I am way behind...

I can't believe it's been almost two months since I last posted and that wasn't much of post at all. I'm undecided if I should continue blogging since Facebook has become a blog-like forum for me and everyone else in the world and FB is a bit easier to update than blogger. Hmmm... I'll keep thinking about this for awhile before I make any kind of major decision.

Now to what's been going on at Casa Tocci...

Christmas Tree Acquisition (December 12, 2010)
We got our Christmas tree. This year we decided to try Lantier Tree Farm in Monroe Twp, NJ and we were very pleased with the selection of trees and the tree we got.They have acres upon acres of trees and our tree, a blue spruce, was perfect for hanging ornaments but blue spruces are prickly as heck! It was a bit painful to hang the lights, beads and ornaments but in the end we have a gorgeous. Hopefully all the needles will fall off before we have to un-decorate the tree.

 

Baked Christmas Cookies (December 18, 2010)

I made our usual of Chocolate Thumbprints, Mexican Wedding Cookies and K Bars. Shared some with co-workers, friends, family and my husband's belly.

My sister-in-law got engaged (December 18, 2010)

Yes she got engaged while I was slaving away making cookies. She just bought a house with her fiance this year (before they were engaged) so the engagement was expected but it's always so exciting when it finally happens and the wedding planning talk begins! It's going to be a very busy 2011. 

Christmas Festivities (December 24-25, 2010)

Christmas was a bit of a bummer this year, I was sick all through the events. I went through it in a bit of a haze and no appetite but still had to prep a bunch of food and show up when all I wanted to do was sleep. Now on day 6 (Dec 28) I finally feel better but just a bit congested. 

Hopefully the last snowstorm of 2010 (December 27-28, 2010)

We had a heck of a lot of snow this year.  Two HUGE storms days apart in early February and most recently, the day after Christmas we get hit with a Nor'easter. We got about 20 inches of snow!

Happy Birthday Hubby!

Happy Birthday to my dear husband! 

Wishing you a wonderful day and many many more. 

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

Nick and I aren't dressed up today; too much to do around the house. Last night, we did the dress up thing. We had a Halloween party at our friends' house and went as John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Helps that hubby looks bit like John and I got the Asian thing going to be Yoko Ono.

We used a lot of what we already had for the costumes and picked up a few things to finish up them. For Yoko I bought a hat (she likes hats), some 70s-ish sunglasses and some sweater-like stockings (that you can't see in the picture). For John, I made Nick some pretty kickin' bell bottoms out of an old pair of jeans and added the 'wings' to make them belled out; he bought a wig and got a pair of glasses. Nick also went and shaved his beard off! Talk about hard core for Halloween!

Gorgeous Morning

I took the day off to accompany my dad to the hospital. He's having a procedure done as part of overall treatment for his cancer (I'll post about this long ordeal another day).

On my way into NYC to Columbia University Medical Center, I had the pleasure of sitting in some traffic on the George Washington Bridge. Thankfully, instead of being angry about the traffic I was able to enjoy the sun rising upon NYC. Here's a couple of pics from my cell phone while stopped on the GWB (ignore my dirty windshield).

I had no idea I married a contractor...

 Nick's been super busy around the house lately. He's made an attic hatch in the garage so that he can access the wiring of the house as easily as the attic stairs he installed in the upstairs hallway.

He's been upgrading our electric to copper since we discovered most of electric was aluminum (it was legal to use aluminum when our house was originally built and then they found out it was no good).

Nick's made a couple of holes (and messes) through out the house but I am being as patient as possible since once it's done it'll be done. While working on the massive electric project he had to pause for about a day to fix our leaky dishwasher thatch/seed our lawn.

The best (only in hindsight because he's fine) was when I heard a crash and came out to the garage to see his leg (for just a split second) dangling in the hole. Now it's a great extra place to throw down some cut wires into the garage without having a ladder in the way like the entry hatch has.