Sorry for the interruption but I was out of town for most of the holiday (we left the 26th for Chicago, but thats a whole post on its own!). I did however, want to brag about some of the Christmas Gifts that blessed our house this season though.

Amy’s big gift this year is to have the Master Bath and Bedroom repainted. When we bought the house from her parents, we inherited the DEEP red color of the bath and bed room. Its a dark red (think maroon) that is hard to match colors with. Now we’re going for a lighter, beachier look and are painting them Beachnut (its a lowes color). The master bath is done (Amy found some Votive candle holders at a store in Nashville), next on to the bedroom!

Grace had a very Hannah Montanna Christmas. She got a Hannah Montanna Guitar Game (like Guitar Hero) that plugs in to the tv, a Hannah Costume, and doll. Its pretty cool and she likes pretending to be a rockstar. Maybe someday. I like playing her game (since I haven’t bought Guitar HEro World Tour yet) and she’s getting better at it.

Mose got a Trampoline. One of her favorite things to do is jump. We’d wake on Saturday mornings to the heavy thud of emma jumping up and down in our door way. Now she can do it all she wants and it doesn’t make the house shake. Its pretty cool and Grace and Emma take turns on it. Amy wanted to try it out, but its for people under 80 pounds (and neither of us meet that requirement!

The girls also got some tinkertoys, and some other little odds and ends that they like to play with, but the coolest by far is my Ultimate Wall-E Robot.

We saw the movie in the theaters and we’re big fans (mose loves him). We had seen the Ultimate Wall-e at the Disney Store but we weren’t going to get him because of the price tag. Needless to say, Santa found him on Sale and he was wrapped and under the tree for me on Christmas morning. He has fun dancing, chasing the dogs around and just exploring on his own. If you haven’t seen one yet, I’ll work on some video and see if I can get anything posted. Its pretty cool though and the way he can respond to voice commands or find his own way around the room is fairly smooth.

Was there one gift that you prized more than the others??

Well, tonight was the end of Studio 60. I’ve been a fan of the show since it aired last fall and its really only gotten better. Too bad the time slot it was in and the fact that they took it off air for two months crippled it beyond repair.

The show, by “West Wing” creator Arron Sorkin was miles above the rest and reminded me of the way TWW was written. It was sharp, fun to listen to and fun to watch as well, and tonights episode was by far one of the best for example this exchange between Danny Tripp and Matt Albey:

Danny: Matt, I’m going to say something and I don’t want you to take it the wrong way.
Matt: Ok
Danny: I love you man
Matt: Ok.
Danny: Did you take it the wrong way?
Matt: Probably
Danny: how did you take it?
Matt: That you’re gay and you want to get with me

Now, that may not be completely correct, but its close enough… and the way they ended with Danny turning out the single light and walking off stage and Matt facing the count down clock… brilliant… though it leaves it open to another episode….

Being that I tend to have free time during the day, I get to visit a lot of interesting websites, though most are just, um, annoying. I came across one today on the PC World 100 Blogs We Love article that has me smiling from ear to ear and wanting to pass it on to you. i can has cheezburger is a collection of cat (and other small furry animal) photos with leet captions on them that make you smile.

I think my favorite is the Donut Worry one or the lvl 30 Cat.