Surprise #2

Two bottles of wine just appeared on my doorstep, courtesy of UPS and addressed to yours truly. I have no idea where they came from. Wait, that's a lie. They came from Leon. Leon, Virginia. But who sent them? If it was you, 'fess up, because you can be my new best friend. They are chocolate and peach bottles of wine. YUM!

A much better surprise than finding a pea in your child's diaper, I must admit.

Michal's Birthday

Michal celebrated his thirtieth birthday with tons of presents, food, and friends. Here's how big the birthday stack started at the beginning of the evening. We continued to dinner, and whittled down the gifts over the course of 16 hours or more. And then he spent the rest of the weekend playing with his new stuff.

See all the photos.

Holiday Photos Galore

We've managed to post all of our holiday photos now. I escaped the worst of the Seattle snow, leaving on Thursday, Dec. 18th for Atlanta. Michal, too, missed the airport weather madness and arrived safely in Atlanta on Dec. 24th. We tore through two days of presents, then, thanks to snow delays with packages, came home to another week of presents arriving.

Michal's Holiday Pictures

Sarah's Atlanta Pictures

Sarah's Seattle Pictures

Michal's Shinty Pictures

Michal also got some great shots of our shinty game in the snow from New Year's Day.

Happy 2009!

Happy Anniversary to Me!

Yesterday was Tuesday, and also, unbeknownst to me, my anniversary. I was surprised as anyone else, since we got married in November. Our anniversary does fall on a Tuesday this year, but two weeks from yesterday. Michal surprised me with a candlelight dinner and best of all, presents when I got home last night. The dinner alone would have been plenty, since Tuesdays are my long days. I got off a little after 6, home around 6:30, and had to leave again at 7:10 for my harp lessons, which left me no time to find or make dinner. When I walked in the door, Michal had everything ready, candles lit and all. 

But as icing on my orange cake, he had my present. That's amazing enough because Michal rarely has presents two weeks in advance. The present itself is even better. It's an Amazon Kindle, which is a magic electronic book. Michal wanted me to have it before Friday so I could charge it and browse through more books to take with me. Or perhaps he just didn't want to lug the suitcase full of books around Europe with us. Either way, I'm ecstatic and he's the best husband ever.

I spent last night playing with it, and will probably spend another portion of today doing the same.