Le Sigh.

This evening I hit up the local dollar store because I lost my nail file and desperately needed to file a nail. While I was there, I picked up a squeaky pig toy for our dogs. Immediately when I got him, our big dog, Smokey claimed the pig. In fact, right now she is cuddled up with it, sleeping, while the little pup sits, staring and occasionally growling at her.

Its funny,. but at the same time, Super annoying.

I was talking about summer weddings and wedding photographer philadelphia on Where Was I earlier today, and have decided that i need every single winter to be like the one we are having this year. I went to the store tonight in a thin wool coat, no hat, no mittens. Last year, leaving the house without hat, mittens, scarf and parka between November and march was stupidity personified, but its only been in the last three weeks that I have traded in my bunny hug for an actual coat!

This is awesome

Christmas is only 11 months away.

stop laughing, I am SERIOUS!

I am so damn sick and tired of people complaining in october, november and then December that they either have SO MUCH TO DO< OR have no money to buy gifts, so they put it on credit. You people drive me nuts! Christmas starts the day after Christmas ends.  All year long you should be looing for little things, deals you cant pass up, like this monogrammed purse mirror.

Pick a spot in the house that is easily defensible, like a lockable closet or hidden shelf, and start storing gifts. Make sure everything is stored in the same place and keep a list of who you want to buy for, and any ideas you have throughout the year, in your purse or wallet.

If you spread your holiday shopping out throughout the year you will be surprised how little stress you will have come the Christmas season! Try it!

My cousin and her parents and my other aunt as well are all going to disney after Christmas. They are booking rental houses, as they are much better than hotels, and plan to stay for 2 weeks.

I am insanely jealous, LOL.

I went to the California disney in grade 12 and it was awesome and then some, so I know she will hav e a great time, I just wish I had known about the trip sooner so I could have lost weight and fit in her suitcase!

Oh well. Eventually I will get out that way again.

In other news, we are one hundred percent done out Christmas shopping, Now I need to clean house, bake two more pies and wrap presents! How about you?

Last night we hit the stores and bought a kazzillion more things for Christmas. I better buy gold coins at Golden Eagle and win big cus we broke the bank lol.

Actually, I was surprised at the prices this year, they seemed reasonable. I bought an over flowing cart full of things – including several video games and spent under 250$, I was expecting to spend more!

Not that I am complaining, Because I am not, hahaha!

We have a few more things to pick up, be we have to wait on them out of nessecity, I am getting a new laptop, and hubbys gift is pretty pricey too, so we need to wait until some USD funds clear to CAD funds before we can purchase them, as I refuse to buy christmas on credit cards!

I started the Game of Thrones series a few weeks ago, and when I finished book four (I bought 1-4 as a box set) I realized there was a book five (fricken annoying) so I hopped online and ordered Dance of dragons and waited very impatiently for it to get here.

But holy hell, is it ever heavy. Im actually tempted to take it to work and put it on the scale and see just how heavy it is! Its too big to take in hte bath with me, and its very uncomfortable to read in bed, basically, I bring out my pillow and prop it on my lap with the pillow to read it, and thats not the most comfy position, you know!

it might be time for me to do some ereader comparison checking. Last monday at karate there was a mom there waiting for her child, reading a book on her ereader, and i was rather jealous because my book is simply too big to comfortably take anywhere!

I don’t know how true to form this is, but I just checked an online book store and they said that the book is 1.5KG, or 3.3 pounds. Wow!

Our dog Smokey recently had her annual check up and got some disturbing news. it seems that Little miss Smokey is a fatty! Or, is on the road to becoming one. We free feed the dogs, so its gonna be a challenge to get her to eat less, and she burns a lot of calories being her very energetic self.

Are there weight loss pills that work for dogs, or just weight loss foods?

LOL.

I think this entire thing is funny because smokey is lean, and fit. I honestly think the vet was just trying to make money selling us the 40 dollar five pound bag of diet food. I honestly think smokey does not need to be on a diet. And I am really considering taking her to the vet who did the cleaning on Samantha’s teeth next year when it’s time for her shots and exam.

Yesterday i went across the street to show my neighbor my new socks, and her son stopped me to show me his new necklace. I looked and properly admired his two steel pendants but at the a same time I was rolling my eyes. What does a kid in grade four need with a necklace anyway? I sure hope my boys don’t start asking for stuff like that!

myself though, i love a nice pendant,in case you are searching for something non sock related to get me for christmas! Although, I am excited to say that this christmas hubby and I are getting each other a keurig machine for christmas! I am really looking forward to that . Like, REALLY looking forward to it!

HUbby and I often get each other a joint gift for Christmas, what about you?

Its time to get a new laptop, past time, to tell the truth, I cant even use the browser Firefox anymore, because it kills the entire computer, and when I say it kills the entire computer, I mean it locks up, I have to hit the power and force it to close,m then it takes three or four tries to start it back up.

In short, it sucks.

Shopping for laptops can be fun, but not right now, just before christmas LOL. Actually, we are expecting to get some money pretty quick here, and if that comes in, I will get a laptop the same day we cash the check!

Knowing that soon I will be able to get another laptop just makes it so so so SO much more frustrating  to use this one, all broken and slow and crappy.

I have no idea what my neighbor across the street is doing, its PITCH black outside, and he is up on his ROOF doing…something! Who knows what! What could he possibly need to do up on the roof in the middle of the night?? Maybe he is putting up wireless security cameras or a meteor crashed into his roof while I was crashed on the couch and he is doing repairs? In ANY case, he shouldn’t be up there without some kind of lights! He has a flashlight, the bobbing light is what made me realize he was up there, but dude needs a spot light, or, ya know, DAYLIGHT!

Gah. Who am I to argue with man though? men know everything and its a woman’s job to worry, apparently. In the book I am reading (third book in the game of thrones set) they refer to it as a mothers folly, and a womans folly when in reality, its called COMMON SENSE!

ZOMG!

In other news, we bought a scarecrow at Michael’s, it was the “deal of the week” and cost 6.99. Its super cute. B needs a pumpkin to bring to school, which bugs me as I bought the boys pumpkins already, now I have to go out again, to get another. I need to sew patches on hubbys suit jacket (elbow) for his costume, and he has to find a bow tie, we have to rip up and bloody parkers outfit (he is a zombie), annnnd I have to sew some supports into the littlest ones rainbow flag and attach them to his pop tart – he is going as nyan cat, but other thent hat, we are ready for halloween, are you?

I got a job.

Not for the money (thought I DO love that part) but for me. Because I needed to get out of the house. I was going crazy. And, I was lonely. I was forgetting how to talk to people, how to interact. It sucked ass. SO I got a job. Its just simple Dishwasher Jobs, i do a little veggie chopping, apply a bit of condiments to buns, and wash a tonne of dishes.

I like the people. And the work is easy. I wish I worked a bit more, because its only 2 days a week right now, three hours at a time.

I let my boss know that I am game for more days at work, and she said OK< so I am looking very much forward to seeing the next schedule to see how many days I will get to work!