Topic: WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS (Read 35948 times)

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #180 on:** December 25, 2006, 04:06:33 PM »

That is an adorable card Mbarnum!

Merry Christmas everyone!

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #181 on:** December 25, 2006, 04:07:03 PM »

A page 7 Snow dance!!

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #182 on:** December 25, 2006, 04:15:37 PM »

I got a digital camera... Now I just have to play with it and figure out how to operate it. I did get some CDs and a sweater. And a Best buy certificate to get an external cd/dvd burner. My grandmother has not clue about them and told me it was easier for me to pick it out.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #183 on:** December 25, 2006, 04:28:40 PM »

My sister is the one who set the $10 limit.

bk · « **Reply #184 on:** December 25, 2006, 05:00:50 PM »

Darling daughter and hubby and friend Skye have come and gone. We had a marvelously marvelous visit with much laughter, they ate some spaghetti and the remainder of the tuna past salad, and cousin Dee Dee and dog Casey stopped by to say hello. I've got about an hour before I toddle off to Cissy Wechter's Christmas bash - I'm going to do everything in my power to not overeat, having already had a bite of tuna pasta salad and a smidgeon of spaghetti - probably not more than three ounces of pasta total.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #185 on:** December 25, 2006, 05:15:01 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on December 25, 2006, 04:28:40 PM

My sister is the one who set the $10 limit.

My mother's sister is EXACTLY liike that.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #186 on:** December 25, 2006, 05:16:15 PM »

The family soiree is in full swing, and a second shift of folks are eating.

I've had a bowl of chili and a bowl of chicken-and-dumplings. I've had a slice of chocolate pie and a slice of chocolate cake. I've had two cups of coffee.

In a moment, I'm going back over for some of the barbecue on a bun.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #187 on:** December 25, 2006, 05:34:42 PM »

The prime rib and potatoes are roasting, the herb biscuits are next up. The green beans await steaming.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #188 on:** December 25, 2006, 06:29:18 PM »

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JoseSPiano · « **Reply #189 on:** December 25, 2006, 06:29:42 PM »

Good Evening!

It's always nice to come home.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #190 on:** December 25, 2006, 06:36:48 PM »

So... As I was saying...

I was back in the apartment on lunch break washing some dishes. While washing a coffee mug, the handle broke off, and somehow ended up cutting my left thumb. I thought I had it wrapped up - literally - well enough to continue with my day, but once I got to rehearsal and checked with my stage manager, she immediately called the Company Manager, and the Company Manager drove me to the Emergency Room. Thankfully, the Washington Redskins vs. Dallas Cowboys game was on that afternoon, so the ER was actually "slow" and empty. After a short wait, I was sent "behind the curtain", and after getting four stitches, I was sent back home. -With my thumb wrapped up in a couple of layers of gauze. (On the way out of the ER, I joked with the nurse that they wouild probably get slammed now that the football game was over... alas, the nurse "sadly" agreed with me.) The gauze dressing came off two days later, and the stitches were taken out ten days later. -And, right now, I have just a trace of a scar. *And I even played a tech rehearsal with only one thumb functioning!

Lesson learned: Washing dishes is bad.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #191 on:** December 25, 2006, 06:37:05 PM »

Wasn't that a wonderful Christmas story?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #192 on:** December 25, 2006, 06:44:22 PM »

So...

As for presents... Since I have three nieces and a nephew, they're the ones who really raked in the Christmas loot this year - as always. However... My brother, Don, gave me a digital camera. Another digital camera to replace the one he gave me last year... the one I lost on the cruise a couple of weeks ago. And it turns out to be a very nice digital camera. My brother, Mike and his wife, gave me a Gap gift card, and my parents gave me a check.

I also got a great series of gifts from my Secret Santa at the theatre which culminated in a final gift of a chocolate fondue set with a bar of Marie-Belle Dark Chocolate - my fave!

However, I have to say my favorite gift this Christmas - this whole year - has been my niece, Emily. She just turned six months old, and she truly is precious - and she still smiles at me, and laughs with me. It's been wonderful being able to spend time with her while I've been working back down in DC.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #193 on:** December 25, 2006, 06:49:45 PM »

DR Jose! Welcome back. It's so good to see you. I'm sorry about your thumb, but I assume it's healing fine.

The gift is wonderful. But the accompanying card is priceless.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #194 on:** December 25, 2006, 06:51:07 PM »

Nice to have you home, Jose.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #195 on:** December 25, 2006, 06:51:32 PM »

In other news...

