Ok so I had a few friends over on Saturday for a little holiday party. Yes, it was just an excuse to make sure some people came over and saw my Christmas tree which I am pretty partial to not going to lie. This is the first Christmas season in 5 years that I didn't have exams or the Bar Exam looming over my head and I could enjoy myself. We all had a really good time. My friend Debbie was the first to get there with Craig one of my law school friends not to far behind her. It was a while until anyone else got there and then every seemed to get there at once which is kind of what I expected. At one point I looked around the room at everyone that was there and I had to smile because I knew some of them from Babson, my cousin, some friends I met from other friends, karaoke people, and a friend from law school. Other then Craig everyone knew each other and were catching up swapping stories and it just felt good.
I enjoy playing host and I have decided that the smaller gatherings like Saturday were there are 10 of us hanging out it's just right. I just don't have the room to have big bashes but I still like to entertain. It was a bittersweet night for me in one way Andrew came which it was good to see him but he moves to Jersey tomorrow and so this is the last time that he will be at one of my parties without having to have made the trip from out of state. I had a couple of friends that said they wanted Drunk Jackie to come out but I tried to explain to them that really no you don't. She isn't that much fun to be around and come on what are you trying to say I am not enough for you. I have to admit that I hit the punch a little harder then I would have liked to admit and I was probably only one or two glasses away from her coming out shhh don't let them know.
It was great to have a night of hanging out with friends and relaxing. I just wanted to let you all know that you are always in my thoughts. I hope that everyone had a great holiday season.
Monday, December 29
Friday, December 26
Merry Christmas to All...
Wow you know I really believe that kids are what make Christmas so much fun! In case you are wondering how many nieces and nephews I am up to now the answer is 10. Yes, you read that correctly I have ten nieces and nephews, 6 nephews and 4 nieces and let me tell you they are hysterical. Justin the oldest who was born my Senior year of high school is 13. Jack who some of you remember because I would babysit for him at Babson when my sister Kathy was in a bind and working there is turning 12 in February. Yes you read that right he is going to be 12 soon.
So I buy for my three godsons and give the parents the gifts so they can open it in the morning. My nephew Liam calls me yesterday morning and sounds like he is about to jump out of his skin not only did Santa bring him the Wii he wanted for Christmas but I got him one of the games that he REALLY wanted!! He was calling to say THANK YOU and let me know how much he loved the gift. It was just TOO CUTE. I asked Carolyn later about the kids reactions and she said that Kyle and Liam were jumping up and down this morning with their eyes bugging out when they saw the Wii and the games because they were so excited. How can that not just make you smile and bring that much more meaning to Christmas. We actually managed to get all the kids together after they finished unwrapping their Christmas presents and here is a picture of all of them.
I also realize that it has been a while since some of you have seen my parents and if my Mom knew I put a picture of her on my blog she would probably kill me but good thing she doesn't know I have one. Here is a picture of my parents opening their gifts that we got them yesterday. This is as close to my Mom smiling as you can get since she does not like having her picture taken. 
I really wish I could take pictures that would appropriately show the chaos that is a Christmas with my family with all the kids and my aunts, uncles, cousins and grandmother from my Mom's side. There is no way to really show that in the pictures but we all had a really good time. Hanging out the extended family got there around 1:30 and all seemed to leave by around 6:00. Of course my sisters, brother and I decided to hang out a bit longer and we didn't leave Mark's until around 8:00.
Now my Mom started a tradition a few years ago I can't remember if it was before or after Liam was born but she started making flannel pajamas for her grandchildren and she would give them to them on Christmas and we would take a picture of all of them in there PJ's and we would include it in the next years calendar. My siblings make a calendar of the kids that we give to my parents as part of their Christmas present. Now I would like you to remember that my Mom now has 10 grandchildren and she has decided to make one set for the boys and one for the girls. Well here is one of the pictures that I took last night of all the kids. I am not sure what was on my lens but you can still see them.
