Stress...what stress?

Well things around here have started to get nuts. 

Work had a Christmas do at the golf course and I had a big bout of disassociation and I am glad that DoxyLover knows enough about me to catch it.  Now don't go blaming Nik for falling down on the job, she was working and I found it frustrating and stuffed cotton in her ears.  I was concerned about her noise level and didn't acknowledge it for me.  DUH.........

Since this was a surprise to some of us, I was asked to still plan the pot luck, desk decorating and a White Elephant gift exchange.  So I finally go around to decorating my desk on Tuesday and will be finishing it on Wednesday for a Thursday contest.

I am lucky that the DH is going to grab the groceries for my contribution for the pot luck since I have a specialist appointment on Thursday morning regarding my side so I am going to have to stay late to get my work done.

Also the club is having its Christmas do in the 15th, so I am going to finish organising that and cook the turkey and the stuff for aver a dozen people.  I am just glad that everyone else is contributing a side to with it so I can just focus on what I need.

Mom and the little brother is coming over on the 22nd for our Christmas since at the time it was planned, mom was in southern Ontario and it would have been easier for to come over.  Things have changed and she was laid off from the job and she went back up to Elliot Lake.  So now I am not sure if she is going to take the ends tables for an apartment she doesn't need.  By brother hasn't replied to my emails so I guess I am just going to do it the old fashioned way and use the phone LOL.

Speaking of family, Dad needs surgery to remove a kidney that has a growth.  He has a new girlfriend and yet again I have been told that "she is the one" but I have heard this numerous times and they honestly remind me of lost cats that show up on his doorstep and he takes them in.  Well the DH and I super busy this time with him being the CS of SFI and Christmas parties.  When the GF asked if she could stay at our place we were hesitant since we met her twice before but we ran with it.  Needless to say she emailed me this morning with a bunch of BS saying that my plans are more important than my dad blah blah........apparently we are going to discuss this when Dad recovers.  At this point I have decided that this isn't the first time lines have been drawn in the sand with my dad so what is a few more years? 

I happy to say that the shifts at the 2nd job have been cut back to 3 night and I am soooo glad of that!  I think if I had to deal with that I would have gone mad!  Last week I had 5 shift and I do admit the money was good since I got a good chunk of the DH shopping gone but my sanity needed saving and so did my marriage LOL

So hopefully I don't have a carb overload in the next few weeks and I will get through this!!!!!

What a weekend!

Friday night we were hit with some snow that wasn’t there when we parked our cars in the morning……So I had a 3 hour drive to get home (please not Gilligan’s Island jokes) that normally is about 45 minutes.  Once I was north of Steeles (a major road but not quite highway) there was no snow!  I contribute that to the lake that is near work and it was blowing in from there. 

Saturday we headed to Bufflo NY for a holiday party.  I was glad that I went since I was able to meet up with MeeMaw and she is looking good.  She has had LapBand surgery and is down 131 pounds.  I honestly didn’t think that it was such a big number on such a little body frame!  She notice my weight loss too so we decided to pose for a photo together and we also decided that when both of us are in Dallas together in August we are going to have a day together and then wow everyone with what we have done J  We compared foods and lifestyles and what she was saying seems really constrictive but then some folks would say the same about Dr. Poon.  Both of us enjoyed our chicken with green salad for supper and our little chat.  It must be a weight loss thing to put our hands on our hips.......

 

 

Sunday we decided to put up the Christmas tree and I do admit I was rushing to get it up since Topper’s called and they needed me early and I was hoping to get on the treadmill.  I managed to drop last year’s Eeyore ornament from Dave and I broke off his ear.  L  In a weird way I was glad that it was one of mine and not one of Dave’s Star Trek ornaments. 

I went looking on the internet for a pic of the one I dropped and with no avail I can’t find it!  I guess I better keep a close eye on this ornament LOL but this is the tree completely decorated.