Saturday, December 10, 2005 (repost)

Combat Xmas

Ok. This is it. I haven't done anything. ANYTHING to prepare for Christmas yet. I used to be this bad (or worse), but not the last few years.

So... last night my wife and I put up the tree - 21st century style. An American friend of ours teaching in Japan was iChat video conf'd in for the tree assembly and decorating. I figured he might be homesick this time of year, so this was a way to get him involved. No bandwidth limits on ACS account, so we just kept the feed open and piped-through x-mas music. He would direct the occasional ornament placement. So the tree's done. That's one down.

Today, we hit the streets of Anchorage for some combat shopping. Tonight or tomorrow, we'll send out cards.

BTW, if any of you know how we can video chat between our Mac/iSight and family members outside who are PC users, post a reply!. Can AIM do video chat with audio?
(For those of you myspace friends who are not in AK, 'outside.' is AK-speak for out of Alaska. Usually referring to the lower-48 states).

Happy Holidays guys!