10:55 am, 25.Dec.07 · 6 Comments

I still wish for all of you at least one person in your life who will change out of their pajamas so you don’t have to go see a cute boy’s band play alone.
This year I wish for you the obvious an education, family, friends, and a life that is full of the unexpected. [...]

10:46 pm, 24.Dec.07 · 1 Comment

Two days of cleaning, a day and a half of cooking, a gallon each of homemade soup and chili, dusted bookcases and I was practically stood up. Yeah. No aunts or uncles or cousins. One set called in sick, another called in apathetic, another was just MIA. My sisters (sans Sister #2 who was in [...]

11:08 pm, 04.Dec.07 · 3 Comments

Maybe my memory is playing tricks on me, but it seems that these kinds of displays were rarer and therefore more magical when I was younger. Now, I see at least a dozen of these kinds of displays on my way home from work.
When I was a kid growing up in Blaine, there was a [...]

11:19 am, 03.Jan.06 · No Comments

apparently since a majority of us were out on vacation for the last 12 days, we have to try and get 12 days worth of work done before lunch. blech.
in other news having happy holiday gifts sitting on your desk when you arrive is totally, totally rad. i got Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [...]

3:51 pm, 31.Dec.03 · 3 Comments

ok, this damn day has got me down and depressed. i just hate new year’s eve with a passion. i hate the pressure to do something cool and to do it with someone cool. i hate that i don’t have anything cool to do or anyone to do it with. i hate that when i [...]

8:35 pm, 25.Dec.03 · 2 Comments

well, that’s over. one more night of hell (new year’s eve) to get through and this interminable holiday season will be over.
it wasn’t so bad. batering for candy was fun.
“i got a nestle caramel treasure here, what’ll you give me for it?”
“i got three rolos.”
“i’ll give you two butterfinger bells.”
“how about a krackle?”
“deal.”
the rest was [...]

2:32 pm, 13.Dec.03 · Comments Off

well, that wasn’t too heinous, and oddly less expensive than i had planned. a mere $140 later and i think i’m very nearly done. i have one more gift to get for jess and i think that’s it. plus i have to shell out the cash to the sister club for mom’s gift. not bad, [...]

9:03 pm, 24.Nov.03 · 2 Comments

i decided the best thing to do to get my mind off the mean reds was to do some christmas cards. as you know i have a christmas card buying problem. you’ll be happy to know that i haven’t bought any yet this year. but then again, i haven’t been in any christmas card selling [...]

9:27 pm, 22.Dec.02 · 9 Comments

if i don’t get to open a present soon i might burst. the worst part is there’s a giant box full of gifts for me. but the outlaw says i can’t open them until christmas.
gah!

7:03 pm, 15.Dec.02 · Comments Off

did you hear that? that was my huge sigh of relief. i finished shopping. everyone’s taken care of. well, except grammu. but i’ve decided to give her cold, hard cash– that’s what she needs more than anything.
i even got most everything wrapped– except that monstrosity that’s called a barbie dreamhouse. i’m putting off wrapping it [...]

9:49 pm, 25.Dec.01 · 2 Comments

aye carumba! why are the holidays so exhausting?
i never thought playing games would wear me out so. but then maybe it was that bottle of wine yesterday, the 318,389 nights in a row with only 4 hours sleep and sleeping on the couch that wore me out.
it was wonderful though. there’s just something so warm [...]

2:13 am, 25.Dec.01 · 2 Comments

so this is christmas and what have you got?
you’ve got one, 6′5″ single, drunk, messy-haired, content, happy and overly-exhausted minnesotan. well, you could have her with $4.96 and a $0.83 coupon. thus far there have been no takers.
this past christmas eve/sister #2’s birthday was spent shopping, laundering (clothes, not money), eating, playing when uno attaks, [...]

4:22 pm, 24.Dec.01 · Comments Off

merry christmas darling ones!
i am sneaking a moment from the family yuletide hooha to say hello! it’s nice to be surrounded by loving, caring supportive people. i hope you all have safe, happy and warm holidays!
i’ll probably be back tomorrow night. . . because as much as i love my family– 36 hours is a [...]

10:01 pm, 15.Nov.01 · 6 Comments

e-commerce how do i love thee? let me count the ways:
sister #3 christmas and birthday (jan. 3) gift= DONE
sister #2 birthday gift (dec. 24)=DONE
aunt cathy christmas gift= DONE
jaycie christmas gift=DONE
max christmas gift=DONE
since we draw names and i drew sister #3, the only gifts i have left to get are mom and dad. i plan on [...]

9:21 pm, 16.Dec.00 · Comments Off

for the record, i’ve eat 483,028 m&ms tonight. i’ve washed those down with 3 Hi-C Fruit Punch drink boxes. i am vibrating from the sugar intake. remind me next year not to give any gifts that involved m&ms. but this gross sugar consumptions hasn’t been for naught. i have completed 2 pot holders and am [...]