Sapin Coloré

So, I didn't want to buy a Christmas tree... A fake one would mean I'd have to store it, and a real one would shed, and I wouldn't be able to get it in my car and in my home anyway. Since I'm not spending the holidays here, I knew it wouldn't matter.

Still, I felt a little sadness in knowing that my apartment has no Christmas spirit... and when Boss Lady M told me I could get a 12 in fiber optic tree at Rite Aid for $2.99, I added some AAA batteries and voila, I've got a little holiday cheer at home:

And it's kind of cool! Tonight, I watched "The Proposal" because that's all Redbox had. No problem. It was on my list anyway. See, every first Monday of the month, 3 conditions happen: 1. I'm usually alone, and I survived a Monday at work. 2. Redbox sends me a free night rental by text. 3. Taking 1 and 2 into consideration, I have to rent a chick flick.

And so I did. Story was so-so. I prefer Ryan Reynolds in movies like "Just friends" and "Van Wilder." ah, I'd just be spending all night on Facebook anyway :)

Tonight, I get home, after standing in line at Redbox in that dreadful wind we have today (what I'll put up with to save $1.09...), and as I'm sitting on the toilet I hear what sounds like a cow in my closet. Or someone whose mouth has been duct taped and they are tied down somewhere in my apartment. Now, if I were Quagmire, I'd say: "Dear Diary... JACKPOT!" but, I was more intrigued. So I went to my bedroom... and turns out there must be a small hole in my window because the wind was making it sing. I really hope I get some sleep tonight, it was getting loud.

But with that said, it's cold and windy tonight and I'm grateful that I've got a nice warm bed to fall asleep on, and a working heater. I'm also grateful that I was finally able to get an appointment for my knee on Thursday. Thursday will be a busy day for me; I'm in Long Beach in the morning for a conference, working from home the rest of the afternoon, getting my knee checked at 4:20, and movie night at 7:30 in Hoh - Lee - Wooooood.

Have a great night! What are YOU grateful for this fine Monday evening?

Soirée Tranquille

Hey everyone,

Well, it's been another great day. Work was easy as 2 hours of it were spent in a French restaurant called "Fraiche" for Boss Lady P's birthday. It was fantastique! For me, it was a pasta dish with clams, pancetta, chili powder and herb breadcrumbs. It was good, but too much butter. Wish I got the prosciutto panini instead. We all shared 2 desserts - one was a creme caramel with a dash of cinnamon - very good, and some kind of chocolate torte with sour cherries and chocolate malt ice cream. Yum.

Well, enough about food... although I could talk about food all day... it started pouring rain in the afternoon so I left before 5 to avoid heavy traffic. I came home to a 63 degree apartment when the past week it's been about 78. I've got a working heater now, so no problemo.

Tonight I looked over my bills, cleaned up the dining room table full of bills, had organic butternut squash soup (yum!) and after posting this I'm going to make a salad. I've also decided to do the fruit flush again starting tomorrow. I've been bad with the pasta today, as well as the cookies the sales people brought over this week...

Today I'm grateful that I get to spend a tranquil evening in front of the TV - "Click" is on FX. I loved that movie. The dog humping the stuffed animal got old fast, but still a cute show with an awesome message. Plus, I get Adam Sandler Goofiness. Good night!

Tough week

Hey everyone!

Well, it's been a tough week... I basically worked 11 hour days on Monday and Tuesday to meet my deadlines, and today I was able to leave after 10 hours. Yay, Week 2! Well, most of it was my choice, too. I didn't want to leave at 6pm because traffic was going to be crappy, so I thought I'd leave at 7 instead... and might as well do stuff I don't have to do in the morning.

So, nothing too exciting, really, except American Idol, I guess... it's kinda fun watching the first episodes because I love watching the bad ones. They always make me feel better about my own singing (which used to be good by the way, but I've been out of choir since 9th grade). I love singing... but I'll just keep it for the shower and the car with the blasting stereo after someone on TeamSpeak told me not to quit my day job... :)

Otherwise, got a new heater in my apartment... at least I think?!?! The maintenance lady told me that they vaccuumed it and installed a new part. It seems so, but I don't care, I'm not turning it on until the gas company checks it again, which unfortunately will not be until Friday next week (first date they had available). Good thing we've been having 71 degree weather - with the blinds open during the day, I come home to a 77 degree apartment... just from the sunshine coming in. Ok, sorry Mad Scientist for rubbing it in.... I'll let you all know if it's functioning...

So, today I'm grateful that I left work before 5:30. Don't get me wrong, I still like my job, but 11 hour days aren't my cup of tea. At least I'm keeping myself busy and don't see the time pass, except when it's 3pm and I go "Oh Sh*t, it's 3pm and I still have HOW much more to do?" Got to work on the organization skills... I'll come up with a system, I promise, by this weekend. That'll be my goal for the day.

Something interesting, fun, or anything today... hmmmmm... in order to not break the rules of the blog, I have to think of something. Well, something that made my day is that I had my first formal meeting with my boss and we looked over my work, and it was, well, not too bad! A few things she recommended changing here and there, but otherwise, good logic and strategy! And good job on the Strategy packet today! YAY!!! I can do this, I can do this....

Until next time - Lil' Lilie