Tuesday, December 20, 2005
It's been forever and a day . . .
Wow - it's been forever and a day since I've written! I'm such a bad blogger! My only excuse is it's been insanely crazy busy around here. I haven't gotten home from work and/or errands before 10 pm since November! By the time we got back from Thanksgiving we had to hit the ground running on Christmas stuff and then catch up on all the stuff that got behind over Thanksgiving. I just unpacked our bags from Thanksgiving over this past weekend - only to have to repack them sometime this week - but alas, the laundry from the trip needed to be done first. Then there's holiday parties, holiday happy hours, holiday cards, and of course, holiday presents! Through all of this though, I love Christmas time - it's one of my favorite times of the year (or at least it used to be when I was in Florida and it was warm, now that Christmas = cold, it might fall on my favorite list). For some reason though this year just seems harder then most - maybe it's all the traveling, or all the work, or just the cold - I'm not sure yet, but it seems more insurmountable this year then most. But alas, today around 10:30 am while I was busy at work, it suddenly hit me to get excited about Christmas and get over the stress. So hopefully I am now officially over the stressed part and onto the fun part. :)
Sunday, December 04, 2005
A week of firsts . . .
In a world where it sometimes seems day after day life does the same thing over and over again, I thought I'd write about all the things we did this week or things that happened this week for the first. I know I still have to write about Thanksgiving but that post will be soon as will the great pictures on the website.
After our first tornado siren on Sunday, Monday Sabrina and I ran errands for our first celebration of Mike's birthday. We bought him some dishes so he could entertain ladies since he didn't have any, but he wasn't particularly thrilled with them, though they are really nice dishes. They were quite manly and black and we thought it was a nice gesture. Go figure, he's a boy. :)
Tuesday, for the first time in a while we did nothing. We both worked really late, came home, sat around for about an hour and then went to bed.
Wednesday, we went with Mike and Sabrina for their first trip to Fast Eddies (we've been there dozens of times) to celebrate Mike's birthday.
Thursday I went out to Meghan and Danny's house to see their beautiful 10-day old baby girl, Elizabeth, and Ms. Martha (Meghan's mom). Elizabeth is absolutely precious and Meghan and Danny are doing so wonderful with her. It's great that Ms. Martha is able to be there with them right now to help them out with getting used to everything.
Friday I went to a happy hour with the work crew because an associate is leaving and then we went out with friends to bowl at Tropican (first time there) and then the Cheshire (no where near a first).
Saturday we slept in, worked in the house, and I carpet cleaned our spare room for the first time. We also went to a Gator Club friend's holiday party (first for this year). :)
Today we got our first Christmas tree for our new house and as an engaged couple. We went with Sabrina and Dan and drove to what felt like Kansas and cut one down in 22 degree freezing cold. I was, and continue to be, shocked and appauled that they SPRAY PAINT Christmas trees here to make them more green. I have had real trees most years in my life from a variety of tree farms and have never seen a spray painted tree. That was definitely a first! Then we set the tree up -I had to run to the store to get a better stand - and decorated our first tree. We put the traditional German pickle on the tree as well as all these great German traditional ornaments from Cody's sister she got us as an engagement present. It's really a great set of ornaments - I'll have to write later about each ornament and their significance.
Oh, we also got our first Christmas card this week from my Aunt Kay, Uncle Frank and their kids, Fransico and Ignacio.
Well, since we were awakened this morning at 10am (probably a first since weekends we tend to sleep well past noon) it's bed time now to catch up on sleep.
After our first tornado siren on Sunday, Monday Sabrina and I ran errands for our first celebration of Mike's birthday. We bought him some dishes so he could entertain ladies since he didn't have any, but he wasn't particularly thrilled with them, though they are really nice dishes. They were quite manly and black and we thought it was a nice gesture. Go figure, he's a boy. :)
Tuesday, for the first time in a while we did nothing. We both worked really late, came home, sat around for about an hour and then went to bed.
Wednesday, we went with Mike and Sabrina for their first trip to Fast Eddies (we've been there dozens of times) to celebrate Mike's birthday.
Thursday I went out to Meghan and Danny's house to see their beautiful 10-day old baby girl, Elizabeth, and Ms. Martha (Meghan's mom). Elizabeth is absolutely precious and Meghan and Danny are doing so wonderful with her. It's great that Ms. Martha is able to be there with them right now to help them out with getting used to everything.
Friday I went to a happy hour with the work crew because an associate is leaving and then we went out with friends to bowl at Tropican (first time there) and then the Cheshire (no where near a first).
Saturday we slept in, worked in the house, and I carpet cleaned our spare room for the first time. We also went to a Gator Club friend's holiday party (first for this year). :)
Today we got our first Christmas tree for our new house and as an engaged couple. We went with Sabrina and Dan and drove to what felt like Kansas and cut one down in 22 degree freezing cold. I was, and continue to be, shocked and appauled that they SPRAY PAINT Christmas trees here to make them more green. I have had real trees most years in my life from a variety of tree farms and have never seen a spray painted tree. That was definitely a first! Then we set the tree up -I had to run to the store to get a better stand - and decorated our first tree. We put the traditional German pickle on the tree as well as all these great German traditional ornaments from Cody's sister she got us as an engagement present. It's really a great set of ornaments - I'll have to write later about each ornament and their significance.
Oh, we also got our first Christmas card this week from my Aunt Kay, Uncle Frank and their kids, Fransico and Ignacio.
Well, since we were awakened this morning at 10am (probably a first since weekends we tend to sleep well past noon) it's bed time now to catch up on sleep.
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