Christmas!

It’s hard to believe that Tim and I have spent our 5th Christmas together—how time flies! Actually we exchanged gifts back on Thursday since Tim had to work today and we both had to work yesterday, so we figured if we did it early we’d have a few days to play with our new toys before going back to work. And since Wednesday was our “Christmas Eve” Tim insisted that we should give each other one gift that night. Clearly he gets very excited at Christmastime. In addition to the stuff we got for each other, Santa brought us some neat stuff (and he was also kind enough to bring it a few days before the 25th so we could go through with our plan to celebrate early). Tim received a deep fryer and a branding iron that says “Bite Me”—and no, he is not going to try it on Lena. I received a gift card to JoAnn (and I’m, of course, already thinking of the yarn I will get with it) and a DVD set of the complete 1st and 2nd seasons of Dinosaurs (“Not the momma!”) We also received some delicious Belgian cheeses, some candles, a few DVDs, and some flashlights that don’t require batteries. I got Tim a couple of cookbooks—one is a cheesecake book, and the other one is about cooking with beer (goes well with the deep fryer he received!) And he was a really smart guy and got me a book not only of knitting stitches—it also has crochet stitches since he knows I’ve been trying to learn how to crochet as well. He really thought that one through—extra credit for Tim! Funny thing is that his second choice was a book on cables that I’d actually gotten for myself a few days before since I had a 30% off coupon for Borders.

The big thing that we did this Christmas is that we finally moved into the digital age—we purchased our first digital camera. Woohoo!! Of course now we have to figure out how to use it. We’ve been able to take some pictures and all that, but we haven’t even scratched the surface of all the features that our camera has. It’s so exciting! In this age of impatience and instant gratification, a digital camera is a wonderful thing. We can send pictures out right away, upload them from home for printing, and take as many pictures as necessary without having to worry about having a spare roll of film. (And we purchased a 2Gb memory card so that we’d have plenty of room.) I do have to say I’ll miss my faithful little Olympus camera, though. It has served me well for the past 9½ years, and I think it will remain as backup.