spooning - leads to forking

Last post of the year! I work from noon to 5pm today, which sucks. Then, Bree and Rusty are coming over and the we are all having dinner before we head over to Rusty's parents' house to ring in the New Year. That should be fun, yes? Honestly, I have no idea. I'm probably going to be bored out of my mind. Oh well. *shrugs*

I have so much laundry to do. Frank keeps telling me that it is bad luck to start the New Year with dirty laundry. I've never heard that before. It doesn't matter, anyway, because Samantha and Frank have been doing laundry non-stop since the beginning of the week - no joke! The washer and the dryer have practically been running 24/7. There isn't enough time in the day to get all of Frank's laundry done, let alone even think about doing m own.

I cannot believe that it is going to be Christmas Eve in less than one hour. This year has gone fast, especially this past month. The time between Thanksgiving and Christmas flies. I still don't have all of my shopping done but it doesn't look like I am going to finish, either.

In the morning, I have to get up (pack?) and go to work. Afterwards (4:30 pm), I have to come home, finish packing and leave. I am going to miss the Christmas get-together on my father's side of the family this year. His side of the family gets together Christmas Eve and has dinner, exchanges gifts and spends time together. I won't be getting back into my hometown until between 8:00 pm and 9:00 pm. :o(

On Christmas Day, we open gifts as a family and then in the early afternoon we have Christmas with my mother's side of the family. In the (quite long ago) past, we used to get together at my mother's parent's house. Not long after my Uncle John moved into his most recent house, we started gathering there. For some unknown reason (to me), this year we are getting together at my mother's parent's (now my Uncle Larry's) house. This will be the first time I will have stepped foot into that house since at least one of my grandparent's were still living. I may have been there after my grandmother passed away but before my grandfather passed away. I'm not entirely sure. Either way, it is going to be weird to be there without them. I'm curious, though, as to what things my Uncle Larry has changed and what things he hasn't. It could be a very emotional, too. :o\

I am so tired; I can barely keep my eyes open. I should be in bed. I should go to bed. *yawns*

I don't have time to do anything except work and sleep anymore. I rarely have time to eat! Blah. On a good note, however, I am going to get to see my parents this Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. It'll be nice to spend some time with them, albeit Christmas chaos! I'm heading home this Sunday and I'll be back this Tuesday evening; I work early the next morning.

Little Girl had her puppies this past Monday - six of them! She has been such a good mother and she's almost always with them/nursing them. But, she is laying on my feet in the living room. How cute.

Another day...just another day. Blah. I am tired. I don't want to go to work. It is going to be a long day - a very long day. I work both of my jobs tonight, Thursday and Friday. I only work one job tomorrow. Luckily, I think, I don't work either job this Saturday, but I think I work one of my jobs Sunday. I don't have any idea when I am going to get the chance to go Christmas shopping. Maybe I won't. Maybe I won't get anything for anybody. I don't have time! *sigh*

I stumbled across a website that generates an elf name based on your name.

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Get your Christmas Elf Name

My new laptop arrived yesterday! It didn't ship until December 7, 2006 and it arrived on my doorstep sometime during the day December 8, 2006. I had free 7-10 day UPS Ground Shipping. I couldn't believe how fast it got here.

It is a lot bigger than I imagined. I saw a similar model in Circuit City and it didn't seem this large. Either way, I really like the 17" widescreen display. I'll write more about it later!

Today is my first day off from both Weis and Tuesday Morning in over two weeks. It feels so nice to findally have a day "off" to myself. I am planning on putting up the Christmas tree today and decorating it. I'm also going to try and decorate the rest of the house, but I don't know how easily that will be accomplished because we don't have a ladder. I'm also going to clean the basement, wash dishes, and do my laundry today. Honestly, I don't have much of a choice because I don't have time any other day of the week to work on it. Tomorrow morning Frank and I are going to build a whelping box for Li'l Girl and her soon-to-be puppies.