Hooray! I got through the last day of work before my VACATION ( Read more... )

One more day until vacation ( Read more... )

Man, I'm just always tired, aren't I? I'm really hoping that the week off will help with that, because I just can't function when I'm this tired ( Read more... )

A long day today that started early, with all of us having to get up and pack the car to go to York for Christmas brunch at my brother's house. It's a fun time, for sure, but it's also an early morning on the weekend, when we have very little time these days ( Read more... )

Not me, since I'm at home and surrounded by my loved ones, or at least some of the detritus of the things given to me by and that I'm giving to my loved ones. The house is full of wrapping paper and smells like spaghetti sauce, because we prepped for Christmas a little bit today. Peter made sauce for the stuffed shells I make for Christmas Eve ( ( Read more... )

So Friday at work is over, hooray! I'm very happy to get to the weekend. I would like to say that I'm happy to get a rest, but it's not going to be a restful weekend, or even a restful week before we get to Christmas. After Christmas, I'll have a week off, so that'll be really good ( Read more... )

We finally put up our Christmas tree! It's the latest we've put up our tree in forever, since eerything seems to get in the way these days. But it's up! Hooray! I put about 1/3rd of the ornaments on it than I usually do, but it still looks pretty good, I think . I guess I just was overloading it before. Then again, in the light of day tomorrow, I ( Read more... )

Finally over the hump, and there aren't that many more work days until Christmas break. I can't wait until we have a week off ( Read more... )

Peter and I did a 3 Ingredient Recipe video tonight. We are 2 days ahead, woo! That almost never happens. I found a recipe for pineapple cake online that looked good, and made the cake before Peter got home, then we recorded the intro and outro after all of that was done ( Read more... )

In the Phyllis Diller bio pic, "Goodnight, We Love You," she states at one moment that silence is the most expensive thing she has. Right now, I'm kind of feeling that sentiment ( Read more... )