Success!

I finally got onto the scale this morning to see the damage done by the holidays, and to my surprise, I weighed less than when I left for PA.  Hurray for stomach viruses?

So half a resolution can be checked off.  It must be a record of some sort.

For my mom

From Doris' engagement party

Happy New Year

This sick chicky is turning in early for yet another New Year.  Happy New Year!!!

Sick!

Ugh, I'm so sick right now. I spent the night throwing up everything I ate that day. It takes a lot of strength to dig that deep into your stomach. It definitely wanted everything out. It was very disturbing to see lunch come up 10 hours later. The hubster was a true champ when taking care of me. It cant be easy to worry about your wife while her Chinese aunt and uncle are throwing ancient herbal remedies at her. I finally fell asleep, but woke up to some fun from the other hole. I guess my system had not been completely evacuated. There is no way I'm getting in a car for 8 hours in this condition. This is not how I pictured new years, but hey I'll be around family.

Snowboarding Pictures

At the beginning of the day

First attempt at the bunny slope

Me and the older bro in line for the last run of the day

Action shot 1

Action shot 2

Group shot at the end of the day

Front row (L to R): Dennis, Andrew

Back row (L to R): Calvin, Lauren, Steven, Amy, Kevin, Elaine, Brock

Brock and Amy catching some air

Action shot 3

Redemption!

Fourth place finish in the annual Lui family Mario Kart championship! Definitely an improvement on last year's last place finish ( I lost to my then 12 year old cousin who had never played before). Next year, aiming for top two. Time to start training!

Snowboarding Aftermath

Hmmm, let's see.  Both my wrists, neck, tail bone, shoulder, calves, and quads are either sore or hurt.  I don't think there is anything that moves on my body that doesn't hurt.  My butt hurts so much that thought there was gonna be a big old bruise there, but there's not.  I was a little disappointed.

Argyle club

Momo and Brock rocking the argyle

Snowboarding ...

Victory! The green triangle trail owned my ass. I was pretty dejected, but I rallied at the bunny slope. By the end of the day, the bunny was my bitch.

Snowboarding

We're going snowboarding tomorrow, and I think getting ready for snowboardings is almost as strenuous as snowboarding itself.  Getting lessons on putting on gear, making everything fits, making sure you have everything with 6 other people is super tiring.  Or maybe it was driving around and shopping all day.

I'd like to invest in some snowboarding gear, but living in Ohio makes it kinda pointless.  Oh well, maybe when/if we move back to California or somewhere with actual mountains.

After Christmas Shopping

We went to the Jersey Shore Premium Outlets today... of course, in the middle of a severe winter weather advisory.  Yep, anything for a deal.  We made out pretty good.  I got a black lace satin top and a sweatshirt material type top from Banana republic and a pair of jeans from True Religion.  The hubster also found his unicorn, a pair of "rainbow" Billies that he's been pining for since last Thanksgiving. 

Thanks Santa!

Dear Santa,

Thanks for all the great memories this Christmas. Spending time with the extended family was great.

Love,

Elaine

Ps. Thanks cousins for all the great loot!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! I hope Santa was good to you.

Bad Dog Owner

So after spending the night at my aunt's house, we headed down to my cousin's place in Jersey where we'll be spending the next week.  We dropped off Egg and Red at my aunt's.  I feel so guilty for just leaving them there.  I know my aunt will spoil them, but Red gets anxious when she's away from us for long periods of time.  This will the longest at my aunt's.  I'll miss them and hope they forgive me.  I'm sure some spoonfuls of peanut butter are in the near future for them.

Kinect!

I played Kinect Sports tonight with my cousin and his wife.  It was a lot of fun.  I think I'm going to be sore tomorrow because pretending to play sports does that.  I think it's because of the lack of resistance.  At least the hubster didn't hurt himself like last year's Wii fiasco.  Time for a shower and some Zzzz's

Burger King, try Burger Peasant.

We finally got to my aunt's house, just a mere 8.5 hours after departing Columbus.  We would have gotten here sooner if the Burger King on the turnpike hadn't sucked.  All they had were whoppers and fish sandwiches!  How can you call yourself a Burger King with two menu selections.  What happened to the rest of it?  The hubster was the one who went inside while I walked the dogs in the freezing cold and windy night.  So I'm not sure if they carried the full menu, but everything he asked for was not offered.  We ended up not feasting like royalty, but stopping at the Wendy's right off the turnpike.

Road trip!

The difference between my two dogs:

Red and me singing Christmas carols in the car.

Egg Roll having none of that.