Christmas Eve morning- my car, AKA "The Popemobile" (because of its funny shape) all packed up and ready to go. There is a dining room table, two chairs, gifts that we were delivering for one of our friends, and all of our stuff for a 10-day trip!
I'm ready to hit the road! We stopped for breakfast for McDonald's pancakes (my favorite, and the only real "American pancakes" I've found so far in Ireland) before leaving Lucan.
Paul wasn't too thrilled when I put my scarf on him as he was driving! We listened to Christmas music along the way.
We arrived in Louisburgh in the early afternoon and did some visiting to friends and family's homes. The Irish are great for "visiting"! At one of the houses I got a very large vodka and coke, which I'm pretty sure was mainly vodka. I was a bit tipsy even before dinner and church! We ate dinner, went to church, then returned back to Paul's parents to open gifts. Paul's parents (PJ and Bridget), sister (Marie- her fiance, Brian, joined us in Louisburgh on the 30th of December), and Paul and I opened our creative gifts to each other- we each spent only 5 Euro on everyone! It made for some entertaining gifts! It's only now that I realize the only photos I took are of the dog, Lucky, and Paul testing out the "smile sensor" on our new camera!
Lucky with her Santa hat. Unfortunately she was limping around all of Christmas- the vet thinks she has damaged one of the cruciate ligaments in her hind leg. Usually she's outside, but it was quite cold, and with her limp she spent a lot of time inside!
Cheesy grin- testing out our camera's setting that only takes a picture when the subject is smiling!
On Christmas Day the five of us had dinner in the afternoon and spent the rest of the day relaxing. On the 27th we flew from Knock in Mayo to Coventry, England for Paul's great aunt's 80th birthday party. We got back to Louisburgh on Monday the 29th. That night Paul had a 10-year class reunion in one of the pubs in Louisburgh. The rest of the week we slept in, read, watched some movies (including Madagascar 2 at the cinema in Westport- I thought it was great!), went for a couple of walks, and Paul did a bit of work. New Year's Eve was pretty low key. Marie, Brian, Paul, and I got Chinese food from the restaurant in Louisburgh and watched a DVD. We were all in our pajamas by midnight, just waiting for the clock to change!
We left Louisburgh on Saturday the 3rd to get back to Lucan and get settled in a bit before heading back to work on Monday. Last night we went to the cinema and saw "Role Models"- I highly recommend it for a couple hours of mindless entertainment! My New Year's resolution is to get back to the gym more regularly, and so far it's going pretty well- I've been there 4 days so far this week. I have good incentive to keep it up- we booked our honeymoon for a week in Jamaica in May! I can't wait for a bit of warmth and sunshine!
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