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Computer Trouble, Snowflake, Random Thoughts

December 4th, 2013 at 02:34 am

My computer is going "click" intermittently. It's a very soft click, and it's not super-often. But it's upsetting. And I have applecare. So I'm taking a trip to the genius bar at the Apple Store in Albuquerque.

The Apple Store is in an upscale mall (all sorts of stores I never shop in, nowhere near my beloved Old Navy). I checked out what other shops are there, and seriously, I'm going to go to the Apple Store and then leaving for my favorite Vietnamese restaurant which is totally awesome, reasonably priced and has a giant lumberjack out front. I'm not kidding; I'll take a photo for you!

Tonight I sold an old toy of F's for $30 - yay!!! I am over budget in my xmas shopping for her so this will help bring things back under control.

I have to think carefully about what xmas dinner will be this year (I want to stay in budget). D is always confused about American Thanksgiving being so close to Christmas. He says you basically end up eating the same thing. We normally do a very British Christmas, even have friends over for Boxing Day.

Other random thoughts:
- having a super clean house makes me spend less (do you feel that way, too?)
- I just lied to F when she asked what the giant box was (it's a gift for her) - I said it was a box for the office, a new printer. I hate lying, but in this case, it's an ok lie (we can't reveal that I buy the gifts and not Santa, not yet, anyway). And I AM going to take it to the office to wrap and hide.
- Dinner tonight is homemade sushi.
- D bought some clothes and has asked me to wrap them up and give them to him for Christmas; is that weird?

4 Responses to “Computer Trouble, Snowflake, Random Thoughts”

  1. creditcardfree Says:
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    I think your husband is just being practical. He wants/needs the clothes. Must like to pick them out himself, but is willing to wait. I also don't think Thanksgiving dinner has to be the same as Christmas, but in some circles of people it is.

  2. CB in the City Says:
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    What do you have for a British Christmas?

    It's really quite amazing how many of our regulars here have British spouses!

  3. LuckyRobin Says:
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    We always make lasagna for Christmas dinner. It's still an elaborate meal but nowhere near the same as Thanksgiving for us.

  4. Buendia Says:
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    That's a great idea! I think we are going to do chicken marsala, a nice salad (with something other than the red leaf lettuce that I usually use), cauliflower cheese (with manchego because I can't eat cow cheese) and for dessert - chocolate fondue (and we're dipping oreos and fruit and we'll have crushed candycane bits to dip the oreos into). Not an expensive dinner, different from Christmas, different from our usual dinners...

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