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December 27, 2004
Evangelical Chinese Chicken
Well, Christmas came and as predicted, the goose got fat. I don't even know what I mean by that, but it seemed the right thing to introduce my list of Christmas Highs and Lows.
Highs
1. Seeing the Bean bug out about his new stuff. The best gift was a bus made out of giant hoops, ties and fabric. When assembled, it makes a cool bus-shaped fort/crawling space for the Bean. It then folds neatly and flatly up so you can hide it and bring it out an hour later to blow his little mind all over again.
2. My new pink Kate Spade laptop/tote bag that my husband got for me. It has cellphone AND ipod pockets inside, and brown handles. For someone who is so mouthy and pooh-poohy about commercialism and ordinarily a devoted discount shopper, I sure love me some Kate Spade. Hence the endearing, almost slapstick duality that is me.
3. Family jam session. No Boggle, but thanks to a little musical instrument set we got the Bean that had egg shakers, spoons, a tambourine and a harmonica, there was a guitar sing-a-long. I especially love it when folks are singing because it ends the endless monologue about how Republicans are awesome and how Jesus is going to smote me for being a godless heathen etc etc.
4. Commemorative RV Plaque. My brother and sister-in-law sent the Bean a beautifully illustrated sign with a picture of my mom and step-dad's RV on it. Since it also has their names on it, we suspect it may not really be for the Bean. He is going to be pissed.
5. Guitar lessons for my sweetie. This was my present to him. Now he is going to be a rocker on top of everything else. How lucky am I?
6. Getting to go to the mooooooooovies, a luxury we have only enjoyed maybe five times since Beanapalooza 2003. We saw The Life Aquatic and if you like ocean-themed movies that are sweet and dreamy with the added bonus of hot hot Owen Wilson in them, this is the movie for you. As well as me.
Lows
1. See number three above about the Republicans and the smoting.
2. Christmas card/"holiday letter" and photo from my husband's ex-girlfriend that my mother-in-law felt compelled to bring to our house and then weirdly leave out on our coffee table. To my husband, I threatened to post the picture on our fridge and pepper my conversation with PRAISE JESUS like her stupid letter said every fifth line.
3. Dogs Gone Crazy. I was feeding my friend/neighbors' dogs for a few days while they were out of town and boy those dogs really partied while their owners were gone. They jumped over the gate meant to keep them in the back of the house, lay all over the couch with muddy paws, ate candy that was left out on the counter, and tore up a bunch of Christmas cards that were posted on the fridge. Sometimes I am glad that my dog is 2,000 years old and toothless and just lays on a pillow quietly passing gas. Sometimes.
That's really it. In all, it was a lovely holiday made lovelier by the fact that we weren't stranded in an airport, sliding down sheets of black ice on freeways, or freezing in -20 weather. In fact, our little family was walking on the beach yesterday evening, watching the sunset over glassy Puget Sound and the snow-covered mountains beyond it and saying to each other, Seattle is really not so bad in the winter.
Posted by Max at December 27, 2004 12:40 AM