Of course in order to take the picture someone had to round up the boys and tear them away from the Wii that the Regan's got for Christmas. After the parents tried a couple of times I went up and told them it was time to pause the game and go down and take the picture. When a couple of them protested I told them the quicker they went down and cooperated the sooner they could come back to the game and it should only take 5 minutes. The good thing about these guys is you can reason with them and they know (as you do as well) that I don't really take no for an answer so we could do it the easy way or the hard way but they would have to come down for the picture.
All the guys went into the dinning room around 5:30 to play some cards which was good it left the rest of us girls to sit around the kitchen table and talk while enjoying some of the Christmas cookies and other treats that were brought. The card game broke up around 7:00 and my parents went home and I stayed since Laina said they could drive me back to my parents. Hannah who is getting so big and is now 10 wanted to hold Molly and Maggie and Kate were playing right around them so we took the opportunity to take a picture of just the girls. Come on you have to admit they are REALLY cute kids.
Well I think that is enough from me about my Christmas. I hope that everyone had a Happy Holiday season and I hope to catch up with everyone soon.
So I buy for my three godsons and give the parents the gifts so they can open it in the morning. My nephew Liam calls me yesterday morning and sounds like he is about to jump out of his skin not only did Santa bring him the Wii he wanted for Christmas but I got him one of the games that he REALLY wanted!! He was calling to say THANK YOU and let me know how much he loved the gift. It was just TOO CUTE. I asked Carolyn later about the kids reactions and she said that Kyle and Liam were jumping up and down this morning with their eyes bugging out when they saw the Wii and the games because they were so excited. How can that not just make you smile and bring that much more meaning to Christmas. We actually managed to get all the kids together after they finished unwrapping their Christmas presents and here is a picture of all of them.
I also realize that it has been a while since some of you have seen my parents and if my Mom knew I put a picture of her on my blog she would probably kill me but good thing she doesn't know I have one. Here is a picture of my parents opening their gifts that we got them yesterday. This is as close to my Mom smiling as you can get since she does not like having her picture taken. 
I really wish I could take pictures that would appropriately show the chaos that is a Christmas with my family with all the kids and my aunts, uncles, cousins and grandmother from my Mom's side. There is no way to really show that in the pictures but we all had a really good time. Hanging out the extended family got there around 1:30 and all seemed to leave by around 6:00. Of course my sisters, brother and I decided to hang out a bit longer and we didn't leave Mark's until around 8:00.
Now my Mom started a tradition a few years ago I can't remember if it was before or after Liam was born but she started making flannel pajamas for her grandchildren and she would give them to them on Christmas and we would take a picture of all of them in there PJ's and we would include it in the next years calendar. My siblings make a calendar of the kids that we give to my parents as part of their Christmas present. Now I would like you to remember that my Mom now has 10 grandchildren and she has decided to make one set for the boys and one for the girls. Well here is one of the pictures that I took last night of all the kids. I am not sure what was on my lens but you can still see them.
Of course in order to take the picture someone had to round up the boys and tear them away from the Wii that the Regan's got for Christmas. After the parents tried a couple of times I went up and told them it was time to pause the game and go down and take the picture. When a couple of them protested I told them the quicker they went down and cooperated the sooner they could come back to the game and it should only take 5 minutes. The good thing about these guys is you can reason with them and they know (as you do as well) that I don't really take no for an answer so we could do it the easy way or the hard way but they would have to come down for the picture. All the guys went into the dinning room around 5:30 to play some cards which was good it left the rest of us girls to sit around the kitchen table and talk while enjoying some of the Christmas cookies and other treats that were brought. The card game broke up around 7:00 and my parents went home and I stayed since Laina said they could drive me back to my parents. Hannah who is getting so big and is now 10 wanted to hold Molly and Maggie and Kate were playing right around them so we took the opportunity to take a picture of just the girls. Come on you have to admit they are REALLY cute kids.
