My employer paid people to decorate huge wreaths for the office. This is the one I did. It’s about 3 feet tall. It cost around $35 (my allowance) to decorate. I had a hard time deciding how to decorate it. I wanted “cute”, but I found that kind of hard to do with a really large wreath. 
I guess I’m a little lost lately. Lost and cranky.
Today, some people are coming to look at our macaw. Macaws are expensive to maintain. I love Rocky, but every week, he eats twenty dollars worth of toys and eats like a small child. No one takes the time to clean the cage like it should be cleaned. But I’m panicking anyway. The longer it takes for them to get here, the worse it feels. (Update: One bird off to a really nice, new family)
A week from Tuesday, my husband is having a double knee replacement. It’s going to be a lot of work for him, and for me, for the next 6 weeks, at least. The recovery time greatly depends on the person, and he’s motivated to recover.
For up to 6 weeks, he won’t be able to drive. For awhile, he’ll be moving around with a walker and/or crutches.
We’ll get through it. Sometimes it seems like a lot, but that’s what marriage and life is all about. Sometimes it’s just overwhelming.
On the upside, I’ll have 7 days off of work. That alone has to be a blessing, right?
Yesterday, we were in the Harley shop, looking around at stuff, like we do every weekend. I saw my Rider’s Edge instructor (one of them) in the shop. I sat on a Fat Boy and brought it off the kickstand. He saw me do that. He asked me if I was getting a new bike, and I said “no”, but I’d been out riding 3 times before the weather turned ungodly FRIGID.
It’s good to be in the Harley shop and run into people you know. I keep hoping to run into any of my classmates, as well. Maybe later, though. It’s seems to be a homing beacon for motorcyclists around here.
While in Hobby Lobby today, I noticed a collection called “A Tree For Me”. There were miniature artificial trees, tiny ornaments and little stars to put on top.
I couldn’t resist. I picked out some dog and cat ornaments, since the little kid is an animal person, and a few other things. The picture below is a result of our decorating.
We have not put up our real tree yet, but we have this one. The little kid is keeping it in her room.
I think we just created a “tradition”. Her face when she took the items out of the bag for “my own tree”?
Priceless.
Of course, having a day off has left me with a TON of work to do. I’m trying to get out of the house early this morning with my daughter. The same one who took 1/2 hour to figure out how to put her shirt on.
What do you think the chances are?
I took the day off to take The Little Kid to the dentist. She was having a tooth filled. We got there at 8:40. She was done at 9.
When the nurse came to get me, I thought there was some sort of problem. Mass hysteria? But no. They were just done with the procedure already.
For about an hour, she wasn’t supposed to eat. After that, she felt fine, so I took her to school. It gave me a chance to do some Christmas shopping without having to fend off the pleas to get more stuff than I bargained for, if you know what I mean.
I spent 2 hours in Kohl’s trying to figure out what the heck to buy some people.
After awhile, I just say “screw it”, get what’s in the basket and get the heck out of the store. No need shopping till your head spins, right? 🙂
I’ve decided I’d better get my act together and work on the scrapbook I started for my daughter last year. I only had one page done. Today, there are 3 pages.
One of my problems is that I never print any pictures. But I’ve just sent some to Walgreens via Snapfish, and they’re waiting for me to pick up.
The other problem is that I can’t figure out how the heck people get all of those scrapbooking supplies. I mean, for gosh sakes, it’s got to be spendy accumulating stuff, right? There has to be a trick to it. Tell me the trick. I know you know. 🙂
Today, I went to a scrapbooking store in the shopping plaza down the street from us. OMG. They had tons of stuff there! Nice stuff. Ever take a 6-year-old to the scrapbooking store with you? “Mom? Can I make a scrapbook?” “Ummm… let me figure out my own scrapbook and we’ll go from there…”
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