New years Eve

We are staying in.

A. just returned from work- we are listening to the Cure remastered Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, dancing around, playing air guitar, and N&J are sipping sparkling grape juice out of gigantic goblets. We are all happy, it's way cool to be with my three girls!

:)

Home

We are all back home after spending 8 days in Boston.

Christmas and my birthday are over. Enough said.

Happy New Year to all.

I am off to buy some pink champagne shortly.

A. was cancelled from work today and so we visited friends who just bought a new house and I finally met their baby, Nadia, she was adorable and the house has a massive basement that we loved.

Mary Faherty

My maternal Grandmother died about two hours ago. And I can't stop thinking about my times with her, as a small boy she always talked about the Boston sports teams with me, whether it was the hockey team, Bruins when I was really young because I loved skating and played hockey for a few years, or the Celtics in the early eighties when they won many championships, or the Red Sox and all their dramatic failures until their timely championship recently. Grandma in my memory was always so very kind and gracious. Whenever I visited her with my Mother she always offered me cookies and a drink, I can close my eyes and picture her at her apartment surrounded with all of her things.

The last few weeks have been hard, as it is is hard to hear the pain family is in when losing someone.

My Grandma was so proud of her Irish heritage, and so pleased the Red Sox were world champions. And her cookies were great.

These are the things along with her goodness that I am choosing to keep within me, memories to bring a smile when needed.

BC

BC has returned to San Diego! It was a short but sweet visit.

As soon as we drove away from the airport, Nicki said: "I all ready miss Bill".

Matsuzaka!

Supposedly the Red Sox are very close to signing Matsuzaka, the Japanese pitching phenom!

So looks like next season's starting rotation would be:

Schilling
Beckett
Matsuzaka
Wakefield
Papelbon

Looks good on paper, though I am concerned that the Sox still have no closer!

Maybe they can sign Clemens, stick him in the rotation and move Wakefield to the pen?

Also, Since Lester is now cancer-free, where does he end up? He is a starter too!

Good dilemma to have though. :)

Holidays

We are finishing up our holiday shopping, and getting ready to visit Boston next Wednesday. Our good friend BC has been visiting this week and staying with us. Monday we all went to a Christmas recital for the twins, they sand a few carols and a good time was had by all. Haven't done much reading lately aside from some Raymond Carver short stories. Work and school have been keeping me busy.

Am looking forward to seeing all of my family at home next week!

Lynch in Boston

from the Globe:

David Lynch was his charming, inscrutable self at the Brattle Theatre Sunday. In town for a screening of his new movie, "Inland Empire," the director took a few questions, but answered obliquely. Asked, for example, about the bunnies in his new film, the "Blue Velvet" director said, " They're not bunnies, they're rabbits." Lynch did manage to make a little news, announcing that the second season of his long-ago TV series "Twin Peaks" is coming out on DVD next spring. At that, the crowd erupted in applause. Before the screening, Lynch attended a reception at OM in Harvard Square, where he chatted with Haden Guest, new director of the Harvard Film Archive, and to Cambridge City Councilor Brian Murphy. (The council declared Sunday "David Lynch Day.") The director later dined at Casablanca with Brattle Film Foundation founders Ned Hinkle and Ivy Moylan, and Brattle board prez Mike Bowes.

Hazardous Driving

Reminded today of how awful it is to drive in a snowstorm! Ended up going an average of 20 m.p.h. all the way to work, and went arriving at work, discovered that the parking lot was not plowed! I parked but am worried about getting out later today, hopefully it will be plowed and all will work out.

I was actually relieved/happy to get to work today safely, I was not sure I would make it.

Last night was fun, me and the girls played monopoly and they drew me cool pictures. And A. did grocery shopping and got lots of grat stuff.