today was preparing for the countdown to my mom's arrival (dec 23) and christmas. zac and i spent most of the hot day driving out to ikea to get shelving to help clean up the spare room, trying to find stuff (unsuccessfully) to clean up the backyard and preparing for our dog--- the landlord's mom (who lives next door) was out front when i came home when i came home from work the other nite. she told me to come in for some tea and biscuits (she's so sweet, every time she sees me she invites--read: insists-- i come in for tea. her husband was watching tv and said he'd talked to his daughter and the real estate agent (zac wrote a letter to the real estate agent the other day) and they were ok with us getting a small-medium sized dog. 8) so while we had the car today we got it a bed, dishes, a lead and some toys. we're looking for a small staffy or staffy x dog (we'd love to get a staffy-rottie cross but they're usually too big). we won't get one from a breeder or petshop either. we found a couple potential young staffys that we're gonna look at later this weekend (if its still available) or early next week (after the dog is flown in from perth or adelaide). when we got home i put up our tree (not really planning on it today but it is december 1 so i am allowed to play my christmas music and i figured why not get the tree out of the spare room and put it up). it is a bit weird decorating for christmas in a singlet and skirt and sweating in the 30C heat but that's christmas in oz.
our tree is complete with all my special ornaments: the disneyland christmas ball from when i went to disneyland with a friend right before christmas when i lived in cali, the montana moose ball from the same christmas (i flew to montana christmas eve to spend christmas with a friend who got married 3 days after christmas), my julian apple from julian, california where i lived and worked for 18 months (the town was known for its apple pie, which i didn't actually try until a few days before i left. it was good though), my shiny koala in a santa hat engraved with "christmas 2003" (my first christmas here), our alaska bear ornament (we got it in alaska when we were there almost 18 months ago), the wooden platypus (from the wilderness shop in sydney when we were there last january) and all the little bells, "pressies" (pressents outside australia) and drums that denise bought me last year when she went to pick up our christmas tree for us. i picked up the star at ikea today-- an impulse buy item. i just liked the simple straw star.
i also finally updated the
critical mass post with some photos
our tree is complete with all my special ornaments: the disneyland christmas ball from when i went to disneyland with a friend right before christmas when i lived in cali, the montana moose ball from the same christmas (i flew to montana christmas eve to spend christmas with a friend who got married 3 days after christmas), my julian apple from julian, california where i lived and worked for 18 months (the town was known for its apple pie, which i didn't actually try until a few days before i left. it was good though), my shiny koala in a santa hat engraved with "christmas 2003" (my first christmas here), our alaska bear ornament (we got it in alaska when we were there almost 18 months ago), the wooden platypus (from the wilderness shop in sydney when we were there last january) and all the little bells, "pressies" (pressents outside australia) and drums that denise bought me last year when she went to pick up our christmas tree for us. i picked up the star at ikea today-- an impulse buy item. i just liked the simple straw star.
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