Day 148 & 149 - More Stripes

Yeah I am finally starting to feel better!!! The congestion is gone but I the cough is lingering. Hope that goes away in the next few days.

I got another week off from nannying. Going to get my hair cut and colored today. Excited for the gray to go away.  That's really all that's on the agenda for the day. It's big considering I have done a whole lot of nothing for a whole week.

Day 144 & 145 - Sicky Socks

Since I got back I have been dealing with a cold/cough. It's not been fun. I can't stop coughing. And I feel all fevery. Hot one second, cold the next. Eww. Thankfully I haven't had to babysit this week. I don't think I could have kept up with the kids since I can barely stay awake for more than 4 hours at a stretch. Hopefully I'm on the upswing of this though. Feeling a little better today. Let's hope it sticks!

Day 128 & 129 - Snowstorm Red and Purple

In case you haven't been watching the news we got hit with a hell of a storm the last two days. So I ended up spending the whole thing hold up in my apartment. The 8inches of snow and freezing rain were kinda scary. Did some super fun shoveling the last two days.  Only dug out half the car yesterday so I had chop away at the ice today to get my car out. It was less than pleasant. Thankfully all the ice is gone. The crap part is that there's more snow expected for Saturday. I am so over snow!!!

How do you like them icicles?

So sorry for the slacking. Should be back on track with posting tomorrow.

Day 118 & 119 - White Sleep Socks and Stripes

Don't have a good excuse for missing the last few days. All the snow shoveling and cold has kinda worn me out and made me especailly lazy. Oh well...

Day 91 & 92 - Christmas Eve Stripes & Christmas Day Snowflakes

Christmas Eve still remains my most favorite eating day of the year. For lunch we have shrimp, crab, fresh bread, and about 6 kinds of cheese. Then for dinner we have fried bread, more cheese, deviled eggs, jello salad and all my favorite Italian cold cuts. Cappicolla, Salami, Pepperoni, Soppresetta, and Proscuttio. I know it doesn't sound like much, but it's so tasty. After our Italian meat feasting we open presents. Got some new clothes, the Pacific on Blu Ray, a new wallet, scarves, and a new coat among other things.

The pork eating continues on Christmas morning. Breakfast of bacon, bagels, and bread. Another yummy meal. We spent the morning playing Wii, which Bridget got for Christmas. Followed by Christmas dinner of Ham, Turkey, Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Peas, Asparagus and Rolls. Think we may scale that back next year though. It was WAY too much food. Afterwards more Wii. The best part was watching Mom school my Dad at boxing.  I spent the evening being lazy, finishing my second book of the trip, and watching The Tooth Fairy. BTW, the movie is not recommended. However I really liked the book, Easy Company Soldier, a biography from one of the Sergeants from Easy Company 101st Airborne, the company that inspired Band of Brothers.

Definitely feeling stuffed after two days of eating!!

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 79 - Winter Snowmen

Watching the newer Miracle on 34th Street. I have the older one taped too. I really love watching Christmas movies. That's a good piece of what's on the agenda today. Also gonna do laundry, vaccuum, and read my library books.

It's warmed up a lot here today. Yesterday morning it was 15 whe I woke up. Today 35. That's a big improvement. Looks like this week is gonna be a lot warmer. We are suppossed to get some rain so it's warming up to 50. Woah!! The last two years we've had a huge snowstorm the weekend before Christmas. Wonder if that will happen again this year.

Took a drive last night after a party to look at Christmas lights. There are some super impressive ones and some not so much. I am a little sad to see there are only 2 houses in my neighborhood that are decorated. That's pretty sad. Wonder if they are lacking outside outlets like I am. I wish I was able to put lights outside, but I can't figure out how to get power out there with no outlet. And from the second floor it's not easy to run an extension cord down the steps.

Only another 11 days til I leave for Florida!

Day 73 - Snoopy and Charlie Brown Christmas

This is a pretty old pair of Christmas socks too. But they are great. It's the only Charlie Brown pair of sock I have.

On the agenda today. Watching Christmas movies and doing my Christmas cards. Gonna make some homemade vegetable soup this afternoon too.

Finally finished with my decorating last night. It looks very very Christmassy in here and I LOVE it. The pictures don't do it justice but here they are.

The Tree with Miles in his favorite spot

Stockings

Rudolph Characters

View into dining room



Day 70 - Noel

These are probably my least favorite of all my Christmas socks. The elastic materical is too tight around the seam of the red and white. Makes them harder to get take on and off. But I'll live :)

I got the most surprising thing in my mailbox yesterday. There has been construction going on in the apartment below mine for the last month and a half. So there's been a lot of banging, early morning working, saws on the porch, construction trash around, an accidentally snip of my phone line, which was fixed that day. Nothing too determintal to my life. Just minor annoyance I'd say. Anyway in my mailbox yesterday was a hand written note and a $50 gift certificate from my landlord to apologize for all the inconvienance. I was floored! That's unbelievably kind of them. I seriously love my landlords. And it's all the better coming from Big Pink where I had the worst landlord ever. Year long rennovations where being done there, which were far more annoying and inconvienant. Even had to live without hot water for a day during winter. It was not fun. And during that time the landlord never once acknowledged or apologized for all the problems, much less offered a gift of thanks. I am so glad to have upgraded so much during this move. I love my apartment. I love Melrose. And I love my landlords!!

Gotta get to light decorating. Didn't do it yesterday. I ran a Christmas errand instead. So today's the day my apartment will be completely Christmasafied. Wahoo!!!

Day 53 - Red Flames

Here are the pics from me in the sock store. I was so excited in the store! I would have more excited if they sold matching socks. I think I am too left brained for mismatched socks in packs of three. How do you fold them? What color do you classify them as? Won't they wear unevenly? Anyway I bought a sampler pack to try them out. I was debating buying 2 of the same set to get 3 matched pairs of socks.

I wonder if there are any matching sock stores around here. Wonder if I could have my own sock store one day. I so think I should. It would be sooooooo awesome.

There was a lot of sock excitement

I could have spent a LOT of money there

Day 10 - More Monkeys

Feeling in a Monkey kind of mood I guess.

I am SOOOO happy it's Friday!!! I am really looking forward to the weekend. Going to the spa for a much needed massage and facial tomorrow afternoon. I can't wait!! And tonight I have a phone date with Kim. Excited for that too! In case you don't know what a phone date is, I'll explain. Overall I am kind of bad at the phone. I never think to just pick it up and call someone. However I like being able to stay in touch with my friends who I don't live in the same state. So began the need for phone dates. We agree on a time to chat and make no other plans for the night.  And since it's Friday night and with Kim it means there defnitely will be drinking involved.  Phone dates can last for a few hours, so it's like spending the evening hanging out with one of my friends, only at home in my pjs. I know it may sound weird, but I love them!

PS. I have two pairs of these socks, so don't think I am cheating when you see them again later.