Three Hundred Forty-Fifth Entry

Day One of 2013 was a good one!

Woke up around 9am...I felt so lazy! I wanted to get out and mow the lawn, but opted against it because the couch and the Rose Parade on television were slightly more appealing (and warmer).

I just love a good parade. It was awesome to see the Rose Parade live in 2010, but you really can't see the size of some of these marching bands from the sidewalk along the parade route. It's amazing to see some of these huge bands marching in perfect unison from above. The parade had an actual wedding as a part of the Farmers Insurance float and another float surprised a young mother and her little son by bringing the dad home from Afghanistan ahead of schedule. Both were very poignant moments. The KTLA announcers were even choked up and on the verge of tears when the mom, dad and son were hugging in the middle of the street.

Had lunch with my family at my mom's house. She made a chicken stew, which was a common and delicious meal during our childhood. It was a nice surprise for New Years Day. Fred brought his two dogs, Frazzles (which my mom pronounces Fragiles) and Prince. Freddie was there, of course, with all his hair. When the three of them get together, they are always running around, jumping on people, licking your face, sniffing everything and making me allergic! After lunch, we were sitting around watching the repeat of the Rose Parade and I just couldn't handle the allergies anymore. It was my own fault for playing with the cute widdle puppies. My eyes were watering, I was sneezing ten times in a row, and I started to scratch my throat. We had to go. :(

The next stop was Amy's folks house. We were there for a few hours just hanging out and talking about stuff. Amy's mom was outside smoking and playing with her Kindle when we got there, but she came in and joined us after a bit. She uses her Kindle for everything but reading books. Have you guys seen her posts and comments on Facebook? She seemingly randomly comments on pictures Amy or I have posted years ago as if they are current posts. She also has trouble navigating Facebook and has recently befriended a couple of folks that post mostly in Tagalog. I helped her unfriend these folks, and a few others that she doesn't really know that well. Amy's parents did share a video on youtube where there are random animal clips with dialogue dubbed over them with hilarious results! There is a whole series of them, this is the one we watched: Funny animals

Now I'm home and it is off to bed. Tomorrow is a work day, and I'm not looking forward to it!