Tuesday, December 23
Holiday Season Catch Up
I can't believe that Christmas is in two days. Seriously?? Really?? I just don't know where the time went. This is the first year in five years that I didn't have exams or the pesky little test of the MA Bar Exam to study for. Somehow I still feel like it passed by with the blink of an eye. I also realize that I have been lax about updating my blog and for that I am very sorry. I realize that this is how some of you try to get an idea of what is going on with me and I will try to be better about giving updates in the New Year.
Stories from October until now I can't put in one post and give enough credit to all of them but giving you the highlights so you have a general idea. There was a Halloween Party at Canadian Andrew's that got broken up by the cops which is kind of funny because when I got there I saw my friend Kinney dressed up like a cop and from the distance I was at thought it was the real cops so that was kind of ironic that at the end of the night around 1 or so the actual cops showed up. I had already left but had fun hanging out and seeing everyone that was there. I didn't do anything too creative I recycled my crazy cat lady costume since there wasn't going to be anyone that had seen that at this party. Election night I had to work at the second job and I had one person ALL NIGHT so we closed up early and I was able to jump on the orange line and go to Andrew's and see the election results. It was Debbie, Andrew, Leah, Canadian Andrew, Tami and myself. We had a blast watching John Stewart and Stephen Colbert's coverage of the event and flipped to MSNBC and FOX to find out what had happened. The next weekend was Andrew's Birthday and I threw him a birthday party dinner at my house with a few friends and then we went to An Tua Nua to hang out. I can't tell you much of what happened at the bar because I was very drunk. Then I had Schraut's 30th bday party the next weekend as well as the Welcome Back Boy and Matt Night out which meant starting the night at the Milky Way in Jamaica Plain and ending it at Tavern in Central Square.
Then there was Thanksgiving and my Dad's birthday and having to work the day after Thanksgiving not so much fun. The first weekend in December I headed down to Hoboken for a long overdue visit with the NYC contingent and there was a solid showing on Saturday night. Friday night I took the Megabus down which I would highly recommend to anyone that needs to get to NYC for the weekend on the cheap. When I got to Hoboken Maureen and I went to drop off my stuff and then went to a bar to meet up with Sue, Neil, Heather, and the boy Heather is dating. I told my friend Flaherty where I was and that I would love to see him. I turned out that his GF lives close to the bar and it was one of their favorite hangouts so they stopped by as well. It was GREAT to see him and catch up and to get to meet his GF Lisa who he has been with for almost two years now. Friday was a lot of fun and then Saturday during the day was a very low key Maureen and I did some shopping and watched a movie. Then we headed into NYC to have dinner with Gretel and Jamie at Film Centre Cafe which had AMAZING mac and cheese and the prices weren't that bad at all. Then we went to Social and meet up with Mei, Jules, and Kimmy and had some more drinks and caught up. Sunday I had lunch with Flaherty and Lisa and then got on a bus and came back to Brookline. Very good weekend and just the right amount of busy for me.
The next weekend I had lunch with Sharon and then went to see Twilight I am now totally obsessed with the Twilight Series. Sunday we had our Regan Christmas Party with my Dad's side of the family which is always a good time and my Dad drove me home that night so he could take me to get my Christmas tree which was a bit of a debacle but we found one and I was very happy when I got it home and all decorated. Last Wednesday was Andrew's karaoke send off since he is moving to Jersey City the end of the month. He promises he is going to have to come back at least once a month of course I am the type to only believe what I see so I am reserving judgment right now. It really won't be the same without him but here's hoping that he does come back once a month and that happens to make him there on Wednesday nights. Thursday night was his last gig with the Max Klau Band with him living in Boston. There is a selfish part of me that hopes he will still have chances to play with them but we will have to see what happens.
Last weekend it never stopped snowing in the Boston area and I still managed to go to Olivia's surprise 30th Bday party at Vox on Boylston St. on Saturday night and Sunday Travis was nice enough to drive me down to Plymouth for a Very Reddy Christmas which is always good. There you go that is highlights of what has been going on with me for the past couple of months. Hopefully I will get another one of these written in the next couple of days to tell you all about my Christmas but at least you are caught up on some of the happenings now.
