bye bye 2007, hello 2008

i'm on my last few days of break before starting work/school (i never know how to refer to my job as i work at a school) on monday. i was home in portland for 2.5 weeks and had all the time in the world to do the many things that were on a list. and of course, i didn't do any of them. winter break = unproductive. and i'm ok with that. here's what i did do:

• was delayed at LAX for an hour and a half and got into portland well-past midnight
• went shopping...tax free
  
• sewed for the first time since home ec. in 7th grade (not counting the two scrunchies i attempted with my dad's sewing machine in high school) and made 2 rice-filled heat/cold therapy satchels
  
• learned about fabric stores bolt and fabric depot and started a fabric stash
• christmas eve service at village baptist
  
• christmas day extended family potluck
• saw juno, atonement, and i am legend
• went to skamania lodge for mike's work brunch with the entire fam, where his coworkers, who are our parents' peers, proceeded to network me with their high school daughters prepping for college applications. they were 10 years younger than i am, which actually made me feel old. i work with 10 year olds and they don't make me feel old, but these two high schoolers did. sigh.
• video games: rock band, viva piñata! party animals, guitar hero, ds games
• read books by henri nouwen (in the name of Jesus and still reading the return of the prodigal son)
• watched dvds with andy and mike - 4 brothers, resident evil: requiem, ocean's 13,
  
• blazer games - 13 game winning streak! my affection for the blazers has been revived.
• ate...a lot - sushiland, pho, broder (euro breakfast), old spaghetti factory (finally!), thai elephant, cpk, hosoonyi's, nak won, and buffalo wild wings (andy, mike, and i felt disgusting afterwards)
• read a lot of blazers news, blogs, sports sites (espn and yahoo! sports, etc) catching up on blazermania
• annual post-christmas potluck/white elephant gift exchange (which i didn't participate in...anyone who's seen my apartment here knows i have too much junk and therefore, cannot take on anyone else's junk)
• caught up with friends
• finally saw wendy and chris in all their pregnant glory - awesome. saw wendy and josh's baby room and did research shopping with wendy and chris at babies 'r us
  
• played games - settlers of catan (i won a game) and apples to apples. no bean game this time around.
• visited the well church on sundays

there are probably things i'm missing, but oh well. currently, i'm listening to the blazers vs. jazz on streaming radio on the laptop. i thought i had nba tv, but i was mistaken. boo. the best i can get is yahoo! sports game channel text updates and radio. sigh. no love for blazers in LA.