I impulse-bought a $4 bottle of Arbor Mist Strawberry White Zinfandel at Walmart, dusted 15 1/2 years of dust off my wedding wine glasses and I’m ready for a New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. But first…
I hope 2009 is a great year for all of you! Happy New Year! :boogie:

I’m having a little trouble getting back into the post-holiday swing of things because a variety of things are conspiring to keep me curled up in my jammies on the couch all days—the new wee baby Asus, the iPod Touch, Undercover, a smokin’ hot futuristic romance from Lauren Dane, and the basket of homemade chocolate [...]

When the husband tossed a copy of Madden 08 (football) for PS3 into the mess of things going under the Christmas tree, I might have rolled my eyes and called him an idiot. Maybe.
See, the boys aren’t really sports savvy. They’re both history buffs and enjoy games like Civil War and Blazing Angels, plus they [...]

I’m just not going to have time to write anymore, I think. The iPod Touch Kool-aid is potent, and I’ve been guzzling it hard since about eight o’clock yesterday morning.
So I asked Santa for a pink iPod Nano. I liked my Zen Stone, but I really wanted a small video screen for no other reason [...]

We had a lovely Christmas! Christmas Eve we all gathered at my aunt’s house and there’s nothing more exciting than 10 kids aged 1 to 13 tearing through a pile of gifts. Proving she knows her grandsons like nobody else, my stepmother’s gifts to them included an argyle sweater vest for the Tall Kid and [...]

I broke down last night and unboxed the wee baby Asus (since it was never intended to be a Christmas gift anyway). It’s the Linux one with the tiny little, almost-full out of the box 4GB that’s $279 at Best Buy. Since all I was looking for is the equivalent of the Alphasmart but backlit, [...]

It snowed until the wee hours and we got another lovely foot of snow. Oh…yay. Now everything’s backed up—the husband left at 8:15 instead of 7:00, the Tall Kid goes at 9:30 instead of 7:30 and the Short Kid at 10:30 instead of 8:30. But then I still have to pick them up at 2:20 [...]

Nothing like 12-18″ and high winds to force a slowdown in the holiday madness. Here at Casa Stacey we’re curled up in the living room watching Gettysburg (though we’ll probably skip the dreadfully disappointing Gods & Generals after and go for Hancock or Indy 4). This is the first time seeing Gettysburg for the boys.
And, [...]