Christmas

Candlelight Service

I will admit that I don’t remember a ton of the sermon from last night’s Candlelight Service. mainly because I was distracted by Linnea’s adorableness the whole time. Right before the service started my Father-in-law, Norm, came over to where we were all sitting because she was fussing. Matt, Linnea’s father, said the following:

She’s just crying because she found out her Grandpa wears a dress.

Note of the uninitiated, but Lutheran Pastors still wear the fancy flowing vestments.

Douglas the Fir Tree…

My mother has in her possession a foot tall, holiday themed singing fir tree named Douglas. I hate Douglas and have since he was originally acquired. This year I even attempted to throw him down a flight of stairs. Alas, my little brother saved the fir tree and he lived to sing this year…

Maybe next year I’ll be as lucky as Garfield…

Kitsu Got a Kindle

As of the 18th I acquired a Kindle Touch 3G (with special offers) for Christmas from my father.

So far I’ve enjoyed the device, finishing up a book I had started on the iPad’s Kindle App on it, and the whispersync between devices has worked phenomenally. I’m really liking the eink screen, and find it easier to read from for long periods than an LCD like the iPad.

It charged quickly, and the user interface came to me (though I am a techy type person) very very easily. I figure there will be followup comments as I adapt and develop a closer relationship with the device, but we shall see. Nothing like being able to bring your entire digital library on vacation without a fight, though. And once summer dawn’s again I’ll really put the eink to the test in full sun, I promise.