Posted by Rob on December 28, 2010 – 11:17 pm
Filed under My Personal Life
Tagged as albany, apples to apples, big bad bob, bigbadbob, blizzard, christmas, dinner, family, gifts, meat pie, pizza, presents, rice balls
Christmas Eve
For years, my family tradition was always the same: we went down to Long Island on Christmas Eve to see my extended family at either my grandparents’ or aunt’s house. We would spend the night at my grandparent’s, and then after breakfast we would jump in the car and drive back to my parents house for Christmas Day. Once Shell and I were dating, things soon changed, as we had to start dividing up time between the two families. Last year it happened that we spent Christmas with Shell’s mom down in South Carolina, so this year we remained up here. This year we decided to have Shell’s dad come up to our apartment for Christmas Eve, and then we would drive down to my parents house to see them and my sister for Christmas Day.
One of the reasons we made these plans was because Shell actually had to work Christmas Eve. So that morning, after she went to work, I ventured out to the local grocery store to pick up stuff for dinner that night, and for the next week. Price Chopper was a mad house, and plenty of people had the same idea as me apparently. After pushing though crowds and waiting on line, I made it back to the apartment in one piece. I then straightened up the house, prepared the guest bedroom, and then I had like five hours to kill before Shell and her dad got back. It was a weird Christmas Eve for me…most probably the least stressful one I ever had since we moved away from Long Island about fifteen years ago. Read More »
Posted by Rob on January 3, 2010 – 8:46 am
Filed under Books, History, Movies, My Personal Life, Video Games
Tagged as american lion, beatles rockband, christmas, civil war, cronkite remembers, Declaration of Independence, dragon age, DVD, gamefly, Gamestop, George Washington, gifts, infernal city, presents, Simpsons, star trek, street fighter, wal-mart, walt disney world, watchmen, Wolverine
Heres what I ended up getting for Christmas from everyone. It took me awhile to write this since I just saw my parents and future father-in-law this weekend…
-Games
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Beatles Rockband
- Year subscription to Gamefly
-DVD
- Watchmen
- Star Trek
- Wolverine
- Street Fighter
- Simpsons Season 12
- Cronkite Remembers
-Books
- Best Little Stories from the Civil War
- Washington’s War
- Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born graphic novel
- For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War
- Elder Scrolls: The Infernal City
- Andrew Jackson: American Lion
-Clothes
- Dress shirt/tie combos
- Flannel pants (x3)
- Solid T-shirts
- Long sleeve shirt
- Boxers
- Declaration of Independence tie
-Gift Cards
-Other
- Gummi Bears
- Assorted chocolates
- Gumdrops
- Gum
- Cash
- Toiletries
- Wine
- Batteries
- Scratch-offs
Posted by Rob on December 21, 2009 – 9:31 pm
Filed under My Personal Life
Tagged as christmas, DS, gifts, holiday, ipod, myrtle beach, presents, PS3, sc, south carolina, Wii
Tomorrow Shell and I hit the road for a 13-hour car trip down to Myrtle Beach, SC to visit her mom for Christmas. We will be leaving tomorrow night when Shell gets home from work, so we hope to be in Myrtle Beach by 7am or so. While Im sad that I wont be seeing my family on Christmas, it will be nice to have a stress-free holiday in which I am not running around like crazy on Christmas Eve and Christmas.
To prepare for the trip, I am right now loading up my iPod and DS to the max with music and games. I will also bring the Wii down with me for some family fun. Not only is the PS3 huge, but I dont think Shell will appreciate me playing that while Im down there…with the Wii she is more likely to play. Her presents are all wrapped, so thats good to go. Tomorrow Im just gonna get a holiday haircut (I always wait til the week or so before Christmas to get a nice cut) and start loading up the car and getting other things done while Shell is at work. Then once she is home we are off!
Merry Christmas to everyone who happens to read my blog! Im bringing my lappy down with me, but I dont know if I will be able to snag any internet service. We shall see…
Posted by Rob on September 25, 2009 – 6:42 pm
So the past week Shell has been putting together our apartment with all the neat gifts she received at her shower. We got a heck of a lot of kitchen stuff. We got an awesome panini maker/griddle/waffle iron contraption that I am excited to use. Shell got a food processor so she can start making some great new incredible edibles. We also got a new pot set, which may not sound too exciting, but we definitely needed it since the old pot we had was loose, and the handle was on the verge of falling off. The most exciting thing we got was a set of four beer mugs, which Im looking forward to using for some frosty brewskis.
We also got a bunch of stuff to redecorate the bathroom. Initially I thought it was lame and didn’t really care about getting all these new towels, shower curtains, and other matching toiletry stuff. But the day Shell finished putting it all up and I walked in, I was pretty impressed with how awesome it looked.
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