Santa Letter '08

Santa,
I don't know how you did it, but you read my mind last year. I asked you for help walking my dog and getting my former students down for a nap, but what I really wanted was for mom to feel better, for my husband and I to have stable jobs and stable housing, and for my Dad to realize how important our silly shopping trip at the end of the year is. I got it all. Thank you.
Since you’re so good at fulfilling wishes, this year I expect that I will become a better chef than Emeril Lagasse, one day I will wake up and my house will be a gigantic castle filled with butterflies and purple glitter, My husband will write publish and article in JAMA on me being a medical miracle because I am so brilliant and creative, and in the morning, I will come downstairs and be greeted by a hippopotamus named ahboo with that tornado of fur we call a pet never to be found again.
Thanks in advance,
your favorite hippie princess,
Hillary


There was no reply this year due to this being printed out and since "santa" was staying here for Christmas and he came downstairs after I did.

Christmas with me.

Turkey? nope
Leftovers? nope
dirty house despite hours of cleaning? check
Sick husband? check
Consuming mass quantities of sweets despite constantly berating myself for being overweight? check
Holiday Meltdown involving cursing at family members? Check
Understanding family who doesn't threaten to take away my presents despite that I don't deserve a bit of them? *sigh* check.

Three THREE wishlists AH HA HA HA !

Chris'

Mine

Mom's

The FOUR List

This an email my mom sent me, but I thought it might be interesting to post the results here.

A) Four places that I go to over and over: Work, Dance, Whole foods, Publix
B) Four people who e-mail me (regularly): My mother, My husband, My father and My Aunt Greta
C) Four favorite places to eat: Ted's Montana Grill, Frankie's Market Cafe, Wright Dairy Ice Cream, Daylight Donuts
D) Four places I would rather be right now: Beach, Dance, Bead Store, Thrift Store
E) Four people I think will respond: N/A
F) Four TV shows I watch: Breaking Bad, Dexter, Pushing Daisies and Mythbusters

mom's wish list

mom set up her own wish list. Thought I would post it here so you could have both of ours in one place. I'll post my husband's when he gets around to making his
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/registry.html?ie=UTF8&type=wishlist&id=PRBMTSFZ8ZXO

in case you didn't get the email...

Every year I get a barrage of emails about what I want for chirstmas. Honestly, I don't care if I get anything, but if you want to get me something:

An interesting twist

I'm not sure when or why Pixar switched from a company who makes cute, technologically advanced film about toys and super heroes to a company who makes gorgeous movies about dying Americana and the wastefulness of the human race, but I like it. WALL-E definitely featured the best animation I've ever seen in any application (a lot of it barely even looked rendered). The plot was cute, but not ridiculous, and it managed to tackle some major issues. All without any real dialogue for about an hour of the movie.... which actually really added to the charm and realism of the movie. Even if you don't like animated flicks, you should go see this one. Pixar movies usually entertain me from start to finish, but this one had me absolutely entranced. There were several spots where I was on the edge of my seat, and a few where I was misty-eyed... from a cartoon. They did an amazing job, and I hope it goes up for a few awards this year.