you cannibal, you meat eater, you see

i have never come so close to chucking a water bottle at someone's head as tonight in class. there is this insanely annoying woman who is constantly clicking her flashlight on and off (it's dark in our class because the entire thing is a giant never-ending Power Point presentation) and jostling pages and asking dumb questions.

oh well...I have to try and remember that God made everyone on this earth on purpose. Obviously, the purpose for a lot of people I will never know. I wonder how many people want to throw water bottles at my head?

Had another day off with Mags. We went to the mall and I pretty much finished my Christmas shopping and we had lunch. And, wait for it...I didn't spend any money on myself! And, I didn't go overboard either.

So, today I am thankful for the day spent with Mags and her hilarious tea parties. Thankful I was able to exercise shopping self control. Thankful that I did not throw a water bottle at the woman's head. Very thankful for my mother in law who comes once a week so I can take this silly class even though I mostly complain about it and thankful for safety on the roads in this crazy rainy weather.

Time to go kiss the kids and head to bed - and that in itself is something to be thankful for!

we used to wait for it

what a busy weekend. b-day party on Saturday and the BLG Kid's Christmas party this am.

both events went very well. kids were behaved and they had tons of fun. ok, so Maggie had a meltdown when she had to get out of the bouncy castle but she's two - what else would one expect?

I have to take tomorrow off because Mag's caregiver is sick. this is the second Monday in a row. I hate not going in on Monday's and Fridays more so than other days. I feel like I'm lying somehow even though I'm not. I feel like I should get the caregiver to call into work so they know i'm not making it up. Why on earth do I feel this way?

Last night the squirrels running around in the attic kept me up. i know i have to call someone to deal with it but i can't take anymore time off so it'll have to wait.

ok, today I am thankful that the kids and I had a good weekend. I am thankful that it's the caregiver that is sick and not Mags.

oh, and we're saving for a trip to Vegas, my trip to Van, my trip to see Jess in HK, a trip with the kids to Disney (blech!) and hardwood floors, a redo for the ensuite and a redo for the kitchen. the trip to HK prob won't happen until 2012 though. Oh, and Jay wants a gazzillion tattoos and a drum kit.

money, it's a drag

Jay got on my case about not saving as much money as i should be. This is a somewhat fair statement.

I admit that I've been blowing dough on convenience lately and probably filling some holes too.

Apparently, the key to combating this is to count your blessings.

I am thankful for:

my beautiful children

a husband

my family, immediate and extended

my health, my family's health

that i live in Canada

that i have a job and a fairly well paying job at that

that i have a house

the first cup of coffee in the morning

Today in particular I'm thankful that I got to work without any major incidents save for thinking the back doors were frozen shut when really they were just locked and wasting a half hour of my day. At least I had a good laugh.

Non material things I wish I had - more friends close by...

home is whenever i'm with you

i'm completely out of my blogging routine. just too busy and too tired i guess.

dare i say i'm starting to think about switching to Twitter? only because it seems less time consuming - mini posts.

well, i should get reading. i'm starting to hate project management. i'm trying to remember why i'm taking it again. oh that's right - it's the wave of the future or something.

whatevs

i did get 100% on my second assignment and 14.5 out of 15 on my second test (whatever percentage that works out to) in my History of Furniture class though.