Day 86 - O Christmas Tree

There is no good way to phograph knee socks without making my legs look HUGE! You are just gonna have to take my word that they don't look nearly as scary as the picture makes them look. Another thing to note from the picture is Miles off to the right. Everytime he sees a camera he wants his picture taken. He is such a camera hog.

Was unahappily awoken this morning. I was under the impression downstairs construction was drawing to a close, but apparently I was wrong. I woke up at 8:30am to sounds of a nail gun and something that was so loud it vibrated my entire apartment. Ugh! I was so looking forward to sleeping in. I even stayed up late after getting home from dinner, knowing I wouldn't have to get up early in the morning. I really hope that doesn't happen again tomorrow.

Think I'm gonna watch Home Alone before I head out for pizza and Peroni in the North End tonight.

Day 85 - Snowman

Getting to the end of my Christmas socks. Only 8 left, which means Christmas is only 8 days away!!

Staying with the Christmas theme for Friday's

My Top Five Favorite Christmas Movies

1. Elf - Who doens't like Elf? It's hysterical. And "The Best way to spread Christmas Cheer is singing loud for all to hear."

2. The Santa Clause - I love Bernard, the head Elf. And the scene where Tim Allen comes to work in sweats and eats like a pig at lunch. Plus Santa's workshop looks better than it does in most movies.

3. Home Alone - It's totally unrealistic and ridiculous, but great.

4. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - I remember watching this since I was a little kid. It's always been a tradition in my family. The Island of Misfit toys is my favorite. Feel like I belong there :) I really like Sam the Snowman and Yukon Cornealius too. Really there's so many things to love about good ole Rudolph!

5. The Santa Clause 2 - This last one was hard to pick. There are so many great movies. Actually watching Whit Christmas now. That's a classic. But the second Santa Clause movie has a plastic Santa and a overeating Comet. And we meet Curtis, the #2 elf.

You will notice "It's a Wonderful Life" isn't on my list. I don't feel like it's a good Christmas movie at all. It's depressing for like half the movie.  I also don't see the joy in "A Christmas Story". Most years I don't watch either of those. No thanks! I'd much prefer to watch something happy and funny.

Day 84 - Naughty or Nice

The text is hard to read but these socks say "Naughty or Nice?"

Two big things to report for today.

1) After over 2 months I FINALLY got my severance check from Lockheed. YEAH!!!!!!!! It's about damn time!!

2) Had my first appointment with the Occupational Therapist for my thumbs. I was given splints for both hands. My hands sorta look like they are taped up like a boxer's.  I am suppossed to wear them 23 hours a day. Ugh!! Since they have only been on for 2 hours so far I am not sure what I think, but I know they aren't the funnest thing in the world. Hopefully they get more bearable as time goes by.

Day 83 - Christmas Tree

These aren't the most exciting of Christmas socks, but the tree is nice and sparkly.

I am happy to report my nighttime battle with Simon is improving. Last night he was only annoying for about an hour before he cut out the noise. Hopefully tonight it gets even better. One way or another he's gonna learn I won't be feeding him in the middle of the night.

Took my car in to get the tire looked at. It'd been leaking since Thanksgiving but I had been getitng by with just refilling it. Afraid it would be flat once I got back from FL so decided to get it checked out. Thankfully they were able to repair it so I didn't have to pay for a new tire!!

Thinking tonight might be a good night for a fire and some hot chocolate!!

Day 82 - Penguins with Santa Hats

Another pair of Christmas penguins. These have one Santa hats and are kinda sparkly.

Had a terrible night's sleep last night. Not really sure you can even call it sleep. Woke up at 2 to use the bathroom and that started the Simon terror. I don't know what gets into the boy. He goes bat shit crazy. He scratches the sock shelves, pulls up the rugs, sprints from room to room, attacks Mia and Miles, pulls out bins, climbs on the dresser, meows in my face, etc. I swear he finds every single way an 11lb cat can make noise. I know he wants me to feed him but I need to break him of that habit so it was me vs him from 2am to 5am. He eventually tired himself out and laid down to sleep with me. Hopefully I can make it through this week of ignoring him despite the lack of sleeping. Wish me luck!

Day 81 - Skiing Santa

It totally feels like a Monday. I am more tired than I should be today. Didn't get a good night's sleep last night. I just couldn't get comfortable for some reason. Simon's 4am outbreak didn't help either.

I have been doing laundry all day. I must have like 4 loads. It's ridiculous. Also trying to get my DVR down to below 70%. Not so hard to do since the last 3 Hallmark Christmas movies I tried to watch were so bad I only made it a few minutes in.

Think I need a nap. I can't stop yawning.

Day 80 - Presents

Today was the first day of bowling this season. I did pretty well. Scored a 119 the first game and a 132 the second. Surprised I did better the second time around cause it was getting harder to hold the ball with my gimp thumb.  Sure bowling isn't good for it but whatever. It's fun.

Went out for lunch at Beer Works afterwards. It was so good. I don't think I have eaten a meal out since I was in Florida for Thanksgiving. Had a chicken BBQ sandwich and fries. OMG the fries were so delicious!!! I cannot remember the last time I ate french fries. I really like not eating stuff like that for a while cause when you  finally do they taste so great! I have the same reaction every time I have a doughnut or eat a real hot dog. I don't get either of those but once or twice a year. People who eat them often I'm sure don't get as much enjoyment out of them as I do.

Tonight's the Amazing Race finale. I am so looking forward to watching one of my teams win.  Technically I have already won since all Bridget's teams are out. We have been beating on the Race for a few years now, but this is the first year it's been a landslide. She picked some awful teams this year. I wonder if a two woman team will actually win this year. Seems like the tried to stack the deck cause there were like 4 woman teams to start out. Definitely looking forward to seeing how it all plays out.