Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig

Home from Christmas gluttany at my sister's in Mich. We had a wonderful Christmas...all 3 girls home for the holidays, lots of goodies to munch on, an absolutely beautiful tree (real), a little bit of snow just to make things feel right, and lots of laughter. The presents weren't bad either.

A&T got the biggest haul. They are setting up house in Indiana with new apartment and jobs. So they got all the practical stuff...dishes, iron, toaster oven...that sort of thing. I got practical stuff too....beautiful new knife set for my new kitchen, a kitchen scale, awesome hand blown glasses from KT and T, a knife sharpener for my new knives, new brown dish cloths/towels for my new brown kitchen from R, and lots of little goodies in my sock. If I forgot anyone...I am old...will remember later. It is all put away so I cannot go thru the bucket and look over my loot.

We had a real good time at the Sondeen home for Christmas dinner and frivolity. We did just a smidgeon of day after Christmas shopping....6am in Walmart in Saline...R wanted one of the $17 lighted trees for her new abode where ever that ends up to be. So we just brushed our teeth and hair and flew out the door and went to Wally World and straight home afterwords. I was amazed that there were very few...and I mean very few...people out shopping. Times really have slowed things down.

Unfortunately....I haven't. Lord, if I don't stop spending money soon......I will never get to retire. I had to leave this for a day...so it is a little disjointed. Today (12/30) I picked up my new giant flat screen tv. And the Bose sound system to go with it. Love the sound system....not so sure about the tv. I think I may return it and get something else. This one is a Plasma and I am not liking what I am reading about it. I just missed it that it was plasma....I was looking under LCD's and this one was listed and I didn't read it quite well enough. I am seriously thinking of taking it back. It is awfully big. I don't think I need one quite this big. And I think I really do want LCD instead of Plasma. It is out of the gigantic box and warming up....when I can, I will plug it in and see what I think. The bracket to hang it on the brick over the fireplace will be here next week. We'll see........

I went into work for a short time today. It was cold in there....steam is down and the building has no heat (on the floor anyway). The office was a little warmer, but not much. I have to go in for just a little bit tomorrow and will take a sweater/sweatshirt or something to stem off the cold a little. Doing computer work when your fingers are numb is challenging. But it has to be done...end of month budget stuff and end of year wrap up. I can't believe I have been Planner for almost 9 months now. It feels like yesterday.

I found some really pretty dishes for CHEAP yesterday....new every day dishes for my new kitchen. I have always wanted real plates....been using plastic for centuries it seems. But now I have new, rich chocolate colored plates, bowls, and cups to use. $44 for a serivce for 12!!!!! They are stoneware...but that's what I wanted. I am sooooo tickled with the color!!! They look gorgeous on the countertops!! Good ol' IKEA.

Now I need a table to eat on. hee hee

Well...gotta go find my bed...must work tomorrow. YUK. I am NOT gonna be there at the crack of dawn tho. I am gonna work partial banker's hours tomorrow.

Later........................

Why am I up!?!?!?!?!?

I have had one good nite's sleep this week.....damn. Here I am up in the middle of the nite again and I was sooooo tired when I went to bed at freaking 6:30PM!!! Maybe I should just give up and go in to work. I would get home about noon!!!

I need to get cracking this weekend. I have to wrap everything for Christmas....but first I have to dig into the back room and get to the wrapping paper way back in the corner behind a ton of furniture. Jeez.... I don't like wrapping for some reason. I love giving presents, I hate wrapping them. Hence the many gift bags I use. I don't know where they are either...damn. I should have made a list of where all this stuff was when I jammed that room full of the rest of the house. Hindsight you know.

I really, really, really want out of my room! I know this is becoming a frequent topic, but after almost 8 weeks living in my room, aaaaaaggggghhhhh. Maybe this weekend. I need to get the new fireplace surround/screen thing on and then I can CLEAN the family room/kitchen and put it together. THEN I can move OUT OF MY ROOM. Ok, I know, you get the picture.

Well, I have ranted enough....am going to try to go back to bed. If I am not snoring in 30 minutes....I am going to work. Later.............

Painting Day....

I am painting today with the help of Greg....I would be lost without my neighbor's help. Bless his heart...he does my yard so I don't have to sneeze and choke my way around the yard while mowing .... he painted my ceilings ... and now we are changing all the colors in the main part of the house to go with the new flooring and such. I pay him well and really appreciate his help. We have a good time too. He is a stitch.

I have a raging sinus infection too .... such fun. I jumped on it with the drugs last nite so maybe it won't get real bad. But this one feels different from the last one....stronger, stinkier, and "larger." Oh well, it is that time of year. I just hope I can keep it from dropping to my chest and becoming a full blown upper respiratory infection....I don't have any PA days left...no time to get sick.

It is raining today. BLAH. At least it is a little warmer. Not much, but a little. But we won't have much sun to paint with. I need to get the fan hung in the family room so we can see in there. Instead I am sitting here typing. Jeez......

Ok..so I gotta go do what I am supposed to be doing......later............