12.17.08

It seems a new post is in order. But I sit here with no good topics in mind. I'm really looking forward to the upcoming holidays and the time away from work -- only 2.5 days left! My Christmas shopping for Brian is done (has been for a while, but I just picked up the last item from the post office yesterday) except for maybe some stocking stuffers. Which, by the way, we finally got stockings this year! I've been looking for stockings for a few years and have never been very taken with any I've found in stores. I randomly checked out Pottery Barn a few weeks ago and found stockings on sale there! The ones I got are simple but nice (the red with ivory cuff velvet, regular shaped ones). And since I saved the money on the stockings themselves, I justified getting them personalized with our names. Makes good sense, eh? Anyway, I'm quite excited about Brian's gifts this year. But I can't tell you what they are yet. Other than those, I am started on the gift for my family member (we drew names this year) but not finished. I want to do some holiday treat making sometime before Christmas...we'll see if the motivation remains. Example: Last Saturday I planned to make cinnamon popcorn to accompany our Angel Tree gift. I got the recipe/instructions from mom -- even borrowed their Whirley Pop -- and bought all the ingredients. Sometime while reading in the afternoon, I fell asleep, and then never made the popcorn.

don't sign me up

Got this ad on my Facebook today. I admit my pearly whites don't really live up to that metaphor, but if this product will make my mouth look as freaky as this? No.

weekend play-by-play

My weekend was very full. Friday and Saturday Brian was in Nebraska, so those days are singular; Sunday is plural.

Friday
5:20-5:45 pm Arrive home from work. Change for the evening.

6-10 pm Serve at the dinner theater benefiting the local homeless shelter.

10-11 pm Go through mail, play Minesweeper before bed.

Saturday
6:45-8:20 am Wake up and get ready.

8:20-8:45 am Drive to Moundridge.

9-11 am Christmas Tea at Eden Mennonite Church.

11 am-1:30 pm Spend time at the farm watching the deer get butchered, eating lunch, trying the new massage chair, gathering Christmas decor.

1:30-1:50 pm Drive home.

1:50-2:05 pm Check out Five Places of Christmas at the Ad Building. Buy peppernuts.

2:15-2:45 pm Drive to Wichita.

2:45-8 pm Brave Hobby Lobby, the mall, and Super Target.

8-8:45 pm Eat supper at Felipe's.

8:45-9:15 pm Drive home.

9:15-10 pm Brave Wal-Mart.

10 pm-12:45 am Decorate for Christmas.

Sunday
9:20-10:25 am Wake up and get ready.

10:30 am-12 pm Church.

12:15-1:45 pm Lunch with mom and dad.

2-2:45 pm Jesse Graber's book signing.

3-3:50 pm Work on getting our Christmas tree in the stand.

4-6:15 pm Small Group.

6:25-6:45 pm Square up the tree in the stand. Much vacuuming.

7-9:10 pm Deutsche Weihnachten.

9:10-11 pm Watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Ruth and Jesse.

Monday
7:06 am Wake up feeling in need of a weekend. Or at least needing to go back to sleep.

thanksgiving highlights

• Time off from work
• Family
• Turkey (my favorite holiday meat!), stuffing, some form of potatoes (mashed with gravy (personal fav) or cheesy potatoes (close 2nd)), pie (I got to try sweet potato pie for the first time this year — yum!), delicious rolls. Three times.
• Celebrating mom's birthday at Cheddar's
• Movie nights with Mark
• Thanksgiving dinner with three kinds of wine rotating through my glass
• Thinking about Christmas
• Actually going to the gym twice over break instead of just thinking I should
  
• Organizing the bathroom
• At 1am Saturday morning (this is following one of our big Thanksgiving dinners), Mark, Brian, and I deciding we're hungry, and devouring a frozen pizza and Oreos. Reminds me of college days.