ive been in another frenzy, hence the lack of posts. over the weekend, in the god-awful storm after storm sf bay has been enduring, we got quite a lot accomplished as far as christmas is concerned. knowing it would take hours to drive from livermore to san francisco friday evening, we decided to not fight it and, rather, stop off to pick out a christmas tree in the pouring rain. sounds horrible, but it was kind-of romantic. they had the huge rainbow umbrellas to use, and the trees are at Rowell's Ranch, home of the Rowell's Ranch Rodeo, where they certainly have enough tree's to find a the perfect short-fat variery (my favorite). so we walked along the isles of trees, picked out our favorite, hoited it into the back of the truck, and continued on for another 2 hours back home. Saturday we got ALL of our christmas shopping done. all except my brother's present, which after being inspired by making the listthe other day, and noting his influence, i am buying him a stack of my very most favorite cd's so that he finally removes that same bob marley disc from his player. our secret to christmas shopping is heading out to the ‘burbs. and finally, i found the perfect pair of brown leather boots that i have been searching for. they are kangaroo, and i love them. they are on the website, but i cant point to them. that is my one complaint about these new flashy flash websites - you cant copy a url to a specific product anymore. (its helpful when sending links to parents for gift ideas. here, mom, i want exactly this not in fluorescent green, not with neon stripes down the side...you get the idea)