The very talented and funny Amy gave me an award! This one came with no instructions or specifications so rather then be generous and share the love, Im keeping this one all to myself.
You know what really annoys (What really grinds my gears- a la Peter Griffin) me?
Getting a text from my boss at 7 AM Monday (before Im even out of bed) saying that we will have a meeting at 6:30 AM Tuesday.
As if Mondays after a holiday and after coming home from vacation arent difficult enough.
So today I got to think about how horrible the following morning would be... ALL DAY LONG.
One of my favorite things to do while traveling is read. Derek is not a reader at all so I think sometimes my nose being in a book for hours at a time confuses him. While traveling back and forth to Miami, I finished my third Jodi Picoult book- I have to say that her books, all that Ive read, are amazing!
I cant believe I have 53 followers! What on earth makes what I have to say so interesting?! Either way, thank you all that stop by and leave comments- you truly make my day everytime I hear from you!
Hope your holiday season was as eventful as ours and that you survived as well- I have spent the better half of my morning reading about all of your adventures over the last week or so and I cant wait to fill you guys in.
We survived Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and a trip to Miami on New Years Eve for my cousin, Eric's wedding. I have so much to tell you all, so many pictures to post and a TON to catch up on. As soon as we got home last night, the dogs were picked up, bathed and suitcases were unpacked.
Is it silly that the thing I was most excited to fly home to was my dogs? I missed them so much!
My friend, Sarah, who I have known my whole entire life receved a sparkly diamond ring on Christmas Eve from the love of her life- in addition to that, I know of 3 friends that got engaged on New Years Eve- Derek and I shared a good laugh at how just when we think its all over and our bouts standing at the altar with our nearest and dearest are over, someone else signs us up. Sure wre honored and happy to take part in such special occasions, but in April, I will be standing in my 14th wedding. FOURTEEN.
Heres to 2010 and all the advantures ahead!
Each year Dereks family hosts a 'fancy dinner night' complete with several courses of food and delicious wine. One of his aunts lives in California and brings all sorts of drinkable treasures with her for her visit. each course is paired with a new and different wine and we all try to guess their price point and any awards theyve won. You can imagine how creative our opinions get by the 8th bottle... Dereks dad is by far the most comical of all.
Derek: "you remind me of Pam from the office, shes a lot like you"
Me: "oh, like how shes super sweet and soft spoken?"
Derek: "no, I just think you dress a lot like her"
Me: BLANK STARE- "and you think this is a compliment, dont you?!"
You know how you go to church and swear the sermon is just for you? See a movie and resonate with a quote or a song or even a montage? I had one of those moments today- perhaps not so deep but I felt like my TV was talking to me and only me.
While scrolling through the video on demand options I saw a few episodes of The Biggest Loser. Having never watched an entire episode, I thought I might give it a shot. Not only did I sob almost the entire time but I almost dropped the remote and ran of my house when I heard this quote:
"I never took care of myself, I took care of everyone else in my home, took care of my business and my husband. I would watch The Biggest Loser weigh in with ice cream in my hand"
I looked down and immediately felt ashamed of the Snickers ice cream bar I held in my hand.
We went to a tacky sweater party (our second one ever) and I wanted to show you the gem I found at Goodwill and wore -please ignore my split ends.
On the Christmas front:
- We are all done with our Christmas shopping and wrapping (phew!)
- We have two sets of white elephant gifts purchased and wrapped for two separate holiday parties- very excited to see what we come home with after the exchange.
On the health front:
- I dont think Ive fully kicked my pneumonia nor do I think I was ever cured of my primary infection which resided in my upper respiratory area.
- I filled two final and EXPENSIVE prescriptions today as I have developed a severe sinus infection as well as an ear infection (serious booooo, what is wrong with my immune system?)
- Today starts TEN full days of antibiotics which means very little to no drinking all through the Christmas season (another serious booooooo) but at least Ill be better by NYE which will be spent in Miami/South Beach for my cousins wedding (wahooo)!
- Derek seems to think drinking is an option, obviously not in mass amounts or on a daily basis but he looked up the particular medicine online and thinks it might be okay to drink once or twice on special occasions- anyone know any better? The pharmacy didn’t even mention no drinking but is this because its just common sense?
On the work front:
- Work is SLOW- in my industry, things come to a screeching halt from right around Thanksgiving until after the new year- working in the cold and rain makes my daily sales calls that much more daunting- so does being sick. If only I had some cute rain boots!
- I have been keeping busy with lots of useless sales calls and even more useless TV.
- Its pretty sad when you tune in to Animal Cops and youve already seen that episode, the same goes for episodes of Snapped (get a life much).
- We had our work holiday party last night and Derek and I opted for a couples caricature- I will post a picture of it soon, although, Ill preface it by saying I don’t think it looks like either of us. Perhaps it will provide a good chuckle?
On the technology front:
- My blackberry has not been receiving emails for two days now, pretty sad how cut off I feel. Ive done everything I can think of other than stopping by my provider because frankly, after Christmas shopping, if the bb is broken itll have to stay that way for a while. Not. In. The. Budget.
- I am now missing three keys from my laptop keyboard- the F4, the 4, and the I- I have Reggie to thank for that- beast.
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