Home for Christmas and 2007 begins

I'm finally getting around to making another post on here. The trip back to Buffalo was really nice. We flew in on the 22nd of December. There were no smelly people sitting by us and no crying baby so that was a plus. Rob and I split up our time visiting his house some of the days and my house some of the days. On the 23rd, Me, Rob, Dad, Michele and Drew took a walk around the neighborhood and looked at all the Christmas lights. It was fun but also very cold. To warm up afterward, we went into the hot tub. The hot tub is outside so it was weird to be outside in freezing cold temperatures in a bathing suit. We went into the hot tub a couple times during our visit. We had a tv out there and watched the Sabres game. Anyway, on Christmas Eve, we went to Rob's Aunt Pat's house for their annual Christmas Eve party. Santa came as usual. I won $5 on my scratch and win lottery ticket. We then went to church. It was funny to be at church with everyone and we were all in a good mood. Christmas was a busy day. Started out at my house. (well I should say my paren't house since I don't live there anymore) All 6 of us were there and it was a really fun time opening gifts and stuff. I got my new digital camera that I was very excited about. Then Rob and I went to his house for a bit. I wasn't there for too long. Rob stayed longer while I went to Kathy and Ron's house to see that side of the family. Then we picked up Rob and went to Chris and Mike's to see that side of the family. Becky told everyone that she's pregnant. Congrats to her!! We took a nice family picture. (I posted it in my pictures album) Overall it was a great Christmas and it was good to see everyone again. The next day there was a tiny bit of snowfall in the morning enough to just barely dust the grass. I was happy to get to see any snow at all. I had a dentist appointment and had to go in a few days later to get a cavity filled. Blah. We brought the Nintendo Wii with us. Everyone had a good time playing with it. Everyone especially liked playing Rampage on it. Michele and Drew went back home on the 27th. I spent a few days at Rob's house. He was working on clearing out the basement of the house a lot. One of the mornings Rob and I met up with my friend Heather from high school and her husband. It had been about 4 years since we last saw each other so that was fun. I had an annoying cold which I then gave to Rob. The cold affected him more than it did me because it got into his sinuses. He was ok when we met up with Jon, Dave and his girlfriend for bowling on the 30th. However on New Years Eve it pretty much floored him. That was a bummer because I had a New Years Eve party that night. Mandi, Paul, Jon, Maggie and Tom were there. We had a good time playing games and the Wii. It was too bad Rob was feeling too crappy to enjoy it. Mandi and Paul stayed overnight so I got to hang out with them some more the next day. We flew back to California on the 3rd. So that is a basic overview of a few of the things we did on our trip.

2006 was an interesting year with many ups and downs. Rob's dad's sickness would probably be the biggest down of course. Losing my precious dog Molly was one of the others. Oh, and Jon moving out of CA was a bummer too. But there were many ups too like getting married! I like living the married life! Moving into our current apartment, and also getting Milo. He is such a cute cat! Michele and Drew moved from NYC to Philly. I worked at the store all year. Just quit in December. Rob still has a good job at Oracle. So overall I'd have to give 2006 a thumbs up.

I posted a new photo album here. If you click on those moving pictures to the right there, it'll take you to a random picture in the middle of the album. I suggest you then click on (Set) and choose the first picture in the album and go from there. Its just nicer that way.