New Year's eve was a whole lot of fun. We went to a friend's house, along with 4 or 5 other people. We ate, and ate, and ate some more. Plus, we played a few board games (Scene It - TV version and Catch Phrase). Both of which are hysterical when you get a bunch of people playing who have been drinking a little too much. We watched the ball ( Read more... )

Happy New Year ( Read more... )

Aside from driving all over NJ, it was actually a very nice Christmas. Everyone behaved themselves, in-laws included, and the stress that I was expecting was no where to be found. Thankfully ( Read more... )

The Christmas tree is still standing. It has stood against incredible odds...or Elvis the cat as the case may be. There are a few branches that I've had to trim a little due to kitty gnawing, but he hasn't knocked it over again...thankfully ( Read more... )

The tree is up and I've decorated a little bit of the house. I didn't pull all the Christmas stuff out, but enough that it looks some-what festive. I'm not hosting anything this year...Christmas Eve at the in-laws, Christmas Day at mom's, and New Year's at a friends, so the decorations would only really be for us ( Read more... )

Ugh! Another snow storm is on it's way. This will be the third one in less than a week. Ok, granted the last two were fairly minor, but it still makes getting around a hassle. I swear that NJ is filled with people who just moved here from warmer climates. Because when it starts to even flurry, people get all crazed and start driving like ( Read more... )

The surprise party didn't turn out the way I hoped, but it was still good and my husband had a good time (which is what counts, I guess). The party was good, it's the surprise that wasn't. My husband and I got to the party before half of the guests. Most people were coming from Rt. 287. Well, some idiot decided to flip his car over, cause a 10 ( Read more... )

I have been called an anal retentive control freak on more than one occasion. It's usually when there's a lot going on and I try to let people help me out, but then get nervous and end up doing it all myself. This time is no exception ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving was actually a lot better than I thought it would be. My sister-in-law is not usually my favorite person, but for having over 20 people for dinner - she really had things under control. She is a trained chef, so I would like to think that her education paid off at least a little. Really though, it was a very pleasant afternoon. I ( Read more... )

I went back to work this week after 5 weeks of working from home. It wasn't easy, but I think it needed to be done. My boss encouraged me to take an extra week, being that it is Thanksgiving. But, that's actually the reason I decided to come back. I figured it was a short work week and I knew that a lot of people would be out of the office. It ( Read more... )