happy happy

Dreaming of roasted duck, and cornish hens. Of warm potatoes and pie. I want to try making duck for Christmas dinner next year.

I hope you are opening boxes today with gifts given by loved ones! This year, Christmas is opposite for us! We are wrapping everything we own and putting them in boxes, as the movers are coming in 2 days. To be honest, I am quite bored of packing right now, so hopefully the next time I see you, I will be....unpacking!!

If I do not come back before the new year, I want to wish you and yours, a happy happy new year. 2010 will be amazing. I can feel it!

I wouldn't have known....

I wouldn't have known that Christmas is on its way,
if it weren't for my dear friends.

With all the commotion going on in our lives, with moving and packing and renovating, and all the while, we still have our day jobs to attend to, Jin and I do not really have time to fully celebrate Christmas this year.

But...
Nikole gave me a beautiful hand made wooden bracelet from her shop,
Anabela gave me this print of Sonja Ahlers' bunny making a sugar igloo!(photo taken by Carly Waito)
and we got this handmade Christmas card from Melinda in the mail!

Thank you, dear friends for bringing a little bit of Christmas into our lives this year!

Heaven

Looking for bathroom fixtures on our lunch.

We found plumbing heaven. Look at all these antique hardwares!

These photos I took do not even do this place justice. I was too distracted by porcelain!

packing, or playing?

Look what I found while I was packing.

A toy Jin has owned since he was a little pirate. I think it is safe to say that it is vintage.

Jin told me, that he begged his father for it. I am glad he still has it.

From what I understand, it is like a little electronics toy, and by following the instructions in this book, you can make different things. Like a radio, an alarm, some sort of sensor...

We made an amplifier, connected the microphone to it, and had a karaoke session with the cats.