Christmas Delayed
I got a call from Suzanne, “Sean is requesting your presence at noon. We’re having a pre-celebration at Old Chicago pizza.” I love their Thai Pie so she didn’t have to twist my arm. Sean ordered a meat-lovers pizza with Bavarian Sausage that he shared with me. I shared some of Tim’s pizza as well. It pays to sit between them. It probably was a mistake to fill up on so much pizza.
Paul Tossing The Dough
Suzanne, Sean and I dropped off Paul, Tim and Clare. Then we went shopping for iPod Touch accessories. Sean is looking for a case and screen protectors. I suggested Wal-Mart and Best Buy. Wal-Mart because I haven’t been in the new super center- it is much smaller on the inside than it looks on the outside. I looked around at Best Buy. Sean picked out a red case and the protectors- I didn’t think he needed either. Suzanne stopped at Cold Stone Creamery for ice cream. It was cold enough outside, “I’ll pass.” I helped Sean place the protector on his Touch without bubbles.
When Ray and Char arrived we started the Christmas day festivities starting with the opening of Christmas stockings. Paul was dressed in his new chef’s uniform. I thought he should wear the hat too. He was busy in the kitchen making prime rib and fresh bread. Paul was spinning the dough in the air like a pizza.
Sean got some ‘Fire’ Slim Jims. He dared me to eat one. It was ridiculously hot. Tim had no trouble with his. Sean offered me another. I shouldn’t have eaten the one I did!
The sun came out; the sky was a deep blue and the light golden on the horizon. I went outside and photographed the Dobbins home and the snow that had drifted around the house.
Dobbins Home at Sunset with Moon
Paul served up a slab of Prime Rib that was huge. I should have cut it in half- even then it would be too big. I ate too much. The candles were lit and “Happy Birthday” sung to Sean. I had a big slice of cake and ice cream. I was painfully stuffed. I thought a movie and time would settle my stomach. I brought “Yes Man” with me on Christmas Eve in case we got stranded at the Dobbins. It remained unviewed, so now was the perfect time to view. I did realize Suzanne wanted to see it too. They were watching some odd Christmas movie on the Hallmark channel upstairs while we were in the basement watching the big screen TV.
Christmas Meal
My stomach was getting worse not better. I took a break and headed to the bathroom. One, two, fingers down my throat but nothing would come up. I hate vomiting but I really needed to. Sean and Tim were concern by the sound emanating from bathroom. “I’m okay, just trying to puke.” Sean was kind enough to pour me a 7-Up for my stomach. It didn’t help. Some minutes later I went back in the bathroom. Something the size of a pea came up. I kept at it: a tablespoon, then a cup, and then most of supper. I felt much better.
I gave Sean an iTunes card, which was the perfect gift for someone in love with his new iPod Touch. I also reviewed all the game and application picks from the last year of Mac Break Weekly. There is so much to pick from this would help him find what is really good.
Paul handed me his new Dell Inspiron 15″ laptop. I was to clean off the crap and install Office, and try to get ProChef on it.
Monday (12/28) I looked at ProChef, which I could barely run on my Windows XP machine. I didn’t even try to port it over. Paul mentioned there is a newer version. Last time I looked that wasn’t the case. But Paul was right. I downloaded the demo for version 10. Windows 7 required 300 mb of updates, so it was good that I brought it with me.
