Dec 15 2011
After dropping Brenda off at the airport I decided to make a quick trip to San Diego Zoo. Knew it would be a brief trip so I focused on getting some Christmas decorations and just some of the animals. Started with taking the Skyfari up to the back of the zoo and walked back toward …
Dec 11 2011
It’s that time of year! My niece Kimi and her mom came by today to drop off some goodies they spent the weekend baking. She even made me a very special Mickey Mouse cookie…which she had accidentally given to one of her friends earlier. Judging by some of these that I’ve already eaten, it must …
Dec 07 2011
Put up our outside Christmas decorations this evening plus one on the inside. They may be meager and simple but they make my mom really happy. And a happy mom is a cooking mom.
Dec 04 2011
Had a long-overdue video chat with Brenda that ended up lasting just over two hours. With her laptop camera she took me on a tour of all the Christmas decorations she put up inside her house in Austin. Brenda takes decorating very seriously and each year does an amazing job with it. I also got …
Dec 03 2011
The second day of helping the Tapias decorate the outside of their house for Christmas crucially began with a delicious scrambled eggs and bacon breakfast, after which Sylvia got busy with drawing, cutting out, painting and decorating some larger candy-canes and gingerbread men to place at the front of the house. Rodrigo meanwhile was himself …
Dec 02 2011
The interesting portion of my day, which was spent helping Sylvia decorate the outside of their house for Christmas, began with her and I going to Michael’s to pick up a few minor crafty necessities, then quickly chowing down a bean burrito (actually, not an innuendo), climbing ladders and walking on her roof to install …
Nov 28 2011
What was supposed to be a fun-filled day of Christmas decorating with my friend, Sylvia, turned into a day spent driving to K-Mart, Costco, Sears, Walmart and Target looking for just the right style of Christmas lights that she was needing for this year’s decorations. At each location she got more frustrated by not finding …
Nov 24 2011
Excellent Christmas music for free from Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors.
Nov 19 2011
Went to visit the Tapias today for Sylvia’s Xty Xth birthday. She was busy creating a couple of amazing wreaths made out of dyed corn husks while we watched her favorite Christmas movie, “Elf.” I watched the movie while petting both Lilo and Stitch’s tummies. Never was reciprocated. After a delicious home-made meal and the …
Jan 04 2011
Went with my mom and Kimi to Bill and Beata’s house for a belated Mexican Christmas dinner and to play Apples to Apples.
Dec 31 2010
Went with the Tapias to the Del Mar Fairgrounds’ 1.5 mile-long “Holiday of Lights” display for my very first time. It turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. We weren’t very close to the displays and wanting to take pictures was made more difficult with all the signs telling us not to stop. …
Dec 25 2010
Randy and family stopped by to say Merry Christmas and to drop off the jacket I forgot at their house.
Dec 25 2010
For Christmas I took my mom to Starbucks for some out-of-the-houseness and coffee.
Dec 24 2010
Had a nice Christmas Eve dinner gathering at our house with the extended family.
