Hippocratic Oats

Merry (late) christmas everyone! I haven’t had a chance to write about christmas and the days following until now. I’m back in Syracuse. Back in my apartment. Almost back to reality. Luckily I have a few days of freedom left   

Christmas day in the Fryc house was a little different from usual. We held off on having the big Christmas celebration with the grandma, aunts, uncles and cousins until the following Sunday. Instead we had a small celebration at home, and then went to my cousin Wendy’s house for some tasty food and drinks at night.

For Christmas lunch we started things off with a salad chuck full of chickpeas (my fave bean).

I also had a piece of dad’s lasagna. Mmmm… He even made an extra one for me to take back to Syracuse

Look who decided to get friendly during lunch. Bella is quite the little chow hound

Jeff taking a post-meal nap with Bella.

Bella napping with my dad.

God, she can be so cute!

My mom enjoying her new snuggie. Bella got one too!

My mom got Bella a new Christmas t-shirt, and I got her the elf ears. She wasn’t a big fan of that hat. It only lasted for about 5 minutes.

Didn’t get many pictures over at Wendy’s (battery went dead), but here’s one of my brother in his new hat. The boy sure loves his eggnog.

All and all, we had an excellent Christmas day. It’s always great to spend time with the family, and even if I’m 25 years old, I still love presents

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The day after Christmas has become some what of an annual shopping trip for Emily and I. Emily is always super organized (she had her Christmas 2010 spreadsheet done weeks before Christmas and she’s just about done with NEXT year’s shopping). I, on the other hand, was not quite as prepared as years past. This year Emily’s mom and Merilee joined us for shopping at Hallmark, Walmart and Joanne’s to stock up on holiday cards and wrapping materials. I did very well at the Hallmark store (as you’ll see in future posts) . We finished the day off with a lovely lunch at the Recovery Room. I love shopping, and I love friends!

Mer and I. I was looking pretty sleepy after all the shopping.

Emily and Mer