Christmas bonus!

So today at work we had our Christmas lunch and got bonuses! I have never worked for this FABULOUS of employers before! Everyone got a "regular" bonus, as well as a wonderful parting gift! Mine was specially chosen just for me! How awesome is that! I can't wait to use my new mixer to show my wonderful friends how much their generosity means to me!

I don't know if I mentioned that my mixer's engine blew out the night before Thanksgiving. Apparently it couldn't whip eggs with butter and sugar. I tried to call and complain, but supposedly it was out of warranty by a year. You would think a company would stand by it's product, but no. I was kinda frustrated, but then pretty happy cause I realized that I would have an excuse to not do any Christmas baking. When I mentioned this, my friends paid attention.

I am sooo happy to work for wonderful fabulous people who share their wonderful fabulousness friendship with me!!!!

another conversation

Boy: "Thanks for getting under my bed and cleaning out all the toys, sis."

Girl: "You're welcome. Just put your nut cup away next time. I had to get a big lego out to move it."

they go back to the boy's bedroom, as the girl has agreed to help him clean

Girl: "Arrrrgghhhh! There is that nut cup again! Can you PLEASE put it away?"


I guess there are some things that no sister will ever touch!

where did I put it???

So late last January or early Febuary I bought the girl and I matching Christmas shirts and the boy a fabulous ornament. Spending a whole $.75! Now I can't find the bag! I looked in the Christmas stuff- not there, my usual holiday clearance spot-not there either! I have even looked in the tops of closets, hoping to find it there. Nope. I was planning on making the girl match me today for her field trip. I can't help but think that maybe I threw it away in a cleaning fit? If I did, it's a waste of 3 good quarters.

Thank the girl for the new background! She picked it out herself, and would have highlighted and clicked, had it not been for the piggybacking onto a neighbors wireless...

conversation with the girl

girl: "Mommy, remember when I loved cheetos so much I wanted to marry Chester Cheetah?"

me: "Yeah, and Kool-Aid man was going to come..."

girl: "I love these hash browns so much, I wanna marry Mr. Dell when I get big."

me: shaking my head because Mr. Dell is a real person, and continuing to shake because I should have seen this coming with the girl going through a bag of hash-brownie-browns a week by herself! "Sweetheart, you can't marry Mr. Dell because the original Mr. Dell passed away, and the current Mr. Dell is married to sister Johnsen, and is old like your meemaa. Maybe you can just be his friend."

girl: "Really? I know Mr. Dell? Why didn't you tell me that before? I LOOOOOOOOVE his hash browns! You have to show him to me."


She has also taken possession of the boy's Mr. Dell semi and keeps her favorite toys of the moment in them. The girl is just a little bit obsessive about her food, and potato products have been the latest. She has given up her bag of chips a week for a bag of hash browns a week. What a goof!

black friday survival tips

1. MAKE YOUR BATTLE PLAN ON THANKSGIVING. It helps to check the online black friday stuff before then, you may be able to buy some things early. Also make note of the time the store is opening. Seperate each store into "halves." Tell your co-shoppers which list they will have.


2. SET YOUR ALARM. Unless you are hunting electronics, you don't need to be at any store until a few minutes before it opens. Why wait outside in the cold in line, when you can stroll up when the doors open and get in just the same.


3. GET YOUR DIET COKE READY. Make sure that each person has one so that your peeps won't be too tired to have your back! Put them in the car so you all you have to remember is shoes!


4. SLEEP WITH YOUR MAKEUP ON. That way you can fool those who didn't into thinking you are one of those who is serious and got up extra early to put her face on.


5. DON'T BE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP. That fire hazard that Target sets up every year? Make sure you loudly proclaim the lack of unlocked doors is a fire hazard and you are calling the fire marshall! Also, people getting things before the designated time at WalMart? If they won't hand you the sizes you need, start loudly letting everyone else know who is breaking the rules!
6. DIVIDE & CONQUER. Give your team their parts of the list and split through the store. Any questions, complaints, use your cell phone to let them know. This is where the battle plan from yesterday becomes successful. Also don't be afraid to yell out what you need, and what you have that you don't need. Making friends with the person on the other side of the display is key to getting stuff fast!
7. GET THE HELL OUT! Find the most out of the way register you can find. They move faster. Jewelry, automotive, sporting goods, garden center, "non black friday" lines are all game.

These steps allowed me to leave the house at 3:30am and be back by 5:45am this year... What fun this is!

more thinks

• I also think I would watch "30 rock" if it weren't for Alec Baldwin. He just really annoys me.
  

• My forehead is reacting well to the tazorac. It is losing it lines as it is growing more whatever it is supposed to. The rest of my face is drinking moisturizer like diet coke in the mornings, and is flaky like a biscuit when I get home.

• When I stumbled to the living room, the news is saying something bout a winter storm. What??? Oh well, I have a stockpile of cheese, crackers, brownie mix, & diet coke. I guess I'm ready!

• If you are my child and are hanging out in your underwear, then don't complain about the house being cold! Put some stinkin' clothes on already! Don't you remember my 2-layer rule crazy!