Friday, December 26, 2003

 

This has been an entirely different holiday than the past, except, I did do an all day shopping outing on Christmas Eve. Christmas morning was cold, so I decided to go to the church around the corner instead of the one I usually go to, and of course, I still got there a few minutes late. I stood along the sides of the church with many others, and I was surrounded by nice people. The service had a theme of forgiveness, which was meanigful to me, and I left the church with the warm fuzzies.
After church I went home and walked the dogs. During the walk I was pursued by 2 different loose dogs, the last chased us all the way up to my front step. That dog was a big Doberman- type dog with a leash dragging behind followed by a 8 or 9 year old girl . We were both visibly shaken, and after pushing my two in the house she was able to get the leash and take her dog home. I then went to the new relatives apartment. The new relatives are Greek, so we ate a Greek Christmas meal. Some of the food there: pork chops, handmade sausage cooked on the grill, potato salad, the mayo was on the top of the salad instead of mixed in, homemade bread, salad with feta cheese, cabbage salad, shrimp, meatballs, spare ribs, and a plate of lemons to squeeze on top of the meat, various Greek cookies, huge wedding cookies, honey cookies, and baklava, also the famous green bean casserole from a non-greek. I know there was more...but I think that gives a good visual. Later the family from Florida called, and I found out the gifts were a success with the little niece. I was having fun, and was asked not to leave yet, so then we played cards, I'm still unsure of the rules. What did I get for Christmas? That will have to be later, because I haven't gotten them all yet.
In case you didn't know, I think Christmas is everyday anyway.
If you are looking for a good foreign movie I can recommend "The Princess And The Warrior". It is a German movie, that has a better ending than most. I've watched the movie, "The Dangerous LIves Of Altar Boys", and now I'm reading the book by Chris Fuhrman. In the book, a dog causes chaos in mass during the communion procession. I remember this happening during communion when I was a kid too. I wonder if this is a common occurence?

posted by Caroline 12/26/2003 03:27:00 PM

Tuesday, December 23, 2003

 

Here are a few words I came across, some of you probably already know what they mean, I just found them cool.
Retardaire-(this adjective describes me) it means behind the time, one who is late in arriving
Psilosopher -a person with a petty or foolish philosophy.
Nihilarian-a person who deals with things of no importance.
Nithing-archaic word for a contemptible or despicable person.
Gongoozler-a person who stares at the activity in a canal --idler, rubbernecker.

posted by Caroline 12/23/2003 07:50:00 PM

Friday, December 19, 2003

 

Today I went shopping, I needed to buy a few things to send with mom to Florida.
I really love to watch people open presents, and it looks like this year I'm going to miss most of the present openings in my family. My big niece and my parents did there exchanges tonite, and I wasn't there. My mom will be taking my presents to Florida with her, and hopefully the little niece wont forget who I am. It's only been 6 months, but thats a long time for a 3 year old.

posted by Caroline 12/19/2003 06:43:00 PM

Thursday, December 18, 2003

 

Free Movies
Sometimes I get to see free movies. There is a guy that comes by work and sometimes he leaves us free movie passes. Tonite I saw "Cold Mountain". Here are some of the movies that I've seen in the past for free: "X2", "Bend It Like Beckham", "Emperors Club", "Mona Lisa Smile", "Secondhand Lions","House Of Sand And Fog", "Planet Of The Apes","Solaris", "Identity","Wrong Turn", "Joy Ride", "Whale Rider" (this wasn't the movie I supposed to see, the movie I was supposed to see filled up, and luckily I got to see this one instead), I also saw the Star Wars movie, that I can't remember the name of now.

My resheduled dental appt. from the last cancellation, was canceled again. So I just chewed 2 aspirin trying to relieve the pain.
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posted by Caroline 12/18/2003 10:55:00 PM

Sunday, December 14, 2003

 

I am a brave woman. Yesterday I met my mom so we could go shopping for a cell phone for her. My mom is driving to Florida alone right before Christmas, so it was really important to get this now. Unfortunately, my mom who can run a office, avoids all technology when she is out of it. After convincing her she needs to get one for safety reasons, she decided after she got to the store, that she could borrow one from her boss. I asked her do you really want to be responsible for his phone? Well?, "no". She asked the store clerk more than one question like this one, "Where do you talk, where do you talk, I don't see a place to talk into."
I'm not really sure why my mom does this, but for some reason she calls me like I am a lost 5-year old in a store. More than one time I heard my name yelled across the store. AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

During my outing yesterday I saw the local animal shelter had set up outside of a store, I went for a look, and saw some really cute dogs that were looking to be adopted, including a big fuzzy Collie. There were some people stopping to look at the dogs, but it was cold and windy, and you could tell most people that stopped had an agenda. Still, I'm glad they were out there promoting the shelter.
The day just seemed to get worse as it went on, and I was happy to get in a good tasting no-frills and inexpensive Chinese buffet.

I was planning(mistake) to go to a Christmas boat parade with a neighbor at a nearby lake, but it was raining, and we decided not to go. We later thought of driving around to look at lights in the nearby neighborhoods, but the rain just kept getting worse, and we decided it wouldn't be a good nite. It was a good nite for sitting on the futon with my 3 animals though.

posted by Caroline 12/14/2003 11:42:00 AM