Is it too early for New Year's Resolutions?

Hello friends. Sorry I haven't been blogging much lately. It seems that a lot of my enthusiasm has disappeared this holiday season. I'm just not feeling it. I have great plans to visit a lot of amazing people, but I still can't get into the mood. Maybe Friday will be different! I think, though, I might feel this way every year that we leave home at Christmastime. It's always such a rush to visit people and we have to drive soooo far. Oh well. I'm sure I'll be fine once I'm on the road!

So, a New Year's Resolution? I think one is in order. I really need to keep up with this blog! This is my life story, after all! So, what do you think my goal should be? Once a week minimum? Twice a week minimum? Let me know what you think!

Now, off to work. Lunch breaks are much too short!

MIA, again

Yes, I just realized that I haven't posted much lately. I tent to go through spurts. Oh well. I'm back now (let's see how long I can keep it going this time!).

How's life been for you? It's been very cold, snowy, and stressful here. The lowest we got down to was -31, and it only lasted a day, thank goodness. It's been around -20 for the last few weeks, and unfortunately, we still get snow when it's that cold. It's amazing how much we've already gotten! And the stressful, that's about work. Inventory went off without a hitch, but now I'm working on records maintenance. Basically, I have to touch every single piece of paper that we have in the branch and re-file it all. And, I'm behind. It all has to be done by next Monday, and I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be done without a lot of overtime, which I am not looking forward to. Looks like I'll be working from 7-5 at least this week, and maybe the weekend too. Lame.

But, I am getting excited for Christmas. I was planning on putting up my Christmas tree yesterday, but it just didn't happen. Maybe one night this week. I'm not doing a huge amount of decorating since we're not even going to be here, but a tree is a must. I want to wrap all of my presents, but I feel weird doing it without the tree being up. So, the tree must go up! It doesn't take me much time to decorate it anyways.

But, now I should get ready for work. My hair is so long now that it takes forever to dry and straighten, I better get my ass in gear if I want to make it to work on time!

Work Update

Wow! It's been a while since I've done an update from work! I guess I must have been busy the last little while! Not so much now. With the crappy prices of natural gas, a lot of projects have been cancelled in our area, and it's taking a toll. The projects aren't cancelled forever; they're just being mothballed, but it could be a couple of months or a couple of years before they get started up again. Not the best time to be in the north, but we're going to have to stick it out!

I'm right into planning for Christmas right now. I keep thinking that we don't need to spend a lot of money, but then I keep thinking about what I can buy for people. Gotta stop myself! We're going to be doing a lot of travelling, so I will be gracing lots of family and friends with my presence! And John's too, of course! Molly is going to stay at Gramma and Grampa's to keep them company for Christmas, so it'll be lonely in our truck, but it's ok! The longest journey is from FSJ to Edmonton, then Golden to home. Every other leg should be ok because they are all short jaunts. I can't wait to spend the night with my sis in Edmonton, my good friends in a town just outside of Calgary, and with lots of family in Golden. We're contemplating going through PG to see John's family too. Anything is possible with us!

I've also been crocheting a lot. I mean, a lot. I have lots of finished projects! Maybe tomorrow I'll do a photo bomb! I've been working on lots of fun things!  Other than that, not much is going on. Winter is well upon us, and it won't be going away for a long time. April at least. Oh well.

Time to go to work! Well, to get to work, I guess is the right way of putting it! Have a good day one and all!

Inventory Prep & Inventory

What a week it's been. It feels like it will never end - yes, I do realize that it is Friday morning, but not only am I prepping for my inventory next weekend, I have to go and help John with his inventory tonight after work. It's crazy. I've been working lots of extra hours with an incredibly sore left wrist (I don't know what I did, but it's painful), and most likely, I'll be working this weekend too. Then all next weekend. I'm so glad the weekend after my inventory is a long weekend. I'm going to stay inside and do NOTHING! It'll be so nice. I can imagine it now. PJ's and tea and movies. Yipee!

Has anyone watched "Rock of Ages" yet? Surprisingly enough, it's pretty entertaining. Except that they remade Pat Benetar songs. It would have been an amazing movie if they would have just left her songs alone. Mary J Blige doesn't do it justice, but Tom Cruise actually does a pretty good job. I'm listening to the soundtrack now, and it's very amusing!

Other than that, life has been pretty boring. Working so many hours makes me so exhausted, so I don't want to do anything when I come home, and let me tell you, the house has taken a beating. I need to do some major cleaning this weekend. I think I can get it all done in a couple of solid hours, but it's so hard to want to do it after working so much. Gotta get done though. Maybe I should just hire a cleaner!!

Ok. Time to go to work! Yippee!!

50 Shades of Distracted

What a distracted couple of days I've had! I started reading The 50 Shades of Grey on Thursday night - bad idea! I should have waited until the weekend! I've been totally mesmerized, and distracted, and well, if you've read the books, you know what else. I haven't been able to do anything but read! I just finished the second book, and now I need to get some stuff done around my house! Hubby plays hockey tonight, so I have lots of time this evening to read. I'm sure book number three will be done in a short matter of time as well.

I don't want to jinx it, but this has been a great month for weight loss so far! I just checked, and I'm down 6 pounds this month! I'm not sure how, but I'm happy about it either way! I haven't been eating as much the past few days, so obviously that helps, but it feels great. I'm just feeling better. Plain and simple.

Ok, time to do some housework that has been lacking in the past couple of days during my 50 Shaded of Distracted phase.

Have a nice day! Even if it's snowing like crazy like it is here!

Weight Loss

Well, it's only Wednesday, and I'm already down a pound since Sunday. Yay! I don't have any idea how it happened, but apparently it did. I'm really going to try to work out tonight. I've been so drained by the time I get home that I just come in the house and crash. I have way too much to do to do that this afternoon! I had a mishap with the laundry on the weekend and tried to flood the basement, so all of the towels that I had just freshly washed are dirty again, and so are both of our winter jackets from winterizing the trailer. Time to get my ass in gear!

Have a good Wednesday everyone!

Tuesday

"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day." - E.B White
Makes sense, doesn't it? I think I'm going to enjoy the world today.