basement blogging

so i'm in the basement of my dad's newly rebuilt condo. (his bmw spontaneously combusted and burned his garage and part of his condo down last year.) it's so weird to be celebrating christmas in january. well maybe not that weird. but my stepmom left up the tree and everything. and of course, i thought i lost my dad's gift because i bought it in july (which is so unlike me...i'm generally shopping on dec. 24th with everyone else who is a procrastinator). after all of the insanity of this summer and fall and moving our bedroom downstairs for our injured dog and then back upstairs, i couldn't find his gift. five minutes before the taxi arrived, hottie found it upstairs in a back closet (he is so awesome!) and christmas in january is saved!

and happy martin luther king, jr. day too. he and i almost share a birthday. except that mine is on tuesday.

time for presents!