Kinda Laid Back

Christmas was laid back here in Portland, just like everything else.  Quite suitable for me.  Kyle and I slept in after playing video games late into Christmas Eve/Early Christmas morning.  I got a lot of knitting done on the arm warmers, too!  I made monkey bread for breakfast, and it was good even though I didn't manage to get that carmely layer to form like Mom usually creates.  I only had one minor disaster: I realized that my Ashleigh's Christmas DVD case is EMPTY!!  I freaked out, Kyle got the "Ah, she is freaking out, oh crap" look on his face, and I called home on his advice to make sure there is a spare copy somewhere in the world.  There is; I calmed down.  After large doses of hanging out, we decided to hang out more, but with video games and knitting (again - whee!).  I made spaghetti with alfredo sauce and Kyle worked on beating Brütal Legend.  Also, sooo much stockinette knitting.  I am almost done with the first armwarmer's knitted portion and soon to begin the duplicate stitching.  As usual, solid black yarn is difficult *pout*.  We topped off the day by getting doughnuts in the middle of the night.  Yum!

I got wonderful gifts including a new needle holder made by Dre (to replace the one that was in The Box) and a bracelet made out of nuts from my parents.  Also, I have mukluks cozily waiting back in my apt in Vermont.  I decided not to bring them to Portland.  That was a mistake, and have been missing them dearly.  They will be excellent here in the future, I'm sure.
Gifts I gave were well received, too, I think.  I got totally awesome tee shirts for Dre and for Kyle.  Also, Kyle wore his birthday socks.

This pic taken pre gift giving... I did weave in the ends, and they fit his feet better than mine :)

After all my worrying, Mom assured me that the hat fit!  Yay!  And she was able to wrestle it away from McK, who, it seems is quite the hat aficionado.

The visit here on the whole was an excellent Christmas decision, apart from making me sad that I don't live here anymore.  Vermont is extremely nice and all, but...