Stories from October until now I can't put in one post and give enough credit to all of them but giving you the highlights so you have a general idea. There was a Halloween Party at Canadian Andrew's that got broken up by the cops which is kind of funny because when I got there I saw my friend Kinney dressed up like a cop and from the distance I was at thought it was the real cops so that was kind of ironic that at the end of the night around 1 or so the actual cops showed up. I had already left but had fun hanging out and seeing everyone that was there. I didn't do anything too creative I recycled my crazy cat lady costume since there wasn't going to be anyone that had seen that at this party. Election night I had to work at the second job and I had one person ALL NIGHT so we closed up early and I was able to jump on the orange line and go to Andrew's and see the election results. It was Debbie, Andrew, Leah, Canadian Andrew, Tami and myself. We had a blast watching John Stewart and Stephen Colbert's coverage of the event and flipped to MSNBC and FOX to find out what had happened. The next weekend was Andrew's Birthday and I threw him a birthday party dinner at my house with a few friends and then we went to An Tua Nua to hang out. I can't tell you much of what happened at the bar because I was very drunk. Then I had Schraut's 30th bday party the next weekend as well as the Welcome Back Boy and Matt Night out which meant starting the night at the Milky Way in Jamaica Plain and ending it at Tavern in Central Square.
Then there was Thanksgiving and my Dad's birthday and having to work the day after Thanksgiving not so much fun. The first weekend in December I headed down to Hoboken for a long overdue visit with the NYC contingent and there was a solid showing on Saturday night. Friday night I took the Megabus down which I would highly recommend to anyone that needs to get to NYC for the weekend on the cheap. When I got to Hoboken Maureen and I went to drop off my stuff and then went to a bar to meet up with Sue, Neil, Heather, and the boy Heather is dating. I told my friend Flaherty where I was and that I would love to see him. I turned out that his GF lives close to the bar and it was one of their favorite hangouts so they stopped by as well. It was GREAT to see him and catch up and to get to meet his GF Lisa who he has been with for almost two years now. Friday was a lot of fun and then Saturday during the day was a very low key Maureen and I did some shopping and watched a movie. Then we headed into NYC to have dinner with Gretel and Jamie at Film Centre Cafe which had AMAZING mac and cheese and the prices weren't that bad at all. Then we went to Social and meet up with Mei, Jules, and Kimmy and had some more drinks and caught up. Sunday I had lunch with Flaherty and Lisa and then got on a bus and came back to Brookline. Very good weekend and just the right amount of busy for me.
The next weekend I had lunch with Sharon and then went to see Twilight I am now totally obsessed with the Twilight Series. Sunday we had our Regan Christmas Party with my Dad's side of the family which is always a good time and my Dad drove me home that night so he could take me to get my Christmas tree which was a bit of a debacle but we found one and I was very happy when I got it home and all decorated. Last Wednesday was Andrew's karaoke send off since he is moving to Jersey City the end of the month. He promises he is going to have to come back at least once a month of course I am the type to only believe what I see so I am reserving judgment right now. It really won't be the same without him but here's hoping that he does come back once a month and that happens to make him there on Wednesday nights. Thursday night was his last gig with the Max Klau Band with him living in Boston. There is a selfish part of me that hopes he will still have chances to play with them but we will have to see what happens.
Last weekend it never stopped snowing in the Boston area and I still managed to go to Olivia's surprise 30th Bday party at Vox on Boylston St. on Saturday night and Sunday Travis was nice enough to drive me down to Plymouth for a Very Reddy Christmas which is always good. There you go that is highlights of what has been going on with me for the past couple of months. Hopefully I will get another one of these written in the next couple of days to tell you all about my Christmas but at least you are caught up on some of the happenings now.
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