crucible of ennui

This weekend was busier than usual. 
Usual regularly being ignoring everything outside of the 4 walls of my home. 

Glenn and I headed to the office party on Friday evening. It ended up being a lot of fun. It was at Romanov’s. There was lots of food and lots of friends. We ended up leaving early and heading to see Beowulf in 3D on the huge IMAX screen. OMG. How utterly cool. I’ve never seen a 3D movie before. It’s was pretty trippy and fun was had by all. 

Saturday morning we went to our favorite breakfast diner and had some pancakes. In the afternoon, Catherine and I headed over to The Alex theater in Glendale and seeing a production of The Nutcracker. I think my favorite part of the performance was when Catherine asked ”Mama, why is that man wearing tights?!?!?” She cracked up the rows around us, especially the fathers who were probably dragged there by their wives and daughters. The dancing was fun and Cat had a lovely time and fun was had by all. 

Sunday I was able to scoot out of the house on my own for a bit. I headed over to an art show to get some unique gifts for family. I found the reversible story telling dolls I wanted, fairy wings for Cat and Bella, neat art boxes for Felipe and for myself…. I finally was able to commission one of my favorite artists take my order for a charm bracelet I’ve been wanting for 5 years. All the charms are handmade and Cindy (the artist) works with the person to get a feel of personalities and attitudes. I’m starting with 3 charms, 1 for Catherine, 1 for Glenn and 1 for me. Then Glenn and Catherine can commission more charms to add – for Mother’s Day and Christmas. I love Halloween – so a Halloween charm would be very appropriate. My bracelet will be done by Valentine’s Day!!!!

Sunday evening we headed over to Peggy’s to meet my nephew’s girlfriend for the 1st time. After that we headed home to decorate our own tree.