Party in the dark

Well, after an unexpected storm tore down trees in the local area, our Holiday Cheer party turned into a "Who turned out the lights party". Several candles and some last minute change of plans made for a pretty good time after all. We ended up staying at my moms on Friday night as the power was still off. Saturday morning I slept through my appointment to have my stitches removed and barely made it to skating practice with the boys by 10:15. Kimberly had brought them to St. Gabriels at 9:00 for the Christmas Pageant rehearsal. Caleb got the part of Joseph, and Hayden will be playing Santa Claus. I can't wait to see how that goes! Saturday night, Kimberly and I went to see a Christmas Carol at The Zeiterion Theater in New Bedford with some friends. A bit long but very well done. We followed that up with a couple cocktails at the Kinsale in Mattapoisett.
Sunday we were off to another party in Marion which was great. We then walked over to the Christmas Stroll which is another annual highlight of the season. Santa and his elves for the kids, and free cocktails for the older kids! What a town! We then went back to our house with family for dinner. All in all a great weekend. And this morning I did end up getting my stitches out. Good thing too!

December 2005

Well, here we are in December. Seems like yesterday that we were running around in december of 1999 thinking that the world was coming to an end on Dec, 31st at midnight if we didn't update every computer clock on the face of the earth. Anway, here we are 5 years later.
I have been increasingly aware as iTunes slowly takes over my life. I have in the neighborhood of 2000 songs, which for those of you who are not familiar, is about 6 days worth of music if you play each song once 24 hours a day. Lately I have been listening to a lot of Beth Orton, Snow Patrol, Amanda Marshall, Death Cab for Cutie and Kathleen Edwards. A wide variety but that may have to do with why I need 2000 songs to pick from.
Lately, we have been busy with the holildays and the kids. Last weekend it was the Edaville Railroad. This weekend was the Wizard of Oz at the Marion Art Center Friday night, and then the Melloni Youth Foundation fundraiser in Wareham on Saturday night. The fundraiser was a great time with the group of cyclists I ride with out of Tri Town Cycles in Wareham.