After Christmas Sale

With the after Christmas sale ongoing everywhere a week after Christmas, we took that as our chance to buy whatever we would need for the house. We have a long list of must buys but we just had to make sure we buy the most important items first like allergy bedding and kitchen items. It was great to be able to slowly complete on the things we need for the house. Thank God also for gift cards we got! It was hard to pick from the many choices available though. I always feel like I want to buy everything nice I see but I know I won't need them all so I need to buy what we really need and not want.
And ofcourse, I did a few shopping for myself too. teehee!

Cypresslights

While looking for phila pa jobs for T's friend, we saw a write up for a house just near church and T's sister. This was after Christmas and right before New Year (such a late post I know!). The house was decorated with Christmas lights and they were broadcasting a radio station where in the music were syncrhonized with the house. When you get to the house you would just need to turn your radio to the station provided and viola, it was a Christmas lights show right before your eyes. Here is a picture of the house that I took..

And a video I took...

Christmas 2009

I was looking forward to spending my first Christmas with T as a married couple but at the same time I knew that it was going to be a different Christmas since it was my first Christmas away from my parents, sister and pasaway family.

I remember calling them on Christmas Eve Manila time missing everyone and feeling so homesick. All that changed when we drove to my Aunt's house for Christmas eve. We went to church first and then off to their house for Christmas eve dinner. Dinner was sumptuous. It was so nice to see an uncle and aunt again whom I have not seen for years! After dinner we had games, exchange gift, Christmas pictorial and then opening of gifts. It was such a joy watching the kids open their gifts.

We went to leave for home past midnight and then got home after about an hour. It was a long drive home but we were happy to have spent Christmas with family.

I missed Christmas in the Philippines but I sure had a Merry Christmas here too.