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Monday – 20 December 2010
The song says, “Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.” Today is Monday. It is also… snowy, although there may be some rain falling somewhere in the valley. However, this combination is far from getting me down. Why?

I’m on vacation.
It’s only three more sleeps till my parents get here!
It’s only four more sleeps till my uncle gets here!
It’s only five more sleeps until Christmas!
Did I mention that whole “vacation” thing? I did? Okay, good. Just making sure.

Yesterday, SaraRules! and I knocked out a little more eleventh-hour Christmas shopping. That was good. After that, we came home for a bit. During the down time, I fired up the 360. I was planning on playing a little bit of LEGO Batman, but Fate had other plans in store: messaged me and invited me to play HALO: Reach online with him and . As I hadn’t played Reach online (heresy, I know…) and as I was going to be able to play with a couple of friends, I pulled Batman out, put Reach in and played for a bit.

A short while later, SaraRules! and I headed over to Sanaz and Logan’s. On the docket: Dinner and making/decorating a gingerbread Christmas tree:

All-in-all, it turned out well. Steve brought the video camera, to record the event, so I’m Ivory Soap sure that there will be a trailer – if not a full-on movie – showing our exploits. Dinner was very good; we had turkey legs, homemade mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, asparagus and cranberry sauce.

After we returned home, SaraRules! watched The Godfather, which I recently realized that I had never seen in its entirety. It was good. Very good. My only complaint was the pacing — there were places in the film where you couldn’t get a firm grasp on just how much time had elapsed. Other than that, I can easily see why it’s on so many people’s favorite movie list.

Instant Replay: Football

New Orleans Saints at Baltimore Ravens
24 – 30

Drew Brees and the Saints came marchin’ into M&T Bank Stadium… …and the Ravens sent ’em marchin’ back home with a loss. Joe Cool and the boys started out strongly, but let the lead slip away in the second half. The game ended with another Ravens interception, this time delivered by DE Cory Redding. With this win, the Ravens go to 10-4 and are still very much in the hunt for the AFC Playoffs Wild Card, as the #5 seed.

Coach Harbaugh! Hey, Coach! Hey… your team just beat last year’s Super Bowl champions and are currently the #5 seed in the AFC Playoff picture! How does that make you feel?

Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders
23 – 39

The Raiders busted the Broncs in this division win. Congrats, SaraRules! and 1silver_seraph.

Arizona Cardinals at Carolina Panthers
12 – 19

The Panthers hosted the Cards… …and found a way to come up with a win. Sorry, Marr.

Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals
*17 – 19*

The Bengals came away with the win in this “Battle of Ohio” Congrats, carefreespirit and janietrain!