XMAS and New Year's!

Last week I got back from a two week holiday vacation - a week with the family in Missouri, and a week with some friends in Upstate NY. It's the longest I've been away on vacation in over 10 years and it was a nice long break. I realize that Missouri and Albany aren't quite as exciting as Taiwan or Korea, so I'll skip the day-by-day recap and give you a brief overview.

Missouri:

Christmas morning with my twin nieces -






Bald eagle spotted on our ATV ride -



Me as Aunt -


Albany:

Foster kitties under the Christmas tree -



Snow on New Year's Eve Day -


Rockin' New Years Eve -



Day trip to Northampton:

Smith College campus -









Snowboarders on the railing -



Butch Jamie featured in the gay bookstore -



I also got to see my old cat Huey (aka Howard) for the first time in over a year and a half. I was happy when I could tell he remembered me. I also saw some old friends who worked on the movie, and my ex and her new wife and I all played Rock Band into the wee hours of the morning. I discovered that drums and singing badly with enthusiasm are my specialty.

Copy Cat

Wolfe Video has been busy finalizing the cover art for Butch Jamie's DVD, which will hopefully be up on their site soon. As I mentioned in my last post, Howard had his own photo shoot.





I wasn't there as Howard (real name Huey) lives in Upstate New York. I had his mom take some photos with him so that Wolfe could work some Photoshop magic and pose me and Howard together on the DVD cover.





Huey's Mom fosters other cats who need a temporary home before being adopted.


She recently took care of a litter of four kitties and ended up adopting a cute little black one named Frankie (she thought about adopting the orange one, but learned that black cats have a harder time getting adopted so she went for him instead).


When Frankie grows up, he wants to be just like his big brother -