My plan to play X-box for Christmas was a great success!

I made it through most of Halo 2 on the master setting but Friday night after a couple of glasses of wine (which as it happens, makes it hard to accurately throw a plasma grenade with any precision) I got stuck on a level that I am still stuck on three days later.

It’s been five hours of attempts to clear this level and even sober – I am still stuck. WTF? So I switched over to watching the first season of Dark Angel.

I ate leftovers from the giant Italian dinner – the same dinner that I lit the baguette slices on fire in the broiler. So I had fresh French bread and gorgonzola chicken tortellini leftovers and Megan’s toffee for the next few days of utter relaxation.

Then, on Saturday I got to pick up my Christmas gift to myself this year – Princess Buttercup.

I realized this year, when the usual level of holiday stress was absent that I think this will be a new tradition. In fact, next year, I think I’ll be going to Mexico for Christmas!

I suspect that when I have a family of my own, that I will enjoy the typical traditions or the excitement of the frenzy – but until then, I believe I will be quite happy without it all.

So how were your holidays?

Did you create any new and exciting traditions of your own?

The Princess Buttercup. Merry Christmas to me

I’ve been thinking about it for the last 6 months since Admiral Fubar has been away. I miss having little paws around and the snuggles of a tiny pup.

Princess Buttercup is almost 3 years old. Her owner couldn’t keep her anymore and rehomed her with me. She’s a lover and adores quite space as much as I do, already she’s proven a great compaion while I’m writing.

What a fantastic Christmas!