Saturday I mailed the last of my Christmas/Holiday cards and finished the last of my shopping. This year I had to buy Christmas gifts for 8 people, two sets of birthday gifts, and gifts for 3 sets of pets... my grand total including two handmade glass art pieces of jewelry was $154.18! I spent $13.00 on replenishing my gift bag supply and some ( Read more... )

My Mom had wanted me to head down to my brother's house in Corvallis on Friday night, but thankfully Greyhound didn't provide a schedule that would work with that. Bonus because I got to go to the Blazer's game instead. Saturday was low key and I packed and wrapped presents and continued to catch up to TiVo that had been recorded while I was out ( Read more... )

I got an invite to a corporate suite with horseless_rider and her hubby. She had an extra ticket she won in a raffle. The game was against the Toronto Raptors and it was a nail biter. The Raptors won, 101 to 100 in overtime. I had a lovely time, lovely food and lovely wine and got to have some great conversations with some of her coworkers and spouses ( Read more... )

with horseless_rider. We met at Madison's On Fifth in the lobby atrium of my building. I had a couple glasses of Hyatt Cabernet-Merlot, she had a Jubilale and a Siskiyou Pinot Noir, and we split appetizer plates of Potstickers and mini-burgers (sliders). It was nice to get together and chat, but the service wasn't up to it's usual high standards because there ( Read more... )

On the twelfth day of Christmas, ( Read more... )

I've got most everything ready to go, and am just washing the last of the new dishes so that people won't have to eat off of dust etcetera. I've got all the linens ready, all the food I was supposed to purchase ready, and all my gifts wrapped ( Read more... )