This Week in the News....

26 days till Christmas. Woo Hoo!

I think I may have inadvertantly agreed to play seceret santa to someone at work during the 12 days of Christmas....dag!

I love my over-sized, ugly, baggy, extremely casual flannel lined khakis from J.Crew (they are super warm).

I cannot eat till after 3pm tomorrow - getting blood drawn to check cholestrol, and was told to fast till then.

Have thought about writing again.

I have rediscovered blush.

Have thought about painting faces again, but am afraid they will stare back at me. :-)

Can hardly wait

It's that time of year....the anticipation of food, fun, and family (and in that order).

The Maidy's will be hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year and trying a couple of new/different dishes and methods of cooking. This year, I plan to help out with preparing the meal...last year was spent cleaning, my favorite past time.


The Thanks List:
Alex's pasta sauce....oh, and Alex
Ellie talk (nooooodles, moy-moy, hammer-head)
Handy brother-in-law
Funny sister
Crazy mother
J.Crew alterations
The job (yes, I mean it)
Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa)
Clive Owen (sooo hot!)
People who don't fart in elevators
Co-workers who do not talk about their antique wicker plant holders
Flying 'stand by'
My health
Our house
Harry Potter
Nellie & Newt

Longer Than I Thought

1) Nicotine sobriety - 35 days, feels like 35 months
2) Trip to Dallas/Ft. Worth for work - was 4 days, felt like 4 weeks
3) Ellie visits - been one week, feels like forever
4) Last time I saw my in-laws - 6 months ago, feels like 6 years
5) Being married - been 6 months, feels like forever (tee hee hee)
6) The last time I fit into a size 8 jean - no, we're not going there...cause it goes along with the last time I was at the gym. Sigh.