Just a few more days until Christmas and I'm officially on my 4th day of this whole "vacation to nowhere" I'm on...and I'm loving it! Yes, admittedly it would be nicer if my boyfriend actually got time off for the holidays so we could spend some extra time together, but as a substitute this time off has provided a chance for some quality time with my family, particularly my mother. Yesterday we did our annual "big shopping day" at the surprisingly empty mall. I managed to finish up all my shopping, save for one thing that I will get at Target later today. Hooray for that! We'll likely go back next week to take advantage of the post-Christmas sales.
Yesterday was also my younger brother's 30th birthday. Talk about making us all feel old when the "baby" of the family has now left his 20's behind!!! Still, it was a nice chance to get the family together for dinner last night - something we only seem to get to do for special occasions anymore.
Today I'll be playing hostess to my mother and aunt...I guess my aunt has been bugging my mom about not ever seeing my house since I really moved in an decorated (THREE years ago) so today we're going to put that complaint to rest. Currently, the A/C people are here doing their bi-annual check-up of the system. Once they leave it'll be off to the store for me to stock up on supplies and perhaps a snack or two so I can be a good hostess later. That's a new role for me to play so I guess a little practice is in order.
Here's to another great day on my vacation to nowhere!!!
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
The Holiday Season in Full Swing
Okay, so yes...I've been beyond lax in keeping up with my blog (and yes, I realize I've started posts this way in the past!) but when things get busy this blog is the last thing on my mind. I hope that everyone reading this is having a great holiday season thus far though! Sure, Christmas music has been on the radio since before Thanksgiving, but it's only once we're into December that it really feels appropriate to get into the Christmas spirit.
So far I've been (and dragged my boyfriend along) to a masquerade Christmas party and a work holiday party--if there was a contest between the two, the masquerade party would have won hands down. It's not that the work party was terrible, the company we were with was great, it's just that the party committee tried to implement a group game that was a total bust and completely killed the mood. Plus, only giving everyone two drink tickets (regardless of if you were bringing a guest or not) was a buzz kill...no thank you to the $6 domestic bottles!
This year is also the first year I've had a Christmas tree at my house. My family has always been an artificial tree family, but my boyfriend's family has always been a real tree family. In the debate-that-wasn't-really-a-debate, it was decided that we would get a real tree this year. (I'm still holding out hope that we'll do artificial next year, but I'm not too optimistic) I dubbed the tree "Steve" (much to the chagrin of my boyfriend) and we proceeded to make him beautiful:
As you can see, we didn't start off small with my first household Christmas tree. Nope. Steve comes in at about 8' or so and is quite full. He did turn out very pretty though and I'm kind of in love. :) I'm definitely looking forward to exchanging gifts and sharing quality time with family, friends, & loved ones in just a couple weeks. I'd love to know what you and your loved ones are doing to make this holiday season special so please feel free to share in the comments.
In the meantime, Merry Christmas everyone!!!
So far I've been (and dragged my boyfriend along) to a masquerade Christmas party and a work holiday party--if there was a contest between the two, the masquerade party would have won hands down. It's not that the work party was terrible, the company we were with was great, it's just that the party committee tried to implement a group game that was a total bust and completely killed the mood. Plus, only giving everyone two drink tickets (regardless of if you were bringing a guest or not) was a buzz kill...no thank you to the $6 domestic bottles!
This year is also the first year I've had a Christmas tree at my house. My family has always been an artificial tree family, but my boyfriend's family has always been a real tree family. In the debate-that-wasn't-really-a-debate, it was decided that we would get a real tree this year. (I'm still holding out hope that we'll do artificial next year, but I'm not too optimistic) I dubbed the tree "Steve" (much to the chagrin of my boyfriend) and we proceeded to make him beautiful:
As you can see, we didn't start off small with my first household Christmas tree. Nope. Steve comes in at about 8' or so and is quite full. He did turn out very pretty though and I'm kind of in love. :) I'm definitely looking forward to exchanging gifts and sharing quality time with family, friends, & loved ones in just a couple weeks. I'd love to know what you and your loved ones are doing to make this holiday season special so please feel free to share in the comments.
In the meantime, Merry Christmas everyone!!!
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