Merry Christmas, everyone!! (a little late) I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. We did but I’m sad to report that my Eye-Fi memory card failed me and I don’t have very many pictures to show. 
I could not believe it. I had 2 days worth of pictures, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and they were all corrupted. I am SO upset! My dear, sweet husband bought me a Canon Rebel xsi digital camera for Christmas that I have been longing for all year and the first time I used it turned into a nightmare because that’s when I discovered that all the pictures I took with my Nikon D40 didn’t save at all. We tried and tried for hours to salvage the files that are there, but they are corrupted and cannot be displayed. I’m devastated. I took some really awesome food pictures and everything else, and now I only have a few, plus some new ones I took of my presents to replace the ones I had. Ugh! That memory card has been acting up since the day I got it; it NEVER worked like it was supposed to. I wish I had checked on the pictures sooner so I would have known that it wasn’t working right. UGHHHHHH! 
I thought I had hundreds of great pics waiting on the memory card, like they usually are, but come to find out I only had about a dozen that uploaded to my hard drive like the WiFi card is supposed to do. I do not recommend ANYONE use Eye-Fi wireless memory card, I’ve had nothing but problems with it.
Some of the pics that made it:
Santa paid us a visit!
We had a beautiful Italian 7 fish dinner on Christmas Eve and these are the only pictures that came out:
That’s it. None of the food pics for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day came out. *sigh* Maybe you can imagine by my description?
Christmas Eve 7 fish dinner
- Salmon with apricot fruit spread and walnut crust
- Squid salad with EVOO, red wine vinegar and fresh parsley
- Scallops with bacon
- Mussels with white wine, garlic, parsley and tomatoes
- Shrimp cocktail
- Linguine with clam sauce
- Homemade crab cakes made with fresh crab legs
- Crusty Italian bread
- Broccoli with EVOO + garlic
- Italian pastries
It was an absolutely delicious feast that we enjoyed the leftovers from for the past few days. Then Christmas dinner was a little simpler: Cheese lasagna, ham, tossed salad, Italian bread, string beans with bacon, and Italian pastries. Loved it all. Wish I could show you how delicious it looked!
I had lots of pictures of my presents, too, but they also didn’t come out. I took some new ones with my new Canon Rebel xsi, but not the same as the ones I took on Christmas day. 
My wonderful gifts from my hubby and mommy…
Cookbooks! YAY! I should make every single recipe in them this year. hehe
Skechers Shape-Ups!! Size 10 
I have big feetzzz *giggles* I can’t wait to wear them when I workout or go for a walk!
Canon Rebel xsi with a 50mm f/1.8 lens <3 LOVE!
A rice cooker
Waffle iron! YUM
Lots of DVDs, AeroGarden seeds, soaps, a Coach watch, and a bunch of other things that I HAD pics of, or so I thought. 
Bvlgari sunglasses ~! 
I made out like a bandit. 
But the food really was my favorite part of both days and I even considered recreating it just so I would have pics. LOL I have to get a new memory card now. Of all the days for it to fail, it failed on the biggest food events of the year. 
Ah well, guess I’m going to have to be extra cautious from now on. Technology… pfft. 
I’m gearing up for New Year’s Eve now. I’m not going to do much drinking; 2 glasses of champagne max. Then January 2nd, after New Year’s dinner and celebrations — which I WILL have pictures of! — I’ll be back on the grind better than ever. Big changes coming to my blog in ’10 and I can’t wait. I’ll have another update before 2009 is over to review the year and pledge my resolutions and hopes for 2010. 
Happiest Holidays to all!!
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