Dec 10 2007
Cleanup
I’ve been a tad distracted recently, so I have a couple of things that I must remember to post. First, the tree.
It was still standing this morning although I didn’t have time to check before I left to see how many ornaments were strewn about the living room. I can tell you though, that there’s a missing lamb and Mary keeps getting carried off by a certain set of “Kitteh Paws”.
I must thank my Secret Blogger Santa. She (Well, I’m assuming that she’s a she. hmmm. Laurel? RA? I don’t remember seeing that particular spreadsheet graph. Get on that, eh?) sent me a couple of really cute pairs of earrings. This is the pair I’m wearing today.
(Yes, I took it with my camera phone. I’ve never claimed my photography skills were beyond ‘basic suck’.) Aren’t they darling? The other pair are gray circles - a bit bigger and very versatile. Thanks so much to my SBS.
I can’t, for the life of me, figure out what to get Mr. Hot for Christmas. I was going to get him a subscription to The Economist. Then he started talking about getting one. Then he decided he didn’t want to because he wanted to join the NHRA (National Hot Road Assocation - drag racin’). Then I started looking for his Amazon.com wish list. His name is as common as “John Smith” and he must not have entered his state, or email address. So, I’m on the 3rd page of plain old “John Smith”s. Trying to decipher from the goods on the list whether it’s his list or not.I’m guessing that the one listing “The Masters of Russian Animation” is probably not his. Ditto for the one with every “Justice League” dvd ever made. Or the one with “How To Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion“.
It’s not easy buying stuff for the man who has everything. Or is willing to wait “until it goes on sale.” Or wants to pick stuff out for himself. I’ve gotten him gift certificates before. I’ve gotten him clothing. I’ve even given him video games. So, I’m picking a couple of books I hope he likes (If you are ever looking for me when I don’t show up here for a few days? I’m probably buried under the stack of books that has fallen over in my living room. Or bedroom. Or office.) and a sweatshirt. (He better not be fucking reading this - he swears he doesn’t because he wants me to be free to rant about anything - and I believe him. But if he decides to snoop around looking for his presents…. well, then, it serves him right.)
As it gets closer and closer to the holidays, the office is becoming more and more like a ghost town. I shouldn’t be surprised because we have a production freeze on all technology systems from December 15 - January 15, so most of the development and project management staff save their vacation for those weeks. We have a pot-luck planned for the 19th, but I have no details on who is bringing what yet. And according to the weather reports, it’s going to stay gray all week long. Again. But, the resume was emailed off this morning, and 24 sent me an email thanking me for his birthday check and someone brought in homemade chocolate chip cookies.
—- I’m determined to keep a positive attitude that goes beyond “I’m damned positive I hate this shitty winter weather.” And thank you all for the comments on my new home. I’m thinking about some kind of housewarming contest where I can give a little something to someone for stopping by and bringing friends. Stay tuned. —-
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I knew a girl (this was a long time ago) that used to use her old IUD’s as christmas tree ornaments.
I know, yuck LOL
Yay! You made your move and I can leave comments with a link again! Girl you are movin up in the world! Hehehe!
3x love: Love the ear rings. Love the tree.
And I *LOVE* books.
As far as I’m concerned…you’re on the right track
Heidi
Have you heard of “The Liberator”? wink wink nudge nudge.
(No, I don’t own one, but I have a friend who wrote a hysterical review of it.)
(ps, I got an error page when I submitted, but apparently it’s okay now… no clue why I got the page.)
It IS a lot of work, isn’t it? But things look nice here.. as does your tree. My Mister and I gave up Christmas gifts many moons ago - mostly to reduce the stress. Now we concentrate on birthdays. It doesn’t make it any easier to find him a gift, but at least there’s one less for me right now.
Hooray for you getting the resume mailed off! It IS a stinky task, but you did it and now I give you permission to play WoW or the Hotfessional equivalent, but no ‘tude please!
You’re telling me. I got mine an electric razor, slippers, and a flash drive. He’s the sort that really takes care of his stuff and keeps it forever. Last year I got him a Strider, a virtual dragon his character can ride in Lineage2. Kind of like having a car. He loved it, but I’m clearly running out of ideas…
I don’t even WANT to think about holiday shopping. Yesterday was enough to scare me back into hermitville.
Congrats on the resume being sent off
Extra drink for that. The tree looks gorgeous - I’m going to attempt to put mine up tonight, after I stop off and pick up a bottle of Baileys. Because what is a tree assembly without a cocktail (or three)…
Bossy loves Secret Santas of every variety. Especially those Secret Santas with good taste.
Your SBS is on the ball!!! And, spreadsheet or no, I am pretty sure that no manblogger selected those emails.
Wow, your secret santa is certainly organised - talk about showing everyone up!
Oh dear.
Love the tree!
LOVE the new digs. Congrats.
Also, those earings are so very pretty.
And I have NO IDEA what to get the man in your life for Christmas. Still working on that one too…
So, were you teasing when you said you were putting up an aluminum tree? Or did I have major brainfart?
Please ignore. Testing gravatar with the new email.
A vertical tree is a good thing.
I just posted a gift idea for Pete on my blog. Is Mr. Hot possibly a Led Zeppelin fan?
I’m just popping in to say that all of the SBSers are fabulous girls. Which would have made a kind of silly-looking pie graph…