December 28, 2004
Granddaddy of All Presents
So my first married Christmas indeed as my wife had been promising me for weeks, yielded the granddaddy of all presents for me I got an XM Satellite Radio system! First chance I got to get outside, I had it out of the box and was hooking it up to my car. I’ll be getting the home kit for it soon, but for now I am content to hang out in my car all day.
My wife caught me yesterday sitting in the driveway rocking out to some worldwide tunes. I hate commercials and I don’t ever have to listen to another one on the radio again, if I don’t wanna! It is so awesome and I think will be opening up my horizons for my music tastes.
Some channels I’ve been checking out:
The Torch – Christian Music that Rocks
The Loft – Acoustic Rock
Lucy – Classic Alternative Hits
Fox News
There are so many choices in their ever expanding lineup. And now they have announced that they are the official network for Major League Baseball. It just gets better and better!
Aside from the granddaddy of all presents, we had a very pleasant Christmas. We went down to my in-law’s (in Delaware) on Christmas Eve Eve and left Christmas Day to head up to my parent’s place (in Baltimore). It was a great way to be able to see both our families that day. Our own personal Christmas for the two of us was on Sunday morning.
Amy’s family is rather large in comparison to my only child household. At her parent’s house were her little brother, older sister – husband & two kids, and of course her parents. There were so many presents under the tree and the kids helped pass them out to each family member. Then they took turns going from youngest to oldest opening presents.
This was very different from what happened at my parent’s place. As my dad, Amy and I opened up our presents together, my mother struggled to get my grandmother to sit down with the rest of us. Then my uncle showed up early for dinner further adding the chaos of the room. I love my family, but they sometimes make the simplest of tasks complicated. While Amy’s family seems to make the most complex situations look easy. Everybody like every family has their strengths and weakness I suppose.
Still a wonderful holiday was had by all. Because some of Amy’s family was not able to make it on Christmas day, we will be heading back down there for New Years. So when all is said and done, I think we will have had 4 Christmas celebrations. Creeping close to the 8 crazy nights!
Posted by price at December 28, 2004 11:28 AM