On Christmas Eve, we hung out with my family. We had our traditional Mexican meal, opened presents (Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, My Man Godfrey, Son of Paleface, The Court Jester, Pirates of the Caribbean, Army of Darkness, Entertainment Book, Best Buy certificates, movie certificates to the dollar theater, a remote-control mini, oven mits, gift certificate to Olive Garden, cash, and more), ate our homemade candy, and hung out for awhile. Erika did her usual drop-by to exchange gifts, and she got me a red sweater. I like it.
Christmas morning, Ric and I opened stockings and our gifts to each other (highlights: The Professional, Best Buy Certificates, Movie Certificates, candy, Parrot Bay Rum, The Cure's The Top, socks, a new shirt, and more!).
Then we went to Ric's parents' home to have the small Price gathering. Jon and Angie announced that Angie's having a baby in August, so I'm going to be an Aunt-in-law. It'll be my fifth time as an aunt. Gift highlights: candles, candy, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Absalom Absalom!, another book I can't remember, an Ann Klein watch, Pottery Barn Certificate, golf clubs, cookbook, and others.
The rest of the Price Family showed up later and we did the family gift exchange. It was fun hanging out with everyone. Man, our little flower girl certainly is bossy! Anyway, I finally got my Willy Wonka DVD and Ric got a Bond movie. A good time was had by all. The Price family is a lot of fun.
The day after Christmas, we packed up and headed to Castro Valley, CA, a 6 hour drive up the 5fwy. The Grapevine was covered in a light layer of snow and was very beautiful. The ride up was good, but LONG, and I get very antsy on long drives. I think I was a bit nutty by the time we got there. Anyway, we hung out with Ric's mom's side of the family up there, and did an elephant gift exchange, coming away with a Scooby Doo chia pet and the Clapper. Then we went to see Big Fish with cousin Aaron.
The next day we drove to Elk Grove to see Ric's old home his father built. I got a glimpse of what it was like for him growing up - houses on acres of land, lots of cows and horses, and good country people (not like the story good country people). We stopped at his house and took pictures, and went to his elementary school, then passed by his childhood best friend's home. Ric happened to remember the phone number, called, and the mom was still living there, so we stopped by. The mom and her friend goo-gooed over our wedding pictures, and then Will, Ric's friend actually came over and they got to catch up a bit. Will's mom made us a full dinner and sent us off with chocolate cake, cookies, and Christmas bread. Nice folk! It was cool to see where he came from and really made some things about him make sense. Very fun.
That's Christmas for us!
Posted by wendytime at January 8, 2004 02:58 PM | TrackBackOoh ooh, which version of Army of Darkness did you get?
Posted by: Roland on January 8, 2004 03:26 PMOh crap, there's more than one!??! I bought the only one that was on the shelf at BestBuy, and I don't think it was anything special.
Posted by: jeri on January 8, 2004 03:29 PMThere are several versions of it. I myself have the "Boomstick Edition" which also contains the original ending.
Posted by: Roland on January 8, 2004 03:54 PMThe Boomstick Version is good, but almost unnecessary since it comes with everything the bootleg edition has (the one that has the paper bag looking cover) along with the regular version of the movie. I guess if you really like regular ending (Bridget Fonda, rawrrrr....) or something, it's a good deal. I personally never watch the theatrical version. There is also just the director's cut and then the regular DVD. They are all pretty cheap. I think I got the Boomstick version for 20. The Bootleg Edition can be found for less than 10 dollars, along with the other version. Now I just need that Evil Dead: Book of the Dead edition to complete my Evil Dead trilogy.
Posted by: brendoman on January 12, 2004 07:38 PM