Thanks for all the gifts – kids got me a 4GB iPod shuffle inscribed with “Run Daddy Run”

Never thought I hate to see 35 degrees – this sleet crap is awful!

I don’t think Santa is a big fan of midnight mass

Shoveled again so we can take kid one to church to be an altar server for midnight mass at SJN

Adding 5 pounds to each dumbbell has been pretty tough, but it’s getting easier each time. Ran another 5K too

This second wave of snow is much wetter and heavier – happy to be back home. Time for a basement workout

Mother-in-law’s 65th birthday party almost finished. Read all six magazines I brought, so I threw the Christmas Vacation DVD in the player

Cossetta’s to pick up the Christmas lasagna (and get some pizza for lunch), then the mother-in-law’s house until midnight mass

Our weather radar looks wimpy compared to that line going through Louisiana and Arkansas

Lost 0.4 pound shoveling snow this morning instead of using the snowblower and people still look at me like I’m crazy

First night of snowmaggedon shoveled from the driveway. Snow total not bad so far, but the wind and drifts are pretty bad

Wow, Hobbit Travel closed after 30+ years

No snow yet, so heading in to St. Paul for the Oilers-Wild game at the X

Better get to the grocery store and stock up before snowmageddon hits – mini Cub, here I come

Great (decadent) lunch and visit with Brad at Al Baker’s in Eagan – club melt, waffle fries with seasoned sour cream and a cherry coke

The Fedex man brought me my last gifts, which are now wrapped and under the tree. Done!

Long, hot showers after doing anything outside in the Minnesota winter are total bliss

My auction closes later today: 10 Years of Cities 97 Samplers (Volumes 12 – 21)

Ran another 10 miles outside in Eagan and Apple Valley. Hate to admit it, but the cold and weird easterly wind actually weren’t too bad

Riding along with Colleen and kid two to the big Fleet Farm store

New WordPress-related discoveries today: importing test data xml files (nice) and themes much, much more advanced than mine (Tarski)

Building a localhost testing environment for Apache2, PHP and MySQL for theme testing. Can’t believe how far behind I was with phpMyAdmin

Lovely: “Marian Gaborik scored his NHL-leading 25th goal and added an assist…”

TV advertising still works on me – trying the SnackPak at Culver’s

One more gift to arrive via Fedex tomorrow, otherwise everything else is wrapped and ready. Off to the library and both banks