Another holiday season passed. We spent the weekend before Christmas with my mom, which went well as always. Actual Christmas was with Eric's folks this year, with minimal drama, though I believe Eric's mom is getting to be more comfortable with me, because she's starting to be a bit more...blatant in her comments about my weight ( Read more... )

Survived "actual" Christmas (which is Christmas 2 of 3 this year). It was actually quite nice - it was the first time Eric and I had a Christmas alone, as we did Christmas 1 with my mother a couple of weeks ago, and Christmas 3 will be happening tomorrow with Eric's family. We couldn't really get out yesterday, so we were forced to spend all day ( Read more... )

We spent this past weekend in Portland, visiting my mom and having our first Christmas of the year. Eric and I have a minimum of two Christmases, usually three - one with my mom, one with his family, and one that's just us. Which family gets "real" Christmas (as in, December 25th) alternates every year, and this year belongs to Eric's family. ( Read more... )

Well, technically, back at work again, but you know what I mean. Christmas was good overall, if exhausting. It was very very nice to be back in my own bed last night ( Read more... )

Care of my darling (and incredibly 733+) husband, gamethyme...

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I got lent to another department at work for two days. Two days, that's it. Today, I got to go back to my normal stuff and have discovered that said normal stuff has reproduced like bunnies. My inbox is overflowing, and I had to give some things to my boss to do because I simply can't ( Read more... )

Snagged from fairorianaChristmas Questions ( Read more... )

Sirius is playing all classical Christmas music on channel 86. With the exception of a song or two that are truly unnecessary (White Christmas as sung by an operatic soprano, for instance, but that's because I don't like the sound of most operatic sopranos), it's the Christmas music that makes me enjoy the season. I'm not the bah-humbug my ( Read more... )