How did we already get to December 21st? Wasn't it June 21st yesterday ( Read more... )

I'm choosing not to look at how many days it is until Christmas, but it is starting to feel a bit Christmassy now. We've decorated at my office. I've started my advent calendar.

I'm trying to figure out how many Christmas-themed books I can read in three weeks. I'm feeling a need for a Dark is Rising reread and I've got a stack of cozy comfort ( Read more... )

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I'm starting to count the days until my Christmas break. Due to my compressed work schedule and the plethora of federal and company holidays, I've managed to get a Christmas break that runs from 20th December to January 5th while only using five vacation days. In other words, I'm off work for nearly two and a half weeks over Christmas ( Read more... )

It's the last day of my working year and I couldn't be happier :-D We're going out for Thai food at lunch, just my little team, which is going to be lovely. One colleague is still trying to persuade us to go to the Chinese place because the portions there are massive ( Read more... )

Last night, despite the pouring rain and general foul weather, I bought a Christmas tree :-D This is my first time buying my own tree so I'm very proud of my baby. It's five feet tall (if it stands on its tip toes and thinks really hard about being tall) and it's bushy and beautiful ( Read more... )

So, I was talking to historyterry at the weekend, babbling about how relieved I was to be nearly done with my Yuletide fic, and he asked me what I'd requested ( Read more... )

Everyone's doing it, so I'll join the bandwagon ( Read more... )

So far this morning I have:

1) Bought groceries
2) Bought booze
3) Bought flea preventing stuff for cats
4) Uploaded an extra yuletide story
5) Done my banking.

Still on my To Do List:

1) Apply flea preventing stuff to cats
2) Bake mince pies
3) Make stuffing
4) Clean All The Things
5) Collapse with DVDs

I can achieve all this...can't I?

This entry ( Read more... )

So, it's Christmas Eve Eve and I'm working from home due to snow. Hope the boss still lets me sneak off early ( Read more... )