Our First Christmas Together

2006 is our very first Christmas that we have spent together. We had started with our Christmas shopping early December but we still made a last minute gift shopping a couple of days before Christmas. We have bought fuzzy slipper & a book for mom. We bought dad a DVD of The Da Vinci Code & also bought him a Charger's t-shirt. We bought Dederia a Garth Brooks DVD Collection & a purple sweater. We got Ame the huge Jack Sparrow Doll, a Pirates of the Caribbean popcorn tin & a Lego Pirates of the Caribbean Skull. For Becca, we got her a boogie board, a popcorn tin & an Eragon DS game. We gave Amanda a popcorn tin also, a SD card for her digital camera & $10. Melanie got a lighter giving the finger & a DVD of Clerks 2. I gave my Pineapple a video camera bag & a DVD of The Office Season 2. Remember, I gave him the DVD of the season 1 of The Office. He loves that show a lot. But my intended gift for him was really the Dwight Shrutte bobblehead that I had asked my mother in law to order for me online. It was delivered on Dec.19th & when I checked it the head was broken. The neck was chipped off from the body. So it was a big disappointment. I had to call the company we ordered it from & they told me that they can deliver a replacement on February. So I told them to just charge back the money. They said I didn't have to send back the broken merchandise. So what did we do to it? Super glued it ofcourse! Now it's in my Pineapple's office desk. Ofcourse, Milo, the dog, & Jean, the cat, got their stocking stuffed also. Milo got a nice new bed.

Christmas Eve, my Pineapple gave me a stocking to hang also together with the girls. So Christmas morning I got to look for what Santa has brought me. Thanks to Santa (Santas actually coz there was more than one who gave me those.LOL!) I got make-up brushes, Starbucks & McDonald's gift cards, some candies & some other stuff. My Pineapple gave me lots of stuff. He got me 9 Ketchup Piknik, a fuzzy slipper, a watch, cellphone minutes, a Tinkerbelle coffee tumbler, a make-up kit but most of all his big gift was the MP3 player. He asked me a couple of days before Christmas about if I have to get 1 gift what would it be. I told him a sewing machine. He joked an d said that he better shop some more then. I did get my sewing machine though. My in-laws gave it to me. I also got other stuff from my in-laws & the girls.

Pineapple asked me what I wanted for my birthday, now that I got most of the stuff I wanted. LOL! The big pocket burning holiday is over. Next is February, where there is a lot of February celebrant in the family, plus his friend's birthday & also Valentine's Day. Another pocket burning month! HA HA HA!

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My First Trip to the Zoo

I've lived my entire 24 years in the Philippines & I haven't been to Manila Zoo or Malabon Zoo. I remember I have been to the Ninoy Aquino Wildlife. But all I saw there were fishes & birds. Last Dec. 16 my Pineapple & I were choosing to go between the San Diego Zoo or the Wild Animal Park. We ended up deciding to go to the Zoo at the last minute coz we were just driving around the area.

I had fun seeing the animals. We were even joking how the majority of what we saw were rodents but we still enjoyed our trip there. My Pineapple said that it is nice to go to the zoo with someone who haven't been there. So he enjoyed it as if it was his first time too. We were walking fast trying to catch one of the shows. Hurrying to the bus tour stop so we can rest our legs & still see most of the zoo. For sure we will be back there again coz we want to see the entire zoo by foot & see the animals up close. And for sure we will also go to the Wild Animal Park & maybe Sea World too. I had lots of fun last Saturday. I can say now that I've been to the zoo although it took me 25 years before I even got into to one. HE HE HE!

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Welcome to the Winter Wonderland

It was my Pineapple's company Christmas party last Saturday December 9th. He & his co-worker's have been busy planning the decorations for weeks. And their hard work & team work had paid off. Everyone loved their Winter Wonderland theme. I was with my Pineapple whenever he would go buy stuff for the decorations. So I knew what stuff they had but when it was time for putting it all up I didn't go with him. So, I was also surprised to see how it all turned out. All I can say is that it was awesome!

The night was nice although I would get chilly some times. I had fun & everyone seemed to have had so much fun also. I must admit that I was a bit nervous & self-conscious around his co-workers. And to think most of the people there were Pinoys. My Pineapple kept asking me to dance but I kept saying no coz I was still wearing my high-heeled shoes & was scared I would fall flat on my face or sprain my ankle. So he danced with someone else. Around 9 p.m. we went out to his truck for him to change for his Santa costume. I grabbed the chance to changed into my flats. And boy, was it a big relief to my feet. He was Santa Claus giving the prizes for the raffle that night. After the raffle, he asked me again to danced & I finally said yes. Since I am finally comfortable with the shoe I was wearing. Since we were drinking that night, his sister & his mom picked us up after the party.

Oh, yeah! I forgot about the softball team's gift for the owner. My Pineapple thought about giving them a softball bat where in the logo of the team & a message is engraved on the bat itself. Plus an authographed ball from the entire team. The owners loved it so much. He said it is now in the owner's offcie & is displayed for everyone to see.

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