Merry Christmas!!!

yay for family that come to visit, yay for fabulous gifts, yay for long walks by the ocean, yay for scrumptious food that fills you up.

well, this weekend was definately a change. whipped out a cleaning frenzy on saturday - including the inside of the fridge - made some truffles (and smashed my head on the fridge door when I was trying to shove the glass pan into the shoebox freezer, which involved finally having to tape the freezer door shut...) , tidied the room, and the christmas get-together began-- okay I have to pause for a moment, because the heat just turned on, but it smells like cigarette smoke! how nasty is that? )%%@$$!*# downstairs neighbours!!! ohhhh I could....-- so there was a nice amout of people, we ate yummy snacks, and lots of chocolates, played cranium, cheered when Crystal won a sirius satellite radio from cbc radio 2 (or 3 or something), listened to christmas music, had a fire, and generally a jolly time. Sunday, matinee with Tara (The Family Stone - funny, sad, cheesy, what more can you expect?) Coffee with an old friend Sinisa, and then to the Belfry to volunteer for the last showing of "The Syringa Tree" which was fabulous. One actor who did an amazing job. She was brilliant. Even when the play had to stop woth 30min left becuase a poor man had a seizure or something. It was quite unnerving. But the paramedics got there and he was okay. They took him in a chair stretcher, and then the play resumed. We gave her a big standing ovation when in ended , and she deserved it. Today, brunch with Sarah Mc and Steph - lucky Sarah is going to mexico for 6 weeks and then australia until june!. Then shopping - Ga! and finally home to relax for the rest of the day. another 7 days in a row starting tomorrow. weee. Happy Holidays!

when your days feel like constant deja-vous, it's time for a change...

so i finally had a day off after 8 days in a row of working, and it wasn't even as relaxing as i'd hoped. well it's my fault really. I should have just stayed home. But I thought I'd try to be productive and get some christmas shopping done. Basically I wandered the streets of downtown for 3-4 hours, bought some tea her hershey mint kisses... it made me tired, hungry and irritated. I was supposed to go to dinner with Ben, but I sweet-talked him into brunch this morning so I could chill out for the evening. :) Lovely boy. Now I've just tossed some laundry in (stupid work uniform), and am planning on writting some christmas cards before I head out to get Ben. and then it's off to work again.
But, it's our christmas get together on saturday which is going to be fabulous!

Well, today was no winner, but I made it though, and it perked up at the end. It was day 4 of an 8 day work week, I opened- which was actually fairly fun because if was with Sarah Mc. we made snowflakes. Phoned the mechanic at 7:45am. Yes my clutch is gone. yes it's going to cost my arm. okay, just do it. slow morning. cleaning. wandering. delegating petty jobs. weeee. get off work, get groceries at Red Barn - fabulous place for cheap produce! phone mechanic again, oh some part on my transmission is worn down, should be okay, but no big warranty or something. okay. Trying to figure out how I'm going to pay the guy, student loan, and life for the next month, a little overwhelmed. Phone the pappa, attempt to explain what's going on with the car... he decides to phone the mechanics himself. phones me back to say that he put the bill on his visa! and that I can pay him back in parts. Ah Pappa, I love you! Big sigh of relief.
went to the mall with Crystal to find her some pants etc. got a pair of christmas socks.
came home. chatted with sweet Nadya on the phone for a while. in bed nice and early. and there you have it.

- The movie "Proof" is fabulous! I highly recommend it - Great acting, good story, not too hollywood.
- Never go to the mall on Senior's Day.
- Put up christmas decorations today. yup, and I don't care what anyone thinks.
- knitting is where it's at. I finished a pair of mittens today. they're red and I love them.
- Pommegranets (sp?) are delicous and fun to eat (esp with a bit of vanilla frozen yogurt)
- working 8 days in a row will not be fun...
- pay day is thursday so hopefully i can finally get my car fixed!
- Finished reading "The Secret Life of Bees", and excellent book, sucked me right in. as delicious as honey!
- will someone please make me clean my room???

I stole some more party pics from Dave, not that they're terriffic ones, but just so you can see our silliness. :)
Another chilly day in the making. I feel the urge to go on a long wandering walk today, no destination, just walking in the weather.
Two of my favourite bowls decided to end their lives last night at 2:30am when they slid off the frying pan I had carefully (and stupidly) stacked them on to dry earlier that evening. I heard them and new what had occured but couldn't bring myself to get up and witness the reality. But someone had woken up too, and quietly (I barely heard him) picked up the pieces. Thanks Dave. They will be missed.

It's December 1st and it's snowing in Victoria. It's december 1st and I can now listen to christmas music. It's december 1st and now I have to work until 10:30 pm instead of 5pm. sigh. two out of three isn't too bad i guess.
Lots has been happening in the last little while, christmas parties, skating, eating delicious food, dancing, snow, and the like. I've been meaning to post excessively, but apparently that means sparsely in my books.
So there you have it.