Preparing for the Future

Abe and I are having a few friends over tomorrow to celebrate New Year's Eve. I'm kinda freaking out cause the house is a disaster and there is so much to prepare. Ugh, I wish we painted before moving in...not that that was even an option.

I am pulling most of the recipes for tomorrow out of the current Real Simple magazine. There are like 20 recipes for appetizers that can be prepared ahead of time. I was trying to write out a grocery list, but my magazine and paper seemed to get in the way of Paws' bath. He requested I instead write out directions on how to take a bath.

What? I was here first.

You just work it from elbow to paw in one, nice lick.

No photos, please - ha, j/k.

Oops, missed a little spot on the paw.

Oh yes, stretch it out. Gotta get those armpits.

And then just settle in, there is no need to move anytime soon...unless the lady moves the magazine, in which case you move to wherever it goes.

Have a Happy New Year's Eve! I'll see you in 2010 a.k.a The Future.

Christmas Weekend 2009

Hope everyone celebrating Christmas had a wonderful weekend! Mine seemed to last forever, which was awesome.

Santa brought me a ton of presents including a food processor, new Dansko shoes, earrings, and a Home Depot gift card, Abe made me a spice rack, my sister gave me a cake stand that converts into a punch bowl, and Allyson gave me a framed print for my future Enchanted Forest Room. There was much more, but I don't want to seem like a spoiled brat.

On Christmas morning it is family tradition to torture the pups. Phoebe and Zeke are scared to death of the camera. Phoebe will take off and hide, but Zeke is such a good boy that he'll sit and tolerate a few shots.

Phoebe was forced out of hiding by Jaime so she could show off her antlers. Zeke's face is stuck inside his Santa hat.

Later in the day I went to Allyson's house to exchange gifts with her mom and visit with the family. I am obsessed with Adam (her brother) and Carolyn's dog. Chris (her other brother) is holding up one of his famous designer cards.

Then we head to Chelmsford to hang with family. This year we had 19 people in the Yankee Swap. Abe got #2 and Jaime got #3...the worst numbers you can get...I got #17 woo hoo!

I love when it snows on Christmas Day.

The day after Christmas brought more celebration. We had dinner and Yankee Swap with family in Shrewsbury, and then we went over Dave and Brittany's for a party and got to see lots of friends.

Four out of six Green cousins. We're getting too big for this couch.

We spiced up the Yankee Swap this year by putting everything in brown paper bags.

Ahmad and Erika Get Hitched!

Abe and I drove back from Massachusetts the day after Thanksgiving for Ahmad and Erika's wedding in Staten Island/New Jersey.

The reception was amazzzzing and beautiful and FUN.

Not Jewish, but the chair thing is always fun:

RDM represents:

Brooklyn is Better, Brian.

After a few fun-filled months, Brian Ray slipped on back to LA. He'll be back though...he'll miss us too much.

We went to the bar The Woods to celebrate his last night, but we missed the memo that a tour bus was going to be dropping people off for a bar crawl. Since when does this happen in Williamsburg?

We were not interested.

So we ended up at Bar Celona and drank martinis, which was equally strange, but at least they had a fireplace.

Just a Li'l Thing

As you may know, Abe and I are moving in a little over a week. So, tonight I'm about to get on the train and remember to grab a bunch of free newspapers for packing up fragile items. I grabbed a stack of am New York papers and got on the L train.

I sat with the papers under my arm on the train and played solitaire on my iPhone. Then I transferred to get on the G train. As I walking on the platform I dropped the stack of 20 papers on the platform - one guy with headphones thought about helping me for a minute, but didn't. Anyway, I gathered them all up just as the train rolled in. When I got on the train and sat down I straightened out the stack of papers.

That was when I [finally] realized that I was freaking staring at my friend Jessica!

I'll have to wait to get more papers tomorrow because these are collectors items.