies were even better. My Mother-in-law makes some great chocolate chip cookies. Nigel made out quite well with gifts. Got some very nice clothes, and bigger sizes (he is starting to really fill out the 3 month old stuff). He also got so more money to help us start his college fund.
As for me, I got the new Rush “R30 - Deluxe Edition” DVD from Paula, Rick, and Ryan. I also got the book “Shalimar the Clown” by Salman Rushdie from Catherine, David, and Lyric. And then my Mother-in-law got me a gift certificate to Express for Men, which I desperately need to buy some dress pants. Marcia and I also got some snack trays and some spending cash from Uncle Joe and Marcia’s Grammy.
To end the festive weekend, Marcia and I, along with David and Catherine, went to the Bethlehem Brew Works. My main reason for talking Marcia into going was to get some of their holiday brew Rude Elf’s Reserve. We missed out on it last year. It is a very flavorful ale, with Belgian candi sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, coriander and cloves. It is not like I have had a lot of different beers, there are many still to try and more being brewed every day, but Rude Elf’s Reserve I would put in my top five favorites list. (I also bought a 4-pack of it, in 750ml bottles.)
Thanks to everyone for the gifts. Thanks to Marcia for putting up with me. I hope everyone had a great holiday and that Santa got you what you wanted.
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