Cleaning Out The Cobwebs

I haven't written in awhile. I've been working a lot, add that in with the business of the holidays and well... the blog gets neglected (even more than before.) So I come back, lo' and behold, my pictures are gone. Stupid AOL! I forgot that my pics were stored over there. Luckily my Chris stored all my pics on his computer, but to be honest, I'm just not about to go back and fix each picture. Maybe one day when I have more patience. (Riiiiiiiiiight!)

Work sucks, but is much better than before. I had a meltdown of sorts... I'm not going into it, because I feel a bit guilty about it all, but I somehow managed to keep my job after screaming at my boss, making him and myself cry. I feel lucky to be employed. I knew it was coming too, which just made it worse that I didn't reign in my temper. Definitely not a finer moment.

My Chris is wonderful as ever. It seems lately we are so close, more than before. I don't know why. Maybe it's the whole "us against the world" mentality. And you know what's weird? Despite all the economic crap going on this holiday season, we had a REALLY good Christmas. Usually, after Christmas, there is this let down phase we go through. All the hubbub is over and we go through a mini-depression, but not this year. I don't know why, but it all just felt so good.

I'm on vacation right now. I only have a few more days left of it, before going back. Maybe that mini-depression will hit me then, but right now I'm still on a high. I just feel like being silly, so I'm going to recount the things that are making me happy right now (in no particular order).

• The Twilight series. Yes, I know these books are for a younger audience, but despite the fourth novel (which starts to read like a Dean Koontz book) it's a great series. If I had read it when I was younger, I know I would have read it over and over again. I love books that give you really good characters that are so lovable. I have a certain fondness for that Jacob Black. My sister-in-law suggested it (knowing I love vampire books), my other sister-in-law sent me her copies to borrow. I do read Anne Rice, or I used to, I kind of like the fact that this series is a lot lighter... no existential "meaning of life" crap thrown in like Mrs. Rice likes to do. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's nice not to have to concentrate as much. The movie isn't as good, though. They took out a lot and crammed it all together to make the movie into a normal length, but it feels all mushed together for me. Still, I was able to sit through the movie without fuming.
• Estee Lauder's Pleasure Exotic perfume. For some reason, this perfume was meant for my body chemistry. It goes on very light, so that I have to really sniff to smell it on my wrists. Definitely not overbearing, but sweet and wonderful all the same. Something about it sets my Chris off. So I have to sit slightly away from him, lest I want to be dragged back upstairs to the bedroom again.
• The hum of the wine cooler behind me. I don't drink wine at all, yet it will be one of the best gifts I've ever gotten. It's stocked full of Mt. Dew, so I no longer have to run up and down the stairs when I get thirsty. Don't worry, I'm sure the perfume will provide ample cause for the exercise I'd normally be getting. Besides, the cooler is black, just like my computer room. My Chris is so awesome.
• Best Buy gift cards never expire. I don't even like Best Buy. Their employees are filled with snotty skunk-haired trashy twits that wouldn't know customer service, because it doesn't come from a hair dye bottle. You know, would it hurt for Best Buy managers to train their people? I'm thinking it must be a painful process, because not even the manager would greet people. Despite them, I found a two year old gift card that I could still use. Goonies here I come! I can't believe I didn't have that movie before. Still, this is bittersweet. I got the movie, but had to go to Best Buy to get it. Our Best Buy sucks so much, I'd almost be willing to drive to St. Louis to go to that one. Almost.
• Afghans that smell like my mother, because she drapes them over herself as she knits them.
• Getting my son everything he wanted for Christmas and more (despite the fact he knows there is no Santa), because the kid is so humble that he asks for things like Rubix cubes and boxes. Who asks for a box for Christmas?! Have I not taught him anything? We now have tons of boxes littering our formal living room, which I'm sure will be made into castles and tunnels. If you here him gasping and croaking, he's not ill, he's just making his epic voyage through the lost city of tunnels.
• Kade interupts to put in one thing he is currently enjoying at the moment: tuna packs. Sort of like a lunchable, but with tuna and crackers, peaches and a cookie. No cooking, he can make it himself. He is monumentally happy right now.
• Sam's Club because you can get pizza bagels by the carton. Man, can we eat those things. Also, they have chicken wings that have about sixty wings in them. We eat chicken wings a lot. I have great marinades.
• You can tell I've missed lunch, I'm starving. We have endless gift cards to tons of restaurants. We're going to be eating out a lot. No cooking for me!
• Chris did most of the laundry this morning.
• Fuzzy vibrating slippers that massage my feet.
• Lazy naps on Sunday afternoons.

Okay, things I'm not liking so much at the moment:

• I'm pretty sure my ashtray is about to erupt into an inferno. Right now, it's just smoldering, so I'll keep typing. But if a fire breaks out, I'm outta here.
• I bought my dogs peanut butter lollipops and pig ears. They were all natural, so I figured Sasha could handle them. I'm pretty sure she did okay with the lollipop, but for some reason the pig ear upset her stomach. (I never have to worry with Angel. She'll eat anything. Sometimes she'll even poop it and eat it again. It's gross but she's a dog.) Anyway, Sasha who never ever ever goes potty in the house, got diarrhea. And here I thought I was giving her a real treat. Poor thing.
• They are actually going to make another movie after Dark Knight. Ugh, there's no accounting for taste.
• I've been sick for the last couple of days. I managed to not be quite the bitch I normal am when I'm sick, but I know I have made the boys fetch me lots, so I know they are happy I am feeling better.

Now that I've listed all the good and bad in my life right now, I think I shall go enjoy it and give this blog a rest for now. Happy Holidays!