Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Christmas Break, Cliff Notes Edition 2007

Here is the short version of our trip to my Mom’s house in Mississippi over the Christmas Break:

Someone: Wow, there are a LOT of trees here. Look at all them!

Someone else: Those are really tall pines trees. I don’t think our pine trees in Utah look like that. How many species of pine trees are there, anyway?

Me: Good question. Let’s see. You have Blue Spruce. Lodge Pole. Evergreen. Long Pointy Needles. Short Pointy Needles. Christmas. Oak. Eucalyptus. I think that’s about it.

Yes, I used to be a dendrologist in a past life.

We had a great time down there, although we’ve now made a personal resolution that we are NEVER, EVER going to pack up Christmas, have it someplace else and then pack it all back home. We had to steal two large suitcases from my Mom just to fit all the crap. Alternatively, if we do this sort of thing again, we’ll just get everyone gift cards and be done with it. You try fitting Jonah’s huge RC car into a normal suitcase, OK? Also, that RC car thing? Wicked cool. We fight over who gets to play it. I’m bigger, so I get far more “turns” than anyone else, and because I never learned to share.

I gained 63 pounds, since all we did was bake, cook food with four sticks of butter in it, eat that food, and then start baking again.

Seriously, I’m a huge tub o’ lard right now. That shadow that just passed over you? That was me, waving my fat, huge and gelatinous arm and saying “hi” to you.

I keep forgetting that winter in Mississippi doesn’t mean the same thing as winter here in SLC. Winter in MS means it rains, the temp may sometimes dip down into the low 40s, the sun shines and it’s around 68° in the afternoons. Winter in SLC means this:

That was waiting for us off our balcony. Can you imagine what it would feel like to get smacked in the noggin if one of those stalactites cut loose? Ask Lucas, he was standing underneath when I started knocking them down. (not really.)

I’ll have pics and stories from our trip later in the week, maybe next week. Not only do I have to dig out from the mountain of snow, but coming back from work after being gone for a week is insanity.

Oh, and I got an iPhone for Christmas.

(!!!!!)

Complete surprise and the sound of my geeking out went into the stratosphere.

Yep, they really are *that* good. Highly recommended.

Hope everyone had loverly holidays and here’s hoping 2008 is wonderful and prosperous for all of you!

(I got an iPhone!)

(My 2008 has already started out well!)

(I’ll stop talking about my iPhone now.)

(I won’t stop petting it though.)

(It’s SO purty!)

Jon scribbled this mess on 01/02/08 at 12:15 PM, best we can tell it fits in the category of Photos Regular Post. This many folks had something to say about that, The permanent home of this entry is here: Link

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