Day 88 - Winter Snowmen

The last picture of Christmas socks from MA. Tomorrow's will be from FL. Leaving at 8:30 for Naples. Have yet to get packing. That's on the agenda for later this afternoon. Need to watch another episode of Band of Brothers first. Started yesterday. I swear I will never tire of watching it, all 10 hours. And the Blu Ray version has a cool special feature with extra info as you watch. Plus they have commentary for each episode. After I finish the series with the extra info ( field guide), I am gonna go back and watch with all the commentary on. I can't wait!

Day 87 - Christmas in Black

There are little wreaths, bulbs, and snowflakes on these.

Feeling pretty sluggish today. I didn't get enough sleep this weekend. And I kinda still feel hungover from Saturday night. Steph, Elyse and I hit up the North End for some Peroni and pizza. Then joined up with a bar crawl. It was a super fun time, but I am suffering a lot for it. It's like all my healthy eating and exercising has erased all my ability to recover from drinking. It's sad : ( Hoping a nap will help today.

Only another day til I leave for Florida. Trying to get everything situated for the journey. Won't start packing til tomorrow but I am getting everything washed today for packing. Also finishing up my Christmas movies. Saved the best for last, Rudolph and Elf.

Having our first real snow of the year. It's not suppossed to accumulate which means no shoveling! I'm definitely happy about that. Glad to see everything all white outside though. It's so pretty!

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!