All I will say is that the past couple of weeks, months have been "interesting". Not necessarily "bad", just truly "interesting". My work got "interesting". Thankfully, the haze is starting to clear up, and I'm starting to enjoy my work again. -Even if I do find myself rolling my eyes still every now and then. But I'm among some wonderful people, and, now I'm seeing that I was always among them. It's just amazing how one - like myself - can concentrate on the "interesting" stuff in their lives, and not see all the good, all the joy that's been there all along. As the song goes in She Loves Me, it's all about "Perspective".

...Just in time for Christmas too! And that has also been a wonderful Christmas present this year too.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #196 on:** December 25, 2006, 06:55:27 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 25, 2006, 06:49:45 PM

DR Jose! Welcome back. It's so good to see you. I'm sorry about your thumb, but I assume it's healing fine.

The gift is wonderful. But the accompanying card is priceless.

Heck! I played my whole tech week for She Loves Me with the stitches in my thumb! If anything, it made me clean up my technique a bit.

I hope you enjoy the "read" and the "listen" - those improvisations are truly amazing! And as for the card... <blush>

*And, Thank You, to you too for your gift. I just love the classics.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #197 on:** December 25, 2006, 07:04:38 PM »

...And I actually ended up heading down to Richmond this morning to spend Christmas with Steve and his family. So, I'm pretty stuffed right now with country ham biscuits, corn on the cob, green beans (cooked with ham), sausage balls, smoked turkey, deviled eggs, potato salad, sweet potato casserole, chocolate fudge (with and without nuts), pecan pie, pumpkin pie, pumpkin roll, sweet tea (and unsweetened tea, if so desired), etc... It's always Good Eatin' at the Austins!

My family actually did our Christmas "thing" Saturday night - between shows for me - since my brothers - at least the married (and possibly soon-to-be-married ones) - were heading to visit their in-laws (and possibly soon-to-be-in-laws) on Christmas Eve. And that was also quite a meal too: beer can chicken, short ribs with sauerkraut, Cuban-style pork roast, Virginia ham (my father's first "attempt" at a Virginia/country ham - "You didn't soak it?!?!?!"), mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, rice, birthday cake (my niece, Alexandra, was born on Christmas Eve), etc...

Now I'm just trying to decided if I really want to make a stop at IKEA and Potomac Mills (BIG outlet mall) when I head back up to DC tomorrow morning... Hmm... Decisions, decisions...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #198 on:** December 25, 2006, 07:06:00 PM »

And, now... Back to digesting...

Laters...

Jrand74 · « **Reply #199 on:** December 25, 2006, 07:13:33 PM »

Ho-Say!!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #200 on:** December 25, 2006, 07:14:03 PM »

Rain rain rain....my backyard is a muddy mess....on Christmas no less.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #201 on:** December 25, 2006, 07:14:45 PM »

I want some tuna pasta!

BLIND DATE vibes for DR MATTH.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #202 on:** December 25, 2006, 07:15:23 PM »

DR SANDRA should be able to find a plethora of tunes on the site that DRs RODZINSKI and MBARNUM always tout....www.weirdomusic.com

JMK · « **Reply #203 on:** December 25, 2006, 07:27:21 PM »

We met some other families and took all our kids together to see A Night at the Museum. Surprisingly, we were about the only people with kids there. A nice premise, lots of heart, thankfully very little "character arc," and some funny bits by Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney. Robin Williams only does his manic shtick once and the rest of the film plays it surprisingly reserved.

I'm off to my LAST Christmas gig for 2006!! Hoo-ray. Then I actually have a few days off--my first in months.

Tomorrow we meet Sherlock.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #204 on:** December 25, 2006, 07:50:07 PM »

In 24 hours I probably undid all the "studying" I did for my cholesterol test next week. But, dang, was it fun!

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #205 on:** December 25, 2006, 07:56:13 PM »

DR Laura, what fun is it to be adult if you cant be a kid once in a while!

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #206 on:** December 25, 2006, 07:56:33 PM »

Welcome back DR Jose!

TCB · « **Reply #207 on:** December 25, 2006, 08:00:24 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on December 25, 2006, 06:29:42 PM

Good Evening!

It's always nice to come home.

Jose, I am so glad to see you back here posting!

Michael · « **Reply #208 on:** December 25, 2006, 08:03:30 PM »

My family has come for two weeks and are staying with me. I did however spend the afternoon and dinner with my extended family of friends.

Tomorrow is work and I will then try to spend as much time with the family.

MBarnum · « **Reply #209 on:** December 25, 2006, 08:29:53 PM »

Quote from: bk on December 25, 2006, 01:00:17 PM

I'm missing The Brain From Planet X. I hate those sort of two week runs - just when it's getting smooth and good and you want to start working on things, it's over.

Never say it's over, never, never, never.

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