tracyramone

Well I worked 12 days in a row and between that and having the temp here in NY go from 30 one day to 70 the next has gotten me sick yay!! So now I am off work for the next two days to get better and ready myself for a 17 day in a row work stint. I just love ski season

So I promised pics from the holidays and now I will deliver.

First was Julia's 6th birthday shindig - she had a Strawberry Shortcake themed party and she made out ike a bandit with gifts. She got a huge stuffed pony from my mom that she was dying for, a plug n play etch-a-sketch game for teh tv, 2 barbie dolls a my little pony set, a barbiw horse drawn carriage that she really wanted and a bunch of accessories and mixes for her easy bake oven. Some of my favorite pictures from the party were:

The cake:

Zo always has to do something silly when u wanna take his picture:

This has become my most favoritest picture of the two of them:

The best part of the party was right after we cut the cake and served the ice cream the cops proceeded to bust up the party because people were parked along the road. Let me just say there is NO parking on my street whatsoever and my driveway only fits about 4 cars and theres no shoulder on my road at all. It was quite hilarious because Bills sisters Envoy got stuck in teh ditch in front of my house and we had to use my Blazer to pull her big expensive SUV out LOL

The next morning was Christmas Eve so we got p early and baked some Christmas Cookies - Zo helped but I didnt get any pics of him since I wasnt in control of teh camera and he kept running ioff to play XBOX:

After baking and decorating the cookies and baking 3 pies we left to go spend the Christmas Eve afternoon and evening with Bills parents where my kids were again spoiled with way too many presents. Some of my favorite pics of the evening were:

Zo practicing to be the next Taylor Hicks:

My goofballs:

I look like CRAP in these pics but I was surviving off of 3 hrs sleep and alot of working/cooking/cleaning that took it all outta me!:

This was my tree and wreath this year (i made the wreath about 10 yrs ago and it still holding up nicely though I did replace the bow this year and this is the first time I have ever had an artificial tree since i was a kid):

Christmas morning pics - I wish i had gotten a pic of all the presents around the tree - Santa had to move the damn furniture to make it all fit this year there was way too many so I am picking my personal faves to share:

Zo got this dinosaur thing and I love how we captured his exact reaction to the toy in these pics:

I didnt quite have the Xmas I had last year but I did get:
- a portable DVD player for my truck
- A kick ass new karaoke machine with a voice recorder and video camera in it
- The Collecter's by David Baldacci
-The 2006/2007 NJ Devils Media Guide
- The George Foreman G5 Grill with the Omelet plate add-on
- A Steelers Snowman Xmas Tree Ornament
- The World's most INCREDIBLE standup wine bottle opener from Brookstone
- A wrought iron counter top wine rack
- 3 bottlles of wine that I have yet to try
- Keg Pong - the game
- Scene it - Friends Editiion
- A Hershey Bears (minor league hockey team) shot glas with my name on it
- 2 INCREDIBLE Elvis Costello Mix CD's from Cheech which was one of my favorite gufts because he made them just for me!! Thanks sweetie!! He also gave me a menu form the Steelers bar he watches the games at in Portland - how cool is that?

And Bill and I got a Stair Master FreeClimber 4600PT

She's my new favorite toy

For my birthday which was pretty uneventful as usual I got
-Desperate Housewives Season 1 and 2 on DVD from my mom
and Persya got me -
-Complicated Shadows: The Life and Music of Elvis Costello (a book I have been DYING for) off my Amazon wishlist cuz she is the greatest friend EVER!!! Thats the first wishlist gift I have ever gotten so THANK YOU DARLING!!
Bill took me to a lovely dinner at a very romantic steak house where we indulged in great wine and great food - that was the best gift he could have given me! I love when he shows his romantic side.

Ok so that was one helluva an update from me so maybe I'll get a few comments? LOL I'm off to drink my decaf Chai Tea, watch House and Dexter and go to bed!

xoxoxoxo
t.