"Delicious human food," said Simon and Susie

Mom and Dad's visit and Thanksgiving

Mom and Dad came for a short visit last weekend (they would have come for Thanksgiving, but flights then cost about twice as much). Sadly, I hardly took any pictures. I took my camera with me every time we went out, but it was extremely cold last weekend, so any time we got out of the car, I was thinking more about getting back into the warm car than about taking pictures. Luckily Mom took a few and send them along to me.


Jessica and I had Thanksgiving dinner on our own this year. We strayed from tradition and replaced the turkey in our Thanksgiving meal with lobster. I'm not sure that's actually straying from tradition that much... I'm pretty sure that there would have been lobster eaten at the first Thanksgiving on Plymouth Bay. Other than the lobster, the meal was pretty traditional... I made stuffing and mashed potatoes. Jessica made pumpkin pie, green beans, and cranberry sauce.



Simon and Susie thought that the box that the stuffing croutons came in made a great little place to play. Susie (in the box) ended up going over the edge of the table a few minutes after this picture was taken (she made it through that ordeal unscathed... these guys do this sort of thing many times each day).

Updates on Simon and Susie

In spite of what the animal shelter told us, it's become obivous that our gray kitten is female. So "Alvin" is now "Susie". The tiger kitten is still Simon, our sweetest boy. He is very gentle and likes to be held. Susie, on the other hand, is a very strong-minded girl. I am always amazed at the fact that they have such different personality at that young age. They like to cuddle with us at night when we go to bed. Though they've only been here for less than two weeks, I feel they've become an inseparable part of our life.

Our Engagement Pictures

Welcome home, Alvin and Simon

Dave and I just adopted two 8-week-old boy kittens, Alvin (the grey kitten) and Simon (the tiger kitten). They are so cute. I love them to death! I attached a few pics below.

Boston Symphony Night

Dave and I went to a concert last night at the Boston Symphony Hall. After living here for about 4 years, this was actually my first time to attend a Boson Symphony Orchestra concert. The performance of the artists was amazing, especially the Greek violinist. The concert was divided into two sections. The first section was music written by Brahms and the second by Richard Strauss. To my surprise, I did not enjoy the concert as much as I thought I would. This was because I could not understand the music, and the second section, Symphonia Domestica, by Strauss in particular. It sounded like pretty sad piece of music but it was supposed to be happy. After the concert, I read some background about Symphonia Domestica. It was composed in 1903, before the two world wars. The program said that the music is about how "lively, gay, and dreamy" a family was. After the concert, I asked my friend, a musician, how she liked about the concert. She told me she could not understand the second section, either. This made me feel much better.