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Archive for December, 2011
santa baby
friday’s trip to meet santa well really well – deck didn’t cry, scream, or jump of his lap, so it was a total success! two benefits of going on a weekday is (1) only having to wait 5-minutes and (2) finding a parking space! whoo hoo carrots! if we hadn’t rushed out of there, to beat rush-hour traffic, i would’ve stayed to do some window shopping (or real shopping esp. at crate & barrel)…
the rest of the weekend was pretty normal – on saturday, the boys got their haircut and on sunday, we visited with my mom and helped her w/a few things around the house… i also did some grocery shopping, laundry, and unpacked our books in the basement so the spare bedroom is almost empty… we also decided that the bowflex exercise machine that the previous owner gifted us, is going unused and honestly – i don’t see myself ever using it… so, i think we’re going to get rid of it and buy an elliptical – that way, we’ll both be able to workout at the same time and it will be something i know i will use (esp. this winter)… the gym in my building here is STILL under reconstruction, who knows when it will reopen, and i’m definitely not getting any skinnier…
this week should be pretty quiet here, at least after wednesday when all the work i have will be done for the year… my boss is out and then i’m off until january 4 – can’t wait…
happy monday…
deck waiting to see santa…
deck with santa (my camera)…
deck with santa (the official photo)…
my new, homemade chalkboard in the kitchen…
thursday is the new friday
my in-laws are coming to stay w/us this weekend, as they make their way to florida (the auto train leaves from VA)… this will be the first time they have stayed w/us, for various reasons, and i’m thankful that the house is wheelchair friendly so eric’s dad should get around just fine… i ordered an air-mattress and that’s what we’ll be sleeping on in the spare bedroom since they will be in our room – fingers-crossed that it doesn’t leak (my worst fear)… we don’t have much planned besides the women going on a holiday house tour saturday and then perhaps having eric’s brother and family over… i feel like i have a million things to do between now and tomorrow – grocery shopping, finish decorating, cleaning, etc. etc – and will do what i can and not stress if things aren’t perfect…
we put the tree up this past weekend and i finished putting the 850 lights on tuesday – now it just needs ornaments and that project will be done… i still have the mantle and above to decorate, and was pleased with the personalized stockings that i received from landsend yesterday (need to find simple stocking hooks – any suggestions?)… i’ve done a bit more shopping and am now compiling a list for eric’s nieces and nephews (amazon rocks!)… on monday, my mom and i will be making our annual christmas shopping trip – not sure where, but we’ll wear our santa caps like usual and have fun…
hope everyone is having a good week and i’ll check-in again soon…
happy thursday…