OMG I ate so many cookies this Christmas I have an eternal sugar crash hangover!
Presents for home got wrapped last night, just have to figure out how to pack everything so it's not smashed to smitherines by the time we arrive statside.
I'm just so happy to be coming, and Rory is really looking forward to meeting you guys!
Ciao.
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12/27/2008 03:47 #47195
christmas cookie hangoverCategory: potpourri
12/25/2008 10:04 #47179
happy christmas!Category: holidays
rory and I made loads of sweats for all our friends here. Many hours of messy fun later, I give you....coooooooooooookies. Rainbow chip, Ladycroft's cloud cookies, Mississippi mud cookies, Grandma's orange crispies, peanut butter snowballs, caramel fudge brownie cupcakes, and gingerbread cake. Oh, and home made hot spiced cider too!
It's already 6pm here so all of Santa's presents have been ripped open. I have a collection of odd things from the crew including a penguin in an egg, which I'm really not sure what I'm supposed to do with it. But, from my wonderful love I got many super cool toys!
A GPS so I can stop getting so lost in Doha! Awesome! It's actually waterproof and shock proof so you can take it sailing (has nautical measures), bike riding etc. I'm super stoked. It will come in handy to take to UK in February too when we have to go driving around to visit his dad and friends. Yah...it's going to be a real adventure driving roundabouts the other direction.
Anyhoo....my other big giftie that made me so happy is a Wii Fit!!! I got myself all measured up and it's not good. Got some weight to lose (not that I didn't know this). This will definitely be a little support buddy to keep me on my toes in a fun way. It's just the type of reinforcement I respond to as a gamer - you have to accumulate so much time in your piggy bank in order to unlock new activities etc. Plus you can set goals for weight loss over various periods of time. It has strength exercises, balance/posture, cardio, and yoga!
Here are some pics of Wii Fit
rory about to get measured
ski jump
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (or should I say wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii)
soccer goalie (harder than it looks!)
my dinky doha tree
HAPPY CHRISTMAS (E:PEEPS)!
It's already 6pm here so all of Santa's presents have been ripped open. I have a collection of odd things from the crew including a penguin in an egg, which I'm really not sure what I'm supposed to do with it. But, from my wonderful love I got many super cool toys!
A GPS so I can stop getting so lost in Doha! Awesome! It's actually waterproof and shock proof so you can take it sailing (has nautical measures), bike riding etc. I'm super stoked. It will come in handy to take to UK in February too when we have to go driving around to visit his dad and friends. Yah...it's going to be a real adventure driving roundabouts the other direction.
Anyhoo....my other big giftie that made me so happy is a Wii Fit!!! I got myself all measured up and it's not good. Got some weight to lose (not that I didn't know this). This will definitely be a little support buddy to keep me on my toes in a fun way. It's just the type of reinforcement I respond to as a gamer - you have to accumulate so much time in your piggy bank in order to unlock new activities etc. Plus you can set goals for weight loss over various periods of time. It has strength exercises, balance/posture, cardio, and yoga!
Here are some pics of Wii Fit
rory about to get measured
ski jump
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (or should I say wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii)
soccer goalie (harder than it looks!)
my dinky doha tree
HAPPY CHRISTMAS (E:PEEPS)!
colbye - 12/29/08 23:56
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metalpeter - 12/25/08 10:51
Those cookies and things look tasty, now I'm hungry. That Wii skijump looks awesome it really does I admit I can't think how you would do that but I bet it is very fun. I have seen ads for a snowboard game not sure if that is part of that game or a separate one. Glad you had a good Christmas and the small tree looks nice.
Those cookies and things look tasty, now I'm hungry. That Wii skijump looks awesome it really does I admit I can't think how you would do that but I bet it is very fun. I have seen ads for a snowboard game not sure if that is part of that game or a separate one. Glad you had a good Christmas and the small tree looks nice.
tinypliny - 12/25/08 10:19
WOW! LOOK at all those hours of baking effort! They look most delicious!!
A BMI of zero... hmmmmm. Metric dysfunction? :D
If you stacked all the gifts up, I bet it would be taller than the tree! So adorable!! :D
WOW! LOOK at all those hours of baking effort! They look most delicious!!
A BMI of zero... hmmmmm. Metric dysfunction? :D
If you stacked all the gifts up, I bet it would be taller than the tree! So adorable!! :D
12/24/2008 04:38 #47166
gingerbread housesCategory: potpourri
I held a little holiday dinner program (Eid, Christmas, New year all in one) for the few kids that are still on campus. Some of them made dishes to share, then we made gingerbread houses! Well, actually we used graham crackers because I didn't have time to make gingerbread.
Anyhoo...they kids had SO much fun making them. None of them had even heard of gingerbread houses. I love it when I get to share something creative, and tasty, with people and witness their first time experience with it. It made me really happy :)
Anyhoo...they kids had SO much fun making them. None of them had even heard of gingerbread houses. I love it when I get to share something creative, and tasty, with people and witness their first time experience with it. It made me really happy :)
metalpeter - 12/24/08 19:50
The funny thing is I have been to a Big Gingerbread house/store in a hotel and I have seen them but I have never made one or ate one, I think that is more common here then one knows, of course I do know what they are. My point is it would have been my first time making one also.
The funny thing is I have been to a Big Gingerbread house/store in a hotel and I have seen them but I have never made one or ate one, I think that is more common here then one knows, of course I do know what they are. My point is it would have been my first time making one also.
12/22/2008 06:47 #47135
NO SECRET SANTA!??????Category: holidays
What the heck did my ears just hear but that Secret Santa is canceled this year!???? Only four people signed up? FOUR? I was soooooooooooo looking forward to this. I'm traveling half way around the world to be there....and NO SECRET SANTA!???
Well, I still think the four of us should do something, even if we just draw each other's names and know who it is! I can deduce that Jenks is one of them, so who are the other two?
Well, I still think the four of us should do something, even if we just draw each other's names and know who it is! I can deduce that Jenks is one of them, so who are the other two?
12/22/2008 04:11 #47133
cookie paradeCategory: potpourri
Just a few more days til Christmas! Woo! The cookie baking begins tonight. Making an appearance in LC's kitchen this year will be her famous strawberry cloud cookies, Mississippi mud cookies, pecan caramel brownie cakes, peanut butter snowballs, rainbow chip bars, gingerbread bars, orange cranberry crispies, and pumpkin bread. YUM! To wash it all down, some homemade spiced cider drink. It will be pure sugar rush central.
Of course the sad part is that I'm making all these delicious cookies for friends who will all be gathering together as 'family' to enjoy Christmas while I'm stuck here working. Granted Rory of course will eventually come over, but it's going to be rather lonely. I would simply make phone calls to fill my time with cheer, but the 8 hour difference kind of screws that plan.
So, if you haven't seen it yet, enjoy the Elf dancing clips in my post below, they are good for a giggle. Make your own too!
Ciao!
Of course the sad part is that I'm making all these delicious cookies for friends who will all be gathering together as 'family' to enjoy Christmas while I'm stuck here working. Granted Rory of course will eventually come over, but it's going to be rather lonely. I would simply make phone calls to fill my time with cheer, but the 8 hour difference kind of screws that plan.
So, if you haven't seen it yet, enjoy the Elf dancing clips in my post below, they are good for a giggle. Make your own too!
Ciao!
Hope everything survives and that you have a great trip and I shall see you both on Wends.