Happy Happy Holiday

Christmas went pretty well. The week we spent ending on Christmas eve with my parents was really nice and I think I’m quite less apprehensive about our future time there as a couple. The day before Christmas Eve, I went out for coffee with Mallory and left Kyle at home so that we could visit more and because Kyle, I think, expected to get some reading done for next semester. He ended up instead spending the whole evening chatting with my mom. By the time I got home, mom decided that she actually is fond of Kyle and is glad that she had the chance to get to know him better.  While I’m still fairly bitter that she never made this effort to get to know him sooner and never trusted my judgement on the man I chose to marry until a few days ago, I was pretty well convinced that she was simply never going to accept him fully as a member of our family and that seems like a greater possibility now so I’m fairly content on that status for the time being.

We bought both of our parents digital photo frames as their Christmas presents.  Both sets seemed plenty happy with the gift and were excited to get them loaded up quickly.  We’re having some trouble getting images from our computer to the cards and may need to break down and buy a card reader.  Also, for some reason, our attempt to transfer photos from my computer to our PC at home resulted in Kyle’s jump drive becoming write-protected.  What’s up, PNY?  Get your self sorted out! So trying to set up gifts for my parents was pretty maddening… but it’ll get better.  When we bought the frames, Best Buy was bundling them with digital frame key chains that are pretty nice so we gave those to my parents and my uncle.  We figured my mom would take the keychain but my dad ended up opening that when mom opened up the frame and he was so excited to have something on which he can carry photos of his children that I think he’ll end up using it the most.  It made me really happy.  I love watching other people’s faces light up when I give them gifts!

Kyle and I had some good gift-opening ourselves.  We got mostly gift cards and some DVD series and XBOX live and a PS3.  I’m so excited for the PS3 to arrive.  I basically want to play Little Big Planet all the time.  Since it’s break, I’ve been playing Animal Crossing for DS basically non-stop.  Kyle makes fun of me for it as it is pretty obviously a game for children that I love.  I want the new Wii version at some point too, though I’m not sure I’ll be as interested in it when it isn’t portable because it’s not really so interesting that I can’t still watch tv or do whatever while i’m playing.

I need to read.  I also need to go through the Nelson again while I’m back in town.  I haven’t been in ages.  Perhaps, I can find a good museum-going friend to traverse through it with me at some point this week.  I have two new pairs of boots and want to redo my whole wardrobe from there up.  I also have new jeans.  A grey-blue pair of skinny jeans at that.  Woo.  I love skinny jeans. That’s pretty much all of my news.

I would like to talk about the Christmas Midnight Mass at the Cathedral but that entry will have to wait.

• Category: Journal
• Tag: Family, Kyle, Topeka