Well, the stereo finally stopped about 3/4 of the way throught Christmas Invasion--Yes, there is a God, and he is kind, ha-ha.

Dinner was brillant! Best Christmas dinner I've had in years! (Thanks to a certain friend, bless.) The beef turned out perfect--tasty, the recipe is around 50 years old--those old time cooks knew what they were about, I'd never have thought of braising a roast in Coke and sauteed onions! It was...ooohhhh---soooo---goood! A tiny bit of sweet and salty, brillant idea! The carrots (cooked with the roast), the baby peas, the mashed potatoes with gravy...wow! I'm stuffed...well, I did leave some room for the coffee and chocolate cream pie, :>>. The whole meal cost all of about 10 dollars, too...which isn't bad for a holiday meal--even for one...and there's plenty of leftovers, enough for another round tommorow--if I let out my belt some, he-he.

So, I'm off to watch more Doctor Who...think I'll switch to Impossible Planet/Satan Pit...one of my favs. Played with the cats...they loved their gifts! They are so easy to please---pity humans aren't more like cats, ey?

I was thinking of gifts I got in the past that I enjoyed, that were genuine surprises and were really great. Top of the list (my teens to young adult years): a trip to the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City (an early gift), a pair of snowshoes, my first (very used but servicable) western saddle (the stable I was riding at only had hunter-jumper saddles and I had to have my own to take stock seat (western) riding lessons)--that was my favourite present ever, back then. Let's see...a really cool backpack for when I went hiking..it had a photo of a moutain on it--it was really unique...and a cowboy hat (I'm very picky about my cowboy hats, btw--have had them since I was around 4 yrs old, they are literally a part of my personality, tho' I no longer own one, at the mo ). Ummm--anything horsey, I loved...my parents knew they were safe there. Ummmm---John Denver items, the same thing, a safe bet I'd love it. Got a guitar once--beautiful! Couldn't play the darn thing...but it was very pretty. :p Oh, one year, Christmas of 75, I think, I got two lovely model horses--an appaloosa and a paint horse--and they were all decorated with authentic Native American gear...The paint horse was pulling a travois behind it...the Appy had a native saddle and a bow and arrow, and real feathers in its mane--they were awsome!! I had them for years and years. In 83 or 84, I first latched onto Doctor Who...and somewhere mum found a TARDIS bank, with Peter Davidson as the Doctor, on it, and I treasured that gift, as well.

But what about those gifts I want by never got, ey?

Naturally, the pony/horse thing..still want one, btw, Santa, if you're reading this, ha-ha... a pony would just fit into my shower stall :)
I'd love a TARDIS...real one. :D A pick up truck would be nice...a trip abroad...a little cottage in the country...someone paying me for one of my works of fiction/plays (yeah, that's never gonna' happen, so it goes on this list) a bunch of Doctor Who memorabilia, a chance to go grocery shopping and buying whatever I want--no counting pennies :-/ , Ditto on clothing/shoes, some really fab model horses...a little plane to fly around it (a whim I had when I was 14 or so). Not asking for much, am I? :D:DD;) Let's see...a trip to NYC to the Met. Museum of Art and the theater (have done the Met, but never the theater) with a carrage ride round Central Park thrown in, and of course, dinner. Ummm--of course the ultimate prezzie would be to go to the UK and visit Doctor Who locations (and my friends, of course). I'd love to take the train to Mexico's Copper Canyon, and visit the ruins at Chaco Canyon as well--speaking of trains, a model train set, with plenty of space to run it, and enough money to really do a great set-up like granddad had. Like I said, not asking for much...:crazy::wave: am I? :roll: