December 25, 2004

a brief note of thanks...
got back from jersey city about an hour ago. after spending time with the fam (yes, i did see them), i hightailed it to jersey city and spent christmas eve with my goddaughters, riss, george, mike j., steve d., lj and aud. we all feasted on yummy food - turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, flounder in lemon butter sauce, spaghetti, vegetable lasagna, rolls - most of it prepared by geore. after dindin, i made some soft-centered chocolate cake (but managed to overcook it so the center wasn't oozing out of the cake like it's supposed to - i suck!) and topped it with vanilla ice cream. when we were all too stuffed to eat anything else - and after the 87th time hearing aud say 'let's open gifts!', we gathered around the Christmas tree and exchanged gifts:

- thanks to mike j. for the poker set. now i don't have to get embarrassed when i pull out my ghetto poker chips!
- thanks to riss and geo (and the twins) for the softest pair of socks! also, thanks for the journal - riss got it for me for my poems... that's so thoughtful!
- thanks to aud for my clinique body butter from my froogle list. and of course, the chinese stamp of my last name which she got from china so that i can use it to sign some of my paintings... very touching!
- and of course, thanks to riss and george for having all of us over for Christmas eve, and feeding us really yummy food! I had so much fun watching the twins enjoy the wrappers and boxes more than the actual gifts!

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