Happy 2008 新年快樂！

下午二點左右帶我家桑妮去散步時只有華氏９度，約攝氏零下十三度．狗也好，人也好，不出門動一動（凍一凍）不行．

耶誕節我收到一雙冰刀．收到的禮物都很好很實用，不過，這叫我特別高興，好像回到少女時代！上週末跟老公又游泳又滑冰的，昨天開始全身痠痛．．．年紀大了，有差哦．

昨夜／除夕沒有別的節目，在家大吃大喝．弄了螃蟹及鮭魚．（諧音好像不怎麼吉利的感覺．）一個客戶送我兩瓶 Pinot Noir 紅酒：一瓶是美國奧勒崗州產的；一瓶是紐西蘭產的．對紅酒略知一二的話，應該曉得美國奧勒崗州和紐西蘭釀製世界級的 Pinot Noir．在美國，進口的紐西蘭Pinot Noir 有限，我們嚐過的屈指可數．這個客戶常去纽澳出差，特別給我帶了紐西蘭 Pinot Noir 回來．他也知道我們曾在奧勒崗州住過，所以送我這兩瓶酒來直接評比．很有意思．

今天也什麼節目，在家休息和看美式足球（大學各式盃）．出去蹓狗，動一動（凍一凍）挺好的．這樣的冷天，我就想吃紅豆湯圓．可惜家裡沒有食材．去年二月時，我自己搓湯圓，又煮了一大鍋紅豆湯．把沒吃的冷凍起來，慢慢享用．不過，幾個月前被我吃光了．（記得明天要去亞洲超市．）

對啦，耶誕節時我們和公婆一道去明尼蘇達大姊家過節．照片中的我們看來好像在阿拉斯加說．．．

   

Happy New Year!

It was 9 degrees out when we took Sunny for a walk this afternoon (2 pm -ish). Well, a dog must get its daily walk, right? So do humans.

I got a pair of ice skates for Christmas. Among all nice things we received, these were especially notable since they made me feel like a kid again. Over the weekend, we went lap swimming and ice skating. Both of us were aching since yesterday.

Not much going on for New Year's Eve except we did pig out on crab and salmon. One of my clients gave me 2 bottles of Pinot Noir: one from Oregon and one from New Zealand. The head to head comparison was fun.

So, today is a day of recuperating and football watching. A little walk did us good. On such cold days, I miss Atsuki beans and sweet rice balls soup. Unfortunately, I don't have any ingredients to make the dish at the moment. Last February I made a huge batch from scratch and freeze most of it for later enjoyment but ran out some months ago.

We went to my sister-in-law's (in Rochester MN) for Christmas. You can see from the photos that it looked like we were in Alaska! LOL!