Merry Christmas!

It was a quiet Christmas Eve and Christmas morning here.  Last night Mike and I went out for dinner to a local Italian restaurant.  Normally we have excellent service but not last night (of all nights).  It took us 2 hours to eat.  From the time we sat down to when we go our entrees it was 1.5 hrs!  We are pretty sure that either our waiter never put in the entrees or the order got lost.   A couple sat down 45 mins after us and got their meal 10 mins before us.    It was still a nice evening because we didn't have any other place to be.  After dinner we drove around looking at Christmas lights.

This morning we opened our stockings and then our presents.  My stocking had a new red travel mug, lots of chocolate, fuzzy socks, and a magazine to read.  Mike got wool socks, mints (he doesn't like chocolate), and dental floss (he flosses at least twice a day).

Our big present from Santa was a new vacuum!  A Dyson Animal.  Our current vacuum has slowly be breaking/losing suction so it was time to replace.  Santa knew that Cali sheds a lot and that we could use a really powerful vacuum cleaner.  Mike put it together and then proceeded to vacuum the entire house (Merry Christmas to me!!).  I'm not going to lie-I was shocked at how much dirt is sucked up.  Even though we vacuumed on Tuesday, we filled that canister with dog hair and dirt pretty quickly.

We hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas as well.