It's holiday wishlist time once again, see holiday_wishes and wish_list and as usual, I'm doing a themed mix CD as my outgoing gift.

This year's theme is to honor the end of the Mayan calendar on 12/21/12, and the possibility, slim though it may be, that the world will end.

THE WORLD IS ALWAYS ENDING (2012 Edition)

( Tracklist and notes )

Family celebration was on Sunday. Got a Lunds gift card, which I used today to purchase a fancy cake for work ( Read more... )

It's past time to link back to some of the goodies I've prompted ( Read more... )

As mentioned last time, the family gathering was postponed, so I opened the presents that came by mail in the morning.


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Work has been going much more smoothly this week, with most of our folks in the office (please continue to send good thoughts towards Nicole.) Next week, however, we are going to have the maximum number of people out for extended holiday vacation. Could be iffy ( Read more... )

Remember my mentioning the new vending machines at work? Well, they're mostly installed now, and do look shiny and new. They came with a change machine, so I figured I'd get ready to do laundry tonight. As it happens, this change machine doesn't dispense quarters, but Zachary Taylor dollar coins. (I didn't even know they were up to President ( Read more... )

Work was better today, as a couple of our missing people were able to come in. Still no word from Nicole, though--even if she gets better we can't expect her back before January.

Got a package from Fredericksburg, VA, so it goes on the pile to open later.

And a mix from
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Half our people were out of the office for at least part of the day today, and the calls just keep coming. We had to shut down the phones for half an hour so people could go to lunch ( Read more... )

No word yet on Nicole, which I take it to mean she is neither worse nor better ( Read more... )

Yep, it's definitely getting on towards winter here ( Read more... )