Christmas Time

The family stayed up very late on Christmas Eve. This was why nobody was awake Christmas morning until after 10:00am. Very unusual. There was an abundance of gifts under the tree. The main gift this year was the Xbox 360 Kinect that Momoko got for the whole family.

We knew the Kinect was coming. So we asked some peeps to buy us Kinect games. The family is thinking that some of the cash we got for Christmas will go towards new Kinect games.

My family is coming over my house for Christmas dinner. Therefore I decided we should not set up the Xbox Kinect yet. We have a lot of cooking still to do. The cooking has be divided up among the family. In all the commotion, we forgot to eat breakfast. Little Kat and I are getting quite hungry.

Running Late

Momoko and Little Kat were late coming home from work yesterday. They were supposed to pick up a few groceries so Kit Kat could make baked potato soup. They were too tired to go the grocery store. That meant dinner was in trouble.

In these situations, Momoko usually wants to go out to eat. For me that requires a lot of energy. I am the one who usually has to drive. However we were out of options. We hit out favorite Mexican place. Their chili con queso was especially good last night.

There is talk of a storm coming our way this weekend. So we put gas in Momoko's car, dropped by the bank to get some cash, and stocked up on groceries. Finally we got home. We were all still tired. Momoko and I both went to bed early. That is rare for a Friday night.

Fence Repair

Last year the a huge branch from the neighbor's tree fell down and crushed part of our fence. I told my neighbor not to worry about it since we wanted to replace that fence anyway. However our neighbor insisted that he pay to get it fixed.

I had the guys who installed the fence come by and estimate the damages. It would cost $500 to replace the section of fence that got smashed. I was given a 25% good guy discount, bringing the total cost to $385. That is still a good chunk of change.

Today my neighbor came by and gave me $385 in cash to replace the fence. This is a big deal. Times are tight and money is scarce. We wanted to replace much of the fence that surrounds our property. But all of that will have to wait. There are more pressing things that require our money.