All I want to do is drink wine, eat Ghirardelli peppermint bark chocolate and watch La Femme Nikita episodes.

I am really enjoying the Shiatsu back massager my mom got me. I just wish it was made for tall people because it doesn’t go high enough on my back. I want it to knead my neck too! The seat vibrates which is an extra nice bonus. It might not replace a masseur but it is a great substitute. Besides, you all know about my fear of being naked in front of and getting rubbed by a stranger. This Shiatsu Back Massager is great because I don’t have to get naked nor do I have to make polite conversation with someone whom I am sure is examining my blackheads.

I am rather interested in the soon to be released movie Factory Girl. Years ago I read a portion of Andy Warhol’s diaries. It seemed like every entry had something to do with Liza Minnelli or Mikhail Baryshnikov doing drugs in the toilet of Studio 54. Or at least that’s pretty much all I remember. The girl they have portraying Edie in this new movie looks just like her! Maybe it’s just in the still photos, I don’t know. I would love to see this movie. Of course, I also want to see Rocky. And then maybe Rob will take me to the zoo.

I saw a People headline that read, “Brad & Angelina’s New Year’s Resolution: Help Cambodia.” Gosh! I just want to keep my bathroom clean and exercise a little more.

I gotta go back to work. It was a lovely 4 days of holiday. I don’t mind going back to work. In fact, this month I am kicking some major ass so I am feeling all good inside. Once it turns January and everything goes back to 0.00– well, that’s a different story. Right now, I am happy!

I am wearing the sweater my mom bought me for Christmas. It looks so nice. I hadn’t noticed until my mom mentioned it on the phone yesterday but she didn’t buy me a single pair of underwear! This must have been the first time in years! Christmas is hardly Christmas without a package full of underwear and socks.

Gotta get going– must ready myself for work!

I really wish I had also bought this item for Rob to go with the Hot Rod T-shirt. It’s an instant kilt beach towel.

My mother bought me the 3rd season boxset of Forever Knight. I specifically requested it. I have seasons 1 & 2 and although I hardly, if ever, watch those episodes, the third season would complete the collection and that is important. I have always been very open about my Forever Knight obsession. It struck while I was in college and remained for a few years afterward. Words can hardly express the feelings I had for that show. I guess you could say I was a “trekkie” but for Forever Knight rather than Star Trek. At any rate, this morning I excitedly queued up one of my favorite episodes, Night in Question. That’s the episode where Nick, the vampire cop, loses his memory and has to consult his father vampire, LaCroix, to help him regain his memory and fight the cop killer who is terrorizing Toronto. The familiar opening flashed by and the episode began and a strange thing happened. The show didn’t move me like it once did, in fact, I could hardly get over how stupid it was. The chills I once felt were replaced with a weird sick feeling. Maybe it had to do with it being a third season episode and all the actors had gotten rather old and jowly or maybe it’s me. Maybe I moved on.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

My Christmas was lovely! Christmas Eve day was spent with Robert. We just putzed around the Donnavilla. I wanted to go to Walmart but he told me I was insane wanting to visit a retail establishment. He said we would be killed by the crush of the crowd. Rob is so wise. In the later afternoon, Rob went to his friend’s Tom’s house for Christmas Eve dinner. I went home with Lisa to Mom and Dad’s house. Mom and Dad ate a late lunch and so rather than having the normal Italian/Carpatho-Rusnak mixed salad of dishes, we opted for just the Italian portion. That means we ate smelts and Aglio Olio. The mushroom soup and pierogies were saved for Christmas day. At 6:30 we left for evening mass. During Mirovanije, the priest was like, “It must be Christmas, that’s why you guys are here! See you on Easter!”
When I got home, Robert was waiting for me and he said, “Why is your forehead all shiny?”
“The priest anointed me with oil”
“Did he also have you kiss a rattlesnake?”
I forgave his comment and said we should open our gifts to each other. We lit a duraflame log in the parlor’s fireplace and exchanged gifts. Rob was ecstatic over the Rowdy Roddy Piper HOT ROD! T-shirt I got him. He also liked the Season 1 and 2 Ultraman DVD boxset, nose hair trimmer, and Rice Cooker. In a crazy coincidence, Rob also got me a rice cooker! His rice cooker is much nicer than the one I got him. He got me a counter top appliance while the one I got him was for the microwave. In addition to the rice cooker, Rob gave me body lotion, sea scrub, and a mint candle. He also got me two little figurines of Superman and Wonderwoman and a new office chair. The office is chair is something I really have needed for a long time. My old one is falling apart. The one arm rest is missing and the chair leans all the way back until you have no choice but to tumble out of it.

