Been sick . . .

I haven't been sick for at least a year (as far as I can remember), but evidentally singing French Christmas Carols and singing in the Christmas Church Choir has put my voice out of service, making me vulnerable to a cold. It's so hard to keep this gal from talking and singing, so this cold/sore throat has lasted longer than necessary, I'm sure.

The In-laws were over for a visit this weekend and they are such good company. We had a lovely time eating/playing kinect/visiting this weekend. We'll be seeing them again Christmas weekend, which we're all excited about. (Though I'm sad I won't be seeing my parents for the holidays. But, exchanges must be made.)

Today we got free tickets for the Seahawks game and so despite the cold, we bundled up, met up with my dad, and rushed off to see my first football game. Not a bad experience. MUCH more interesting than watching football on TV. But, it was a lil too cold for comfort despite my longjanes, hood, fuzzy socks and full size blanket. I've probably extended my cold, but making my husband happy by going made it worth it. He was pretty thrilled that I was at least somewhat interested in his fav. sport. :P

This week I have off of work, of course, so upcoming will be more Christmas shopping, my first attempt making hard candy, and whatever other nonsense I come up with to entertain myself.

My niece is now 6 months and 3 days old! My how times flies. Here's a darling picture of her and her newest friend, Amy, her mommy's kitty. :) Can't wait to see her and her parents this coming weekend!

Christmas Tree!

On a lot of the other blogs I've seen, people have been posting pictures of their tree with their babes in darling outfits sitting prettily in front. Yes, I read a lot of mommy blogs or mommy to be blogs. I got hooked when my sister in law starting TTC and then found out that women sure have a story to tell during this time of their lives. Having children is probably one of the biggest decisions of your life, and the one that will have the most long lasting impact, except for maybe marriage, but even marriages can be ended, you can't end who your children are (not that you want to, just stating the obvious). But I digress . . .

Since I don't have any human babes, I took pics of my feline babe. I just plopped her under our lil tree and told her to stay, with some pets for encouragement. AMAZINGLY she stayed! She'll do anything for love and affection . . .

Anyway, here are the results:

Here she is, sitting pretty. I decided our short little tree needed a pedestal, so it worked out for me to put Milan on top of that. She looks actually quite happy there . . .

This was a trial and error pic. I had the flash on. "Maaaa, That's toooo bwight!"

The holidays are fast approaching! Can't wait!

Hubby made my day . . .

My hubby came home with a gorgeous bouquet of flowers that not only match our decor, but is festive for Christmas. I was so thrilled, I even teared up. I think it is so sweet when someone does something for you just because. There wasn't really any occasion, they just happened to think of you.

Last Night . . . then this morning.

Last night:

Micah's bow for Chelsea (the cello) went bald and needed to be rehaired a week ago. Today we went to pick the bow up and then I convinced/cajoled/begged Micah to let us go into Kirland to see the Christmas Shop there and get some Chai. (He's a homebody and just wanted to go home!) Anyway, I gave my best pouty face (which always wears him down nicely) and we were off. But, I misjudged how close I could park and we ended up having to walk 1/4 mile in the rain. Micah was rather cold, wet, and cranky by now because he only was wearing a hoodie for protection and it was soaking through.

We finally reached the Coffee Place and the Chai there was deliciously spicy. We dried out a little and became a little more pleasant to each other. :P Then we went over to the Christmas store and started looking around. Then all of a sudden, I found a darling ornament that we just had to get my parents. It was so precious and perfect. Micah grabbed it and said "We're getting this". Then a few seconds later he found a stuffed hamster with a Christmas hat that looked uncannily like my sister's hamster that Micah doted upon. He had to get that too. ;)

I'll tell you what the other item is after Christmas that we got my parents because they read this blog. ;)

Needless to say, Micah was in a much better frame of mind since going to Kirkland had a happy ending after all. We headed home and proceeded to be lazy the rest of the evening.

This morning, Micah had to be at work at 5am (ick!) and I was able to sleep in. Kitty came and joined me under the covers. I found that she loves to have the sides of her face stroked alllll the way over her whiskers to behind her ears. She went comatose with pleasure and couldn't stop purring. It was so cute to see.

The rest of my morning has been spent . . . well doing nothing really. So, now I'd better actually take a shower and get on that.

15 days till Christmas everyone! So excited! Micah finds out if he gets the days off he requested, so fingers crossed.

Weekend update

So today, my hubby joyfully stole my car and drove off to join up with our Friend Kristen to watch his first Seahawks and first football game ever. He didn't want to take his car, claiming it was "unreliable". Therefore, I'm stuck here (as I can't drive stick yet, I know I know, it's terrible) trying to avoid doing anything productive about planning classes tomorrow.

And for the record, I'm not really that into football. I would've only attempted to go if it wasn't a high of 40 degrees, I had a hot drink, and a good book. And as my husband says, "it's probably not worth the 50 bucks if you're not going to watch". I agreed.

Yesterday, we played our cello/violin duet for church, which went off without a hitch, and then later went to dinner at The Purple Cafe again taking our good friend Drewbie with us. We all enjoyed it immensely. I still have leftovers to eat today. :)

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, readers. I'll be soaking it up as much as possible before it ends ...

Annnd, it's gone.

The week seems to have flown by for some reason. Probably because I have Friday off so, it's essentially the weekend for me already, or the fact that report cards were due and I was scrambling to get them all done on time, or perhaps the fact that Wed. Micah and I spent all day running errands, not all unpleasant.

Either way, I'm glad the weekend is practically here.

For those who might not know, Micah and I are stringed musicians. I play the violin and he plays cello. We have a duet this weekend, so we dug out the instruments (named Leah and Chelsea, respectively). Micah's bow had not been used in rather a long time, as we discovered since 30-40 bow hairs had come loose. So, yesterday we went to have it rehaired. On the way, we had to drop of Micah's car which needed a new battery, then we went to dinner at this very modern and elegant restaurant called The Purple Cafe:

They had several spiral staircases and lots of curved accents/architecture. Such a neat looking place. They had the most wonderful food as well. So detailed and fragant and fresh. Micah had a wild mushroom pasta with parmesan and a light, herbed sauce. I have tomato soup, bruschetta, and I even tried mussels. (I don't normally eat seafood besides fish, but you have to try everything once. They weren't my favorite, but the lemon butter sauce made up for the lack. So, now I can say I tried it and probably won't ever order it again. :P

But, they have a lot of variety and vegetarian options as well, so it's a great place for all.

After that, we indulged ourselves and bought "each other" gifts for Christmas using the rest of our Macy's gift card from the wedding. I got my first sweaterdress, some "teacher shoes", and a silver scarf. Micah got a remote helicopter and Seahaws Christmas hats for himself and our friend Kristen. (They are going to a game this weekend). We ended the day by having a rehearsal with our accompanist and then headed home.

And now there's only 2 weeks left till Christmas Vacation! We'll be spending Christmas with my in-laws which I'm pretty excited about. I've never actually spent Christmas Day with them before. Should be lots of fun and I get to see most if not all of Micah's side of the family, many of whom I'm very close to. : )

More later.