No Hint Of Olive in This MerlotMonday, December 26, 2005 After filling 10 bags of wrapping paper ripped from gifts under the tree, I can safely say Christmas 2005 is over. It was a wonderful day for all in the Boehme Hoehme. The best part was watching the expressions of joy on each child's face as they discovered a new treasure. My oldest son looked into his biggest gift box and looked at me. "How? How did you buy this? I mean this is really expensive."He was talking about his new ride cymbal. He is a burgeoning drummer, who has so much natural ability. His teacher told me months ago that Jonathan really needed a ride cymbal. Jonathan has had his eye on a $200 Zildjian cymbal. I found a mint condition Zildjian Avedis medium ride cymbal for $82 on eBay. eBay came to the rescue once again!  For my daughters, they often get gifts in sets. So both got matching dresses for their American dolls and Barbie dresser sets, and... You get the picture. For my youngest son, he got a Pirate's ship that was selling for $80 at a local toy store. Target had the same thing for $29. I mean it was exactly the same thing! It pays to shop. He was thrilled with it! I got a round table for our sitting area in the master bed table. My wife and I had been shopping a month ago or so and I came across this cool table that would be perfect for our sitting area. Jill loved it too. We both agreed on a piece of furniture within minutes, so I thought it was a done deal. A week or so later I took her back to the store with a great coupon and found the last one and said lets get it. She said "Oh, it is not how I remembered it. Oh, I'm not sure I like it." I was dumbfounded. She loved the table just weeks ago. Now she was totally cold on it and I had this awesome coupon. I gave up. I had obviously misread her totally. Well, not exactly. She loved the table and bought it for me with the same coupon several days before. So she had to pretend she was not thrilled with it. I had no idea what was in this huge box under the tree and I certainly could not have guessed that table in a million years. I bought a new digital SLR camera for the two of us. Again eBay came through. I found a great deal on a Nikon D70 with two Nikon lenses. I will be posting pictures soon! It was a great Christmas and the presents only played a part. Everyone was so excited to give their gifts and appreciated what they received. As a Dad I was proud of all of them, even Jill. Jill and I were so inspired by John Cleese's wine tips (see my previous post) that we found a great $15 bottle of Sebastiani 2001 Merlot. We both agreed that there were hints of cherries, chocolate and licorice. The bottle suggested a hint of olive on the finish. We both agreed that there was no trace of an olive. Enjoy the season! posted at 12/26/2005 08:43:00 PM |
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8 Comments:
No, my love, I never did get the chocolate hints. Spicy, but no chocolate. Guess my palate needs a bit more practice. :o)
You failed to mention how I painstakingly put together the stinkin' pirate ship. Piece by piece. Guess I'll have to toot my own horn on that one.
You are wonderful and I love you!
Here's to a prosperous and healthy new year
We have already been down the Zildjian road with our 15 year old. This year he got a new hi-hat stand. It is a very nice one.
Our guy is the king clubber in the school band. He is in Jazz band, sumphonic band, the drum line (which he organized) and finds time to drum on anything and eveything in the house.
He had his Christmas concert a couple weeks ago, in which he was on stage for nearly every performance, including with the choir.
In the Jazz band portion, he had a drum solo which he made up himself. He was banging away, and smacked one of his cymbals and it flew right off the stand. He kept on going with a big grin on his face.
It is really cool to see him doing so well.
You know, I think there was a hint of grape in my olive juice! ;)
Oh God. Drums in the house? I'm planning on a post about all the toys we got that make noise. Next year I'm buying them pillows and sticks wrapped in cotton. And I'm getting a pair of earplugs for myself. Ahhh. Peace and Quiet. It's all I want for Christmas.
And I VERY jealous about the D-70s. If I had one of those, I be back in the Wedding Photography business in no time.
Glad you had a good Christmas. Hope your New Year is just as good!
Hi, I came from Jill's site and I'm glad I did...I might have to hire you to find deals for my family next Christmas...great job.
John Cleese is actually down here right now sampling NZ reds :)
Oh and doing a one man show LOL
i love olives, and drums...aha, my childhood passion, left it for a period of more than 10 years, tonight am gonna start it all over.
when I eat a snickers with my Merlot, I often detect a hint of chocolate.
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