Happy Christmas

Father Christmas almost missed our house since we do not have a chimney but he made it. We had a very quiet Christmas. I got up at 6:30am to do a conference call with my parents so they could open their gifts that I had mailed to them and I could open the ones they sent to Ben and I. Each item was individually wrapped with its own bow and cards, fancy! We got some yummy food stuff that I have been itching to make such as waffle batter, muffin mixes, graham crackers, other crackers and Mexican sauces. My girlfriend Michal also sent us a care package that can help expand our dinners for sure! All of our Christmas cards are lovingly taped just above our oven so that way I can see some of our loved ones smiling faces while I make breakfast in the morning. Not a bad way to start out my day!


Muffin mixes that require a muffin tin, but with everything closed up it was hard to get a muffin tin. Now when I say everything, I mean everything. Just a few select pubs open on Christmas and St Stephens Day (the day after). At 7:00 Christmas Eve the whole city shuts down, pubs close, since they don't want people completely drunk when they show up for midnight mass.


Ben got a new phone for himself and I got a 4000 piece puzzle of Botticelli's Birth of Venus. Five days later I had the whole thing done. Ben has been creating a whole new interface for his computer phone that has a Xmen theme. We were supposed to head out west, but when it came time to hire the car, there were no cars to be had in the entire island. We could get a train, but the problem is when you head out to the country, if you have no car, you cannot get anywhere else but the station. We just will have to wait until another break to head out to Kerry. We have been watching tons of movies to pass the time. It has been sunny in the mornings, but by afternoon it is raining and windy. Not much of an incentive to leave the house if you ask me. We plan on a quiet New Years at the pub with Claire and then it is back to work on the 2nd. It was nice enjoying 11 days off work!