Countdown to 2007

Gees, it's been awhile, I know but it's been hectic. Work has kept me busy all week and by the time I get home I'm stone tired. Plus, last weekend we were out of town for Christmas. Worst mistake ever. Remind me not to spend Christmas anywhere but home ever again. EVER AGAIN!!!!!!! Worst Christmas ever. I won't go into details but let's just say I felt like a stranger in my own family. I didn't exactly expect a welcoming committee but that was ridiculous. Never again.. All the time I spent making those cookies feels like wasted time. Could of been watching Dr Who instead. The only highlight of the day --the presents I got from my sweetheart.

Speaking of Dr Who, did you catch the last episode of DW? Seems like he now has a new companion. He and Rose got separated (different dimensions, I guess). As far as I know, the actress that plays her quit the show to do other stuff because she was afraid of being typecast as the dr's companion. Too late. Before this I'd never heard of her. Supposedly she's popular in the UK. News to me. Anyways the series is set to return this summer with new episodes. Looks like we got the carpet slid from under us again.

Went to see "Night at the Museum". It was ok. Pretty tame for a Ben Stiller movie. I thought it was pretty cool because it was set in a museum where history literally comes alive. The only thing that sucked was the popcorn. I guess we got stuck w/yesterday's leftovers.

Right now I'm reading John Grisham's "The Rainmaker". It's a pretty good read. I'm almost done. I want to finish as soon as possible so I can go rent the movie. I could rent it now and skip the whole reading thing but what would be the fun in that? I'll let you know what happens.

We showed up to work today since tomorrow is the 31st already and therefore the end of the month. Unfortunately the system was down and we couldn't do any work so we ended up leaving an hour later. After we left the movie I saw that I had a missed call and 2 messages from Robin. Actually one was just background noise but the other one was Robin letting me know that the system was back up. She made no mention of me having to call her back or reporting to work again so I just let it go. I was, after all, in the middle of running errands. We'll see what Tuesday brings. We have Monday off for New Years Day, so....

See you next year :))

Monday Blues

Good Monday morning all. Back so soon you might ask? Well, just to let you know how the show was yesterday. I went in w/anticipation of a live show but i was slightly disappointed when it was announced that Tom wasn't going to perform on that show. They had a last minute change in cast. Bummer. But the guy who replaced him was pretty good. At first the seats we got were ok but unfortunately my husband's line of sight was horrible so since there were other seats available we ended up moving. That was the best thing we could of done. After that we both enjoyed the show. It was well worth the time and money spent. Maybe I'll go out and buy the movie although it's not the same.

Since I start working on Thursday there are some things that I need to take care of before then. Opted for during the week instead of the weekend to avoid the madhouse @ the stores. Went to the orthodontist on Wed to get some work done and haven't been able to eat normally for a couple of days but it feels better now. Until Wed when i go again to get the second part. My gums will be sore for a little bit but in the end it'll be worth it. Just in time for Christmas. Lucky me. I won't be able to eat much :) Speaking of Christmas:

Christmas Day
To you it's about presents
About how much turkey you can eat
Getting together with family
To see what Santa will bring

To me it's about the greatest gift
That God gave upon this earth
The holidays don't feel empty
It's my main reason to rejoice

Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!1111

9 More Days Until Christmas

Greetings one and all. Just have some news to report: Effective Thursday I will be working again. Bummer...no, really, that's good news. I was starting to get cabin fever of sorts. I'll be back @ my old job and everything will be back to normal. Well, almost...it won't be exactly the same crew but thank God for that. Went to get all the stuff ready yesterday, you know, the drug screen and all that endless paperwork that by now i just do on automatic pilot and hope for the best. I got my id badge and we're ready to go. Bring it on!!

Finally finished reading the John Sandford novel. It was pretty good, about this lady killer. Literally. She's a contract killer. At the end of the book she gets away so i guess she'll show up on the other "Prey" books. Recently went out looking for more books (as if i don't have enough) and ended up at Goodwill. I got two more: John Grishams "The Raimaker" and some other unknown author for $1 each. Not bad, huh? These are paperbacks but i got the new Stephen King "Lisey's Story" and Dean Koontz "Brother Odd" which is another "Odd" book. You know, the guy who can "see dead people" so we'll see how that goes. Now i'm only gonna have a chance to read during my breaks like before but i'll take what i can get.

