Christmas update

Here is my 2006 Christmas present list...

From Rusty:

• PostSecret Book
• StuffOnMyCat wall calendar
• StuffOnMyCat daily box calendar
• Harry Potter 4 dvd collection
• Candy cane pajammies

From Mommy:

• HUGE ASS universal remote control (too funny)
• Portable dvd player (for traveling)
• dvd player case
• fancy silverware with wooden case

From the in-law's:

• small wooden box (kinda like a small hope chest) with "Young" carved on the front
• Bob Evan's gift card (a running joke for years now since we ate there and neither one of us had "working" money)
• a fleece shirt for me
• a nice shirt for Russell

And then of course we both got money from others who never know what to get us, lol. It was a good Christmas. The first night we got into Braxton we watched Jet Li's Fearless which is a must see, and we also watched The Wickerman which was really creepy but not that great. Rusty's been so sick lately. Saturday was the worst, but ever since then he has different problems. I've been trying to get him to go to the doctor since he can go for free with our new insurance, but you know men. He's says he's going to wait and see how it goes, but if it's his gallbladder, then it will come and go anyway. Somehow I need to think up a plan to trick him to go.

I've been making pretty scarves with my nifty knitter. It really doesn't take long at all to make them either. I gave grandma one for Christmas (and she called it her prayer shawl since she's been sick), and then she has to show me up and take me to these crocheted afghan baby blankets that she's been making for me, lol. She decided to make 2 for each grandchild now because she says she won't always be around to make them, and apparently my great grandma made a few and now family is fighting over them now that she can't make anymore. It's sad. She was doing a bit better for a while, but now they say she's sleeping all the time and only waking up to eat a little bit. Mom wanted me to go up there this weekend since they think she won't be around much longer, but I have to work, and what's the point really when she won't even know I'm there to see her anyway.

Russell and I are taking down Christmas decorations today, and we have to go grocery shopping. I'm going to start a new hobby today if I can figure it out. I'll take pictures of the wooden chest whenever we get stuff moved around and put it out. It's so pretty.