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Wishing a belated “Happy New Year!” to everyone in blogland today. Our vacation was wonderful, and the extra day at the end was most appreciated. (Gerald Ford was officially mourned.) While I meant to blog at least occasionally last week, in reality I did a lot of ignoring the laundry and housework piling up, a … Continue reading »

Whee! It’s Friday, and in a few short hours I’ll be off for my 10 day holiday vacation. I’m only here til 2 pm today, and I’ve got approximately 21 minutes of actual work that I need to accomplish today to get my desk cleared of anything important. Since my boss is also off til … Continue reading »

I thought in honor of my sweet hubby’s birthday, I’d give a shot at writing a birthday haiku…. Let’s see, it’s 5-7-5, right? Happy Birthday, Love.Another year come and goneHappy twenty sev- well, that won’t work. Why can’t haiku’s be 5-7-6, anyway? I have heard that there are other forms of haiku, but 5-7-5 seems … Continue reading »

The decorating is done, for the most part. My favorite ornaments are in their place honor on the shelf above the tree, which is a little sparse this year. Most of our ornaments were purged before the move, only keeping the meaningful favorites. We did get some generic glass balls to fill in the bare … Continue reading »

Wow! Has it really been over a week since I posted last? What have I been up to??…I’ve been busy, but not overly so. We’ve gotten some decorations up for Christmas, I’ve been knitting on a few projects for gifts, and Emily went to see the Nutcracker. I’ve even taken a few pictures I could … Continue reading »

What a great weekend! On Saturday, we went to Elgin for our 2nd Annual visit to the Elgin Tree Farm. Geoff has great memories of going to cut down Christmas trees when he was younger, and we wanted Emily to have that as well. Plus, it’s a good excuse to go to Elgin and eat … Continue reading »

I don’t have all that much to talk about today, because I’m sick & don’t feel good, and generally just want to complain about how horrible I feel. I’ll spare you that. And I’m busy at work today because they’re implementing a “office beautification” policy, which basically means the Commissioner wants to walk through without … Continue reading »

I have been officially “released” from jury duty… YAY! Now I don’t have to deal with the hassle of finding the building downtown, parking, etc., etc. That would have been a huge pain and I’m happy, happy, happy that I don’t have to do it. Also, I have completed one hand-knit gift for Christmas. Only … Continue reading »

Today I was supposed to report for jury duty. I knew when they assigned me to the Monday after Thanksgiving weekend, I had a good chance of forgetting it, but since I was supposed to call in at 10:30 to find out if I needed to show up at 1:30, maybe I had a chance … Continue reading »

Thursday we celebrated with Geoff’s folks, and yesterday we went to see my folks. After 2 days of Thanksgiving I no longer remember what it feels like to want & eat 3 meals a day, or to get through an entire day without unbuttoning my pants to accommodate my overly-full belly. Thanks to allergy medications, … Continue reading »