and I am a blog neglector! It has been 10 days since my last blog. I have entered a program and I am now in recovery.
What have we been up to? Well what haven't we been up to would be the best question.
1) All Christmas gifts are bought, wrapped and organized according to the days/places they have to be. Pat on my back for not having to go out this weekend to shop. I had to run to Super Target just for one thing and I was over the moon excited that I didn't have to wait in those crazy lines!
2) I have all of Michael's birthday presents bought and wrapped also! It is extremely hard to get things bought and wrapped when someone is around you almost 24/7. I had to make up errands to run or there were a few times I deliberately forgot an ingredient so he would have to go back. Mean? I think it's ingenious! They are in the back of the tree so he has no idea they are there! Another smart move by myself! Double pat on the back!!
3) Cooking. Baking and cooking. Wowza! I swear we could open a bakery! We invented this new treat and made way too much of it! We took pretzels and dipped them in Andies Mints....talk about being sinful! They are amazingly delicious and you just can't eat one, or five or ten. Today alone I made Nicoles amazing oatmeal caramel bars, a dumpster size batch of puppy chow, caramel bugels, chocolate bars topped with peanut butter, popcorn balls, and a few more. Most of this will be gone in a week! That is what is so sad! We have a few Christmas and parties to dump these off at! Currently I have my pasta salad noodles cooking. Oh the joy of the holidays!
4) Videos. My parents got us a video camera for our early birthday gift! We have spent hours, just hours, or taking useless footage. We did get a few good ones of Jake saying the alphabet and counting to 20 and back from 10! We did get the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" out of him today. I just happen to love that child more than anything! He is so adorable, most of the time!
5) White knuckles. I had a 5 day span of gripping the steering wheel with all my strength to and from work. The interstates weren't too bad but those side streets and Meredith, wow. I really love snow, but I do not like driving in it. I would rather just call in sick. Which leads me to....
6) Work. Bah humbug work! We have been so busy, we just can't catch a break. It's been really getting on my nerves also. It's just upsetting leaving, working your butt off all day, just to have the same amount or even more the next day! Plus they also locked the vacation calendar. I have 2 days left. I emailed my boss 3 times to find out what days, half days, extra hours I could take off. He never said a word back. Then people all around me are switching days so they can take half days, or are getting half days approved, or just calling in sick. It drives me nuts! I put blood, sweat and sometimes tears in that place! So aggravating! I know I am not suppose to care but I do. I just can't follow through with stuff. It's just part of who I am. Sometimes I wish I could care less.
7) Energy. Now that it's starting to get cold, I have 3 rugrats in my house that need to let their energy out. Jake for starters. I usually can get him to dance for about 45 minutes straight and then we play chase around the island in the kitchen for another half hour. He then likes to try to run up and down the stairs with different objects to see how difficult it is to do it. He is odd, I know. We have been doing a lot of crafts. Takes up time and energy! Hawkeye and Zoey. Hawkeye is just frisky. It's the weather. He is a lazy dog but he does get cabin fever. Now, the little one. The trouble maker. The one that is the root of every catastrophe that happens....Zoey. That rat A) really needs a hair cut. B) cannot sit still for more then 2 minutes. She is in the tree or watching the lights twinkle on the tree and then try to attack them. She is unwrapping gifts by digging at them. She is standing right underneath you at every move you make while cooking. Just waiting for you to drop something. I usually drop it on her. Then Hawkeye licks it off. She is just everywhere in everything. Not only does she have the cat on her payroll, I swear she has hired Jake and Hawkeye. The 4 of them....man, watch out if they have a plot against you!
8) Reading. I have been all over the place. I am in three books right now. Two of them I have read before. I am in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince again. I think it's because we just bought the movie and it irritates me a little. I still can't get over the death of -------------. (For people who don't know, I won't ruin it for you.) I just feel like maybe a few more minutes could have been added for it. I am also reading Eclipse again. Yes, yes, yes...I need to go to therapy. It's fine. It's my favorite book. I think seeing New Moon didn't help either! The third I have to take breaks from. It's emotionally exhausting! The Christmas Sweater. It's a very good book and it is great for this holiday/winter season. It really makes you think and figure out what is important in life. Man though, I have to bring tissues every time I read it!
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