The next day we went to my parents’ house for Christmas supper. The house was hopping when we got there. Barbara and Barbara were there and Pat from next door came by for a quick visit. Rob sat and watched basketball with my father while I helped my mom prepare the meal. Afterward Rob told me my dad has a great idea to make basketball more interesting. He said they should install a permanent trampoline to the side of the basket-area and the players can jump on it to dunk the ball, etc. Sounds like a good idea to me too. Dinner was roast beef, ham, pierogies, sweet potato casserole (with marshmallows!), mixed veggies and mashed potatoes. We opened gifts after dinner. My mom got Rob a signed Eagles Trivia Book and DVD. Lisa finally got the laptop that she’s been needing. I got a back massager that fits over my office chair (good thing Rob got me an office chair!). Gosh, I made out like a bandit! As we wrapped up, I noticed the time was getting very close to 5:00. Rob and I left for the Donnavilla so he could watch the Eagles.

Apparently last night’s game was special because the Eagles don’t usually play on Christmas Day and they were playing their arch nemesis team, the Cowboys. I watched the game with Rob and I really tried to pretend like I understood what was going on. At one point I said, “THEY GOT A HOME RUN!”
“No Donna, a touchdown, they got a touchdown.”
It didn’t really matter, the Eagles won and Rob was very happy. Christmas was wonderful and all was right for the moment.

Laundry – Towels, Darks, and Lights

Mail last remaining Christmas Cards

Make Gingersnap cookies and put them in tins for neighbors

Clean office desk

Put away clothes that are scattering bedroom

Load dishwasher

Find Bobo’s breeders information – no we aren’t getting another Chin, just want to mail her a Christmas Card

Investigate Computers– figure out current specs and prices– I think I’m gonna do a desktop computer since I have never once moved this crappy laptop since I bought it.

Put away ironing board and iron

Listen to music and dance around

When watching Streets of Fire: A Rock and Roll Fable, do not compare boyfriend to Rick Moranis. Do not say, “My little Rick Moranis!” Apparently that is insulting. Male preference is comparison to Michael Paré. Use, “My big, strong Michael Paré” instead.

My crappy computer is hosed. Complelely and utterly hosed. I can get it to boot but it doesn’t take long for it to crash. I need a new computer. It will be interesting to see how I survive in this in between time without a computer. RIght now I need to figure out if I want another laptop or if I should go back to a desktop. I am leaning to a desktop computer. Also, I gotta figure out exactly what it is I want in a computer. Right now, I just want something that works.

On my way to my appointment yesterday, driving through the Poconos, I saw a sign advertising a “New Year’s ROCKING Eve! Featuring Raymond the Amish Comic!” I hope it’s just his gimmick.

Surfing basic cable a little after dinner…
I saw two girls in a hot tub, wearing skimpy bikinis, french kissing… each other!
I saw a bunch of people smoking pot
I saw a man talking very graphically about bowel movements

This evening, Lisa and I went to Walmart and we got our Christmas cards printed. We used a picture of little Bo with a cute little bow wrapped around his neck. We added the text, Warmest Wishes! Donna, Lisa, and Beauregard Duke Bebop W. LeMoko. When we went to pick up the cards, the cashier told us that she didn’t have the font that we requested so she redid it for us with an available font. Back at home, looking at the cards up close, I noticed a misspelling in Bobo’s name– instead of Bebop, it says Bobop! BOBOP!?! I have no desire to go back to Walmart– I think we will send out the cards regardless of the error.