Happy New Year!

Hope everyone had a great holiday. Mine was pretty fantabulous. Boy Wonder was sick during the holidays and that sucked. He did give me a very pretty necklace for Christmas. He also ordered me something online, but it still hasn't gotten here yet. Long story. Damn UPS. We spent time with my family and I worked a lot at the shelter. I got a lot of cookbooks (seriously, I still haven't had a chance to go through them all), I got a slow cooker (didn't ask for it, but I had wanted one), and I got some DVDs that I had wanted, along with some gift cards. I also got a Bundt pan and I have already made a cake in it. I made a triple chocolate gingerbread cake in it and it turned out soooo good. I was so proud of myself. First cake I baked by myself and it was great.

Boy Wonder and I spent some time in Alabama right after Christmas. That was a nice break. His family is great and I met so many more of his family members. There were tons of aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. And there was a deep fried turkey. Yummy. His family had a few gifts for me, which was nice of them. We ate at this seafood restaurant that has the BEST hush puppies EVER. Boy Wonder got a gift card for a sporting good store in Alabama. On our way back to Georgia, we stopped at the store and Boy Wonder was nice enough to use his card to buy me some new tennis shoes. Awww. . . wasn't that sweet of him? Mine were kind of run down and I've been needing some new shoes. Luckily, Boy Wonder was feeling better by the time we got back so we could make up for lost him in the bedroom. Hehe. Between my illness and his, it's been hell on our sex life. Ha.

We didn't really want to do anything that special for New Year's. Being together was special enough (cue gagging noise here). We just went out to dinner to this Mexican restaurant that is awesome and we hadn't been there in a while. You know, I never considered that shrimp enchiladas would be a tasty dish, but they were awesome. I was so tired that I barely made it to midnight. Actually, Boy Wonder had to wake me up eight minutes before midnight. Then, we celebrated the new year very nicely. Sweet. Monday was a lazy day for both of us. We really needed the sleep. That night, he took me to Emeril's restaurant. It was sooo good. And I got my usual buzz from one glass of wine. It wasn't a strong buzz, but nevertheless it was there. Now, I am working the overnight at the shelter (again) and Boy Wonder is in Alabama for business. He left today and he doesn't come back until next Thursday or Friday. Sucks major. I'll miss him, but oh well. Life goes on.