The Happy Us

Quick Getaway

I'm going for a quick getaway!

Flight's at 6:10am and I'm pretty stoned right now with only an hr's worth of sleep. The weekend's been busy with a wedding mass on Saturday's morning and an RCIA retreat starting early Sunday morning.

January had been a month of tears and emotional rollarcoaster for me. And honestly, I still haven't quite gotten a grip on myself on his resignation. Things will never be the same without him in the office, leading the department. Me leading? I don't know if I can fill in his big big shoes and frankly speaking, I'm afraid.

Sigh...

And back to my quick getaway. I'm off to the airport now!

Entering 2010

New Year's Eve Masquerade Ball was the first for me and an amazing one. I've never felt more gorgeous in my black gown and heels, with my long soft curls framing my face. A little smoky eye makeup and light blusher, and my man in his suit by my side.

He couldn't take his eyes off me.

I wished the night didn't end that early.

Merry Christmas

Before that, i was eagerly anticipating Christmas. Afterall, this is the first Christmas that I celebrate by going to mass with Luke and his family, and then to his place for the  presents and food.

I was stunned when I unwrapped my present to reveal this:



Never in a million years did I expect my present to be the camera I've been wanting to get.

"But but you said it was all sold out!! It was sold out at places we saw!"

Turns out he bought the camera a few weeks before Christmas. He didn't know the cameras were really sold out when he told me so. And he deliberately had us to miss the Audio House clearance sales so I wouldn't buy it.

Right now I'm still learning how to get the pictures I want. It's frustrating when I keep getting blurry pictures or under/over exposed photos.

And now, I feel kind of sad that Christmas is almost over. Well, another 6 more days...

Here are some of the better photos I've taken with my new camera



The Christmas tree that we all helped to set up and decorate



Normanton Park

Decorating the Tree

Decorating the Christmas Tree was something I did 5 years ago in Finland. And yesterday, I finally had the chance to do it again. :)

Christmas carols filled the air as we all helped to get the tree up, light it up with yellow and red lightings, hanged gold and red bubbles and topped it off with an angel. We popped 2 crackers and there were paper crowns inside! That was my first time popping crackers.

Then it was time to put the presents under the tree. The Boy waved my present around, going "now where is EVELYN'S PRESENT?" Aggrrhhh... He tricked me into telling him what I got for him!

Wish I had a chance to take photos of that beautiful tree. Hopefully by Christmas Eve, I would be able to get my hands on the Canon Powershot SX20 IS. :D