Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays and Cheers to a fabulous New Year!

Drowning in double bookings

Argh, why do I do this during the holidays? The next two days, this being one of them, are going to be complete chaos. I have seemed to triple and double book myself. Tonight I have to make an appearance at an open house for the nuns at work...yes you heard it right...I am going to an open house hosted by nuns. They are making bourbon balls for it. Then I need to skedadle and get myself to the gym to see my trainer about an hour after the nun open house starts...hoping I can seemlessly do this.
Then I also have to get to the store to buy food for the potluck work party tomorrow that I seem to be not only attending, but planning as well.....it does not make it a fun party for me when I have to worry about the fact that I need to go buy beverages and I must arrive early to set up and stuff like that. I think the office owes me a spa getaway after that, cause their ways are turning me into a ripe old scrooge.
I wanted to post some pictures today, but my camera was taken from my purse for a different project so I will have to update you later with all the photos that were taken over the last week.
Yesterday, I did crafts with my friend Sue and turned the house into a disaster zone. I am not sure the house will ever ever be clean after this...but it does smell an awful lot like peppermint right now so that is pretty sweet...it is like the apartment brushed it's teeth.
So, at this particular moment my head is inching toward my desk...I do believe I must leave you now in search of coffee.
Too keep you light hearted and happy, my suggestion is to go to YouTube and search for MXC Saddle Sores to see one of the funniest game shows I have ever experienced.

Why must the weekend be sooo short :(

It was an unbelievably beautiful weekend we just had....I wish it had not ended. The weather was perfect...I was in a t-shirt during most of the day and then had a nice isle sweater to wear when it got a bit crisp. Friday was spent couch surfing in the evening as I did not want to go out anywhere. The weather was windy and the sky kept spitting every so often that evening. We had some friends that went on the 12 bars of Christmas which was held that night and so we are still waiting to hear how it went. I think for the evening it would have turned out to be the one or two bars of Christmas because I would have wanted to stay inside once I got to one....but I never like the first bar they start at so I would NOT have stayed there...music is way too loud and the bartenders always look like they forgot to put on clothes....ridiculous looking short shorts. On Saturday, we cleaned up the haus and tried to write a list out of the rest of the things we needed to get done for the holidays. We then joined up with friends to have a little Xmas party and we played Wii and watched the fight between Mayweather (who I keep referring to as Merriweather) and Hatton. I would MUCH rather have seen Hatton win because Merriweather needs to be knocked off his pimp pedestal.
Our neighborhood also decorated for Xmas...this was the Santa Stop at the corner of our block:
On Sunday we strolled around the neighborhood and took in the holiday foliage such as this interesting plant that looks like it is Aloe, but seems to bloom these wonderful peaks at the end of the year.
We then went down to the Catalina coffee house to
play some supersize chess and sip some coffee. Jon won fair and square, but I think I gave him a hard time on the playing field.

The apricot bar that we shared while there was definitely tasty although we thought it was peach at first...they need to label their baked goods.

The best thing about this time of the year here in the south bay is how clear the air is because of the wind...the water was not very choppy on Sunday when we took this shot, but the news has been saying that the waves have been insane lately and that if we have a chance when the winds start to pick up we should head down and view their power.

The Holidays and Blatant Kitty Cuteness

So, this weekend I decorated the house (took all of 15 minutes) and centered myself into the Christmas spirit. My friend Sue and I did crafts and she taught me how to make little snowman. Sue's are really intricate with top hats and little bits of holly. One of hers even has cheeks that blush....very cute. Here was my try at creating a snowman...he has a gnome/elf hat on.

Jon purchased a santa hat for Woody and instead of wearing it on his head he liked to stick his head inside the hat.Stay away from my hat.We also realized that we needed to get a stocking for Woody as we have one for each of us and it would just not be fair to not include him. I promise not to blog too much about our fat cat, but right now he is the newbie in this place and it feels as if the apartment revolves around him at the moment. When you try and cook in the kitchen he is begging at your feet. While watching TV he asks you to tune into the Animal Planet channel or the Classical Music Station. When you have to leave the apartment he tries to either look really sad that you will not let him out or he will hide and try to dart out of the door. He has gotten out a few times, but everytime he gets out the door he stops to sniff the first succulent plant that is outside our door and I just scoop him up....then I carry him around so he can smell the jade plants and the pine tree and see the street a while.

So, the office today will be quiet because the grand opening of our new clinic in Hawthorne is happening today. It is a great thing that this place is opening because it will help to relieve some of the excess amount of people that come into the ER to get treated.