.things.

things that made me happy this past week (not in order of importance):

1. i won the weight-gain contest (i. e. the who will gain less over the holidays competition between arpi and me)! this means that i get to choose whatever i want as a reward ... hmm. that will be a tough one :)
   
2. arpi bought a special antenna and hooked it up on the roof, which makes it possible for us to watch two croatian television channels (hrt2 and rtl). we used to watch them while living in pécs (which is very close to the croatian border, so there was no problem with the reception), but as vajta is much further, it is only possible with this special antenna. during the past year-and-a-half, we have really missed hearing the language, and have noticed while at home for the holidays that our knowledge of the language has gotten pretty rusty - which is not a good thing, if we want to stay on top of it as we prepare to move to the balkans in a few years. so, hooray for some language practice!
   
3. the fact that more and more of nina's personality is coming out, it is so fun to watch! she has a sweet, cuddly personality, knows what she wants (this is the hard part), loves music (especially piano-based), loves to eat healthy things like broccoli and oatmeal, etc.
   
4. yesterday's pizza lunch with neil and anna. neil makes extremely good pizza, and we had a sweet time of fellowship over some of his amazing creations. oh, and chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting as dessert. yum!
   
5. the grace god and my husband have shown me every day.