Yesterday's dr who was ok, better than last week, that's for sure. They had the creature (alien) of the week so that made it cool. As of this week everything else will be on reruns because of the holidays again so there won't be any new stuff until next year:)

We got tickets to go see "Chicago" tomorrow. I'll let you know how that turns up. They've got Tom Wopat in the part of the lawyer so i'll try not to laugh too much.

Until next time.....

Christmas Greetings

Hi again. Recently i was taking some holiday pictures and maggie wanted to be included (yeah right). Took some other ones for the christmas cards that i mailed but i wanted to share this one. She looks cute, doesn't she?

As part of my holiday gifts i've been making some goodies to give away and i'll sadly report that most of them have already been eaten. Hey, somebody has to do some quality control around here. There's plenty of time to make some more, after all, and hopefully these will last.

As far as tv watching goes, there's supposed to be a mini series on sci fi called the lost room but it's a three day event. i can watch it tonight, but not tues and weds. Then again, this is cable so i'm sure it'll be on a couple of dozen times before it's all over. Well, watched the last heroes of the year. it won't be back until january 22. that certainly sucks. Speaking of sucky things, friday's dr who wasn't all that good. it wasn't about the dr at all. it was about this group of people talking about the dr and rose and looking to uncover them. that's it. that and there was an alien among them as any respectable dr who episode should have. looking forward to tomorrow, or as it's called around here "Houseday". it promises to be a good one. From what i hear he's finally busted for all that vicodin use and is forced into rehab. yeah, good luck on that one.

Almost finished w/the book of the week. As soon as i do, i'll review it for you. For now i'll just say that it was a pretty quick read so that's a good sign.

Weekend Update

Here we go, just two weeks until Christmas and the stores are already half empty. Or half full if you're an optimist. A recent shopping trip proved this. Some stores were almost out of supplies when we went. Of course they'll be restocking soon but it just shows to you how much people shop during this time. This did not prevent several stores from going out of business. We encountered three that were having going out of business sales. Go figure. Anyways not that it matters much to me since i won't be doing any shopping this year. I've concentrated my efforts on giving out homemade treats this year. Come on, who wouldn't want cookies and stuff?

This week went to see "Pirates ...". Talk about 2 1/2 hours of my life i'll never get back. Don't get me wrong it had plenty of action but it was waaaaayyyy too long. Not to mention that you could only understand about 80% of what they were saying because of the "accent" so i couldn't really follow the story so i got bored. It's a good thing i didn't pay the obscenely high price to watch it when it first came out.

Sent out the christmas cards today. You might think that it's too soon but we've already started to get the first batch a few days ago.

I might start working again soon @ my old job. Went ahead and called to see if they had any openings and it turns out that they did. Lucky me. Lucky them. We'll see what happens.

BBBBRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!

Here it is, December already and we woke up this morning to a very cold day. yes, sir, it was freezing when morning came around. it was a nice change of pace considering the day before it was in the eighties. From what i hear it'll be cold for the next few days and winter doesn't officially begin until the 21st but we'll take it. Finally finished reading the book of the week "By the Light of the Moon". All in all it was a great story but waaaayyy too much narrative. A few descriptive sentences is good but when you go pages w/out dialogue it gets tiring. I'm guilty of skipping a few pages to get to the good stuff. The story reminded me of heroes because it's about these three people who develop powers after being injected w/"stuff". Something having to do w/nanotechnology goes to their brains and gives them telepathic, precognitive and teleporting abilitites. It was good. I give it 3 stars.

Was in a holiday mood and went to see "The Nativity Story". It was early in the morning, before noon so there weren't that many people there. It was a good one. A pretty good rendition of the bible story. I give it three stars.

Today is friday and you know what that means? yeah, it's dr who time. last week because of the holidays they didn't show it but today is the 2nd part of the last episode. should be a good one.

Just finished getting the christmas cards ready. all i need is to print out a couple more mailing labels and we should be good to go. Need to also take a picture to send to a select few (yeah, like i'm going to make that many copies). Until next time...........