Holiday Shopping
I can hardly believe it. It's December 6th, and I'm done with my Christmas shopping.
Every year, I get mauled and nearly killed at the stores, as I hustle around trying to get our holiday gift list checked off. I decided I wasn't having any of that this year (I can't even walk out of Costco on a weekend without feeling beat), so Mike and I set out to buy as many gifts online as possible. Paying shipping fees isn't even a problem since we generally end up having to standing in line at the post office to ship half of our presents to loved ones. Generally, we spread the shopping out over the month of December, so inevitably, our anxiety level increases as the month moves on and the crowds grow more frenetic.
So what happened this year? I was more annoying than usual in getting Mike to think up a list of ideas for his family members, AND I started nagging at an earlier date. Combine that with just a stroke of dumb luck that we found reasonable prices online, and here you find us with all of our gifts ordered or in-transit in just the first week of December. Aaah, now I can sit back and enjoy my hot cocoa...at least until we have to go through the ordeal of holiday travel back to the midwest!
“It’s Wedding Season!”
Mike and I attended our first wedding for the year. Over the holiday weekend, we travelled to Cannon Beach for the wedding of my friend Arati to Kelly Terrall. While the weather wasn't as perfect as one would hope for their wedding day, it was a beautiful wedding nonetheless. We witnessed our first Hindu ceremony, and we heard Arati and Kelly exchange truly heartfelt vows in the American ceremony, which was officiated by Kelly's dad. All of this with a backdrop of Haystock Rock, followed by an evening a good food and lots of dancing, we had a blast! And I was happy to see some fellow CMUers whom I haven't seen in over 6 years. Congratulations Arati and Kelly!
Presidents
I have to say it: I love 3-day weekends. If only we had more...It isn't as though we did anything out of the ordinary this weekend; we just were more productive but still had time to relax. Oh, we did go to see the Oregon Ballet for the first time in our six years living in Portland. It was a late birthday present to myself. Speaking of my birthday, you can see a few photos taken on the day of my birthday if you are so inclined.
Holidays
Happy 2006! The holidays are over. Mike's mom and sister came out to Portland for Christmas, and we rang in the new year with our friends Aaron and Amy at clarklewis. Amazingly, I kept a consistent training schedule in between the gorging, time with family and friends, and classe francais. Oh, and congratulations to our friends Albert and Julia who not only are parents-to-be but will be having TWINS! So far, it's a good year!