Its Only 365 Days
257/366: IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS
13 SEPT 12
Um...looks down at Calendar...correct me if I'm wrong, but its only Septemeber 13th. Oh boy, its that time again, where time actually doesn't seem to matter to retailers and they've started unveling all the Christmas stuff. I took this at Hobby Lobby. Dont' know if other states or countries have it, but its basically as the title suggest, and entire warehouse type store that caters to any hobby one may have from miniature trains, to painting, to sewing, to scrapbooking, to silk flowers, to wedding accessories...you name it, its there, but their biggest draw is definitely their party and holiday stuff. I love Christmas. I love December in general. You've got my birthday, my cousins birthday, my aunts birthday, then Christmas eve, than x-mas, than new years eve, and new years might as well be in December too :o) I get in such a good mood around this time. I love that people unite with family they see but once a year, that carolers are out singing, that their is Christmas music on 24/7, that families go shopping in their santa hats and go crazy at Christmas sales shopping days, I love the cold weather...gosh, need I go on.
I love to host parties (i guess I shall go on...hee hee) and holiday ones are the best. I learned to table scape 4 years ago and have been going nuts ever since. This one year went with a simply gold and silver theme. I bought specialty demask foil Christmas wrap which was hellah expensive and bought a unique ornamant for each of my guests, set my tables with my matching chargers and plates and used the ornament as their place card as well with a little gift tag. I did the table up with candles of all size with gold and silver ribbon curls running throughout the table complete with disco ball gold and silver ornaments. On the walls as another take home gift for my guests, I found gold/silver santa stockings and stuffed them with loads of candy for a nice take home sweet treat. I got so many compliments on the decor and everyone loved the candy idea. And you know any party would not be complete without the food. I cooked everything...little tapas, displays of fruit and cupcakes, and mini pies, turkey, ham, brisket, all the veggie sides I could think to stuff in there. I felt like friggin' Martha Stewart, but you know without the whole crazy lady goes to jail thing.
This year though, I want to go away for the Holidays. Last Christmas was not a good one, and I talked about that, and I kind of just want to spend the Holidays on a vacation. Every year I do so much for others and I enjoy it, but I need to take some me time too and this year, after everything that's gone on, I need a break to just gather my thoughts, cross over the bridge of my birthday, and celebrate the end of this year and ring in the new one with hope for new things, new everything.
On the workout front, I am sore today from yesterday. I did an old old old school workout that was designed to stretch and work muscles that one does not typically think of working and now my body is feeling it today. I sat up like, woah, dang, there, oooh, no. I decided to make today my off day to just give my body a break. I get one a week and I'm using it! Off day means no exercise, and screw the diet, eat what you want. My one treat this week, a shrimp poboy which I drove 30 minutes to go get because I love this little cajun place which they only have one of in town. I wanted that and a snapple. Just one friggin' snapple, but I went to three stores, and no one had snapple. I was a woman on edge, especially after someone steady backed into my car despite my loud honking. Jerks. I wanted that cool refreshing drink so bad, that I stopped off at a gas station to get one, but of course they didn't have it either so I setlled for a Simply Lemonade raspeberry lemonade. Normally costs about a dollar and some change...but not at Mr. gas station...2.25!!! Holy crap...for like 12 oz of drink. That's crazy. Won't do that again. I'm so mad I actually paid that, but I was absolutely starving by the time I sat down and my poboy was kind of cold. You don't understand my off days...For 6 days I eat no dessert, no sweets, no little snacks, no greasy fried food, no sugar, nothing but healthy health food, so when that one day a week rolls around...I think I would literally kill if you a) tried to take any of my food b) made any sort of joke about my insane enjoyment of this one meal a week and c)interrupted my eating. I usually black out on these days....I don't remember what happens after the first bite goes in. It's that good. I forget but a moment what its like to eat brown rice and baked chicken, but savor the grease, sugar, and fat, dripping down my throat. Foodgasm!
257/366: IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS
13 SEPT 12
Um...looks down at Calendar...correct me if I'm wrong, but its only Septemeber 13th. Oh boy, its that time again, where time actually doesn't seem to matter to retailers and they've started unveling all the Christmas stuff. I took this at Hobby Lobby. Dont' know if other states or countries have it, but its basically as the title suggest, and entire warehouse type store that caters to any hobby one may have from miniature trains, to painting, to sewing, to scrapbooking, to silk flowers, to wedding accessories...you name it, its there, but their biggest draw is definitely their party and holiday stuff. I love Christmas. I love December in general. You've got my birthday, my cousins birthday, my aunts birthday, then Christmas eve, than x-mas, than new years eve, and new years might as well be in December too :o) I get in such a good mood around this time. I love that people unite with family they see but once a year, that carolers are out singing, that their is Christmas music on 24/7, that families go shopping in their santa hats and go crazy at Christmas sales shopping days, I love the cold weather...gosh, need I go on.
I love to host parties (i guess I shall go on...hee hee) and holiday ones are the best. I learned to table scape 4 years ago and have been going nuts ever since. This one year went with a simply gold and silver theme. I bought specialty demask foil Christmas wrap which was hellah expensive and bought a unique ornamant for each of my guests, set my tables with my matching chargers and plates and used the ornament as their place card as well with a little gift tag. I did the table up with candles of all size with gold and silver ribbon curls running throughout the table complete with disco ball gold and silver ornaments. On the walls as another take home gift for my guests, I found gold/silver santa stockings and stuffed them with loads of candy for a nice take home sweet treat. I got so many compliments on the decor and everyone loved the candy idea. And you know any party would not be complete without the food. I cooked everything...little tapas, displays of fruit and cupcakes, and mini pies, turkey, ham, brisket, all the veggie sides I could think to stuff in there. I felt like friggin' Martha Stewart, but you know without the whole crazy lady goes to jail thing.
This year though, I want to go away for the Holidays. Last Christmas was not a good one, and I talked about that, and I kind of just want to spend the Holidays on a vacation. Every year I do so much for others and I enjoy it, but I need to take some me time too and this year, after everything that's gone on, I need a break to just gather my thoughts, cross over the bridge of my birthday, and celebrate the end of this year and ring in the new one with hope for new things, new everything.
On the workout front, I am sore today from yesterday. I did an old old old school workout that was designed to stretch and work muscles that one does not typically think of working and now my body is feeling it today. I sat up like, woah, dang, there, oooh, no. I decided to make today my off day to just give my body a break. I get one a week and I'm using it! Off day means no exercise, and screw the diet, eat what you want. My one treat this week, a shrimp poboy which I drove 30 minutes to go get because I love this little cajun place which they only have one of in town. I wanted that and a snapple. Just one friggin' snapple, but I went to three stores, and no one had snapple. I was a woman on edge, especially after someone steady backed into my car despite my loud honking. Jerks. I wanted that cool refreshing drink so bad, that I stopped off at a gas station to get one, but of course they didn't have it either so I setlled for a Simply Lemonade raspeberry lemonade. Normally costs about a dollar and some change...but not at Mr. gas station...2.25!!! Holy crap...for like 12 oz of drink. That's crazy. Won't do that again. I'm so mad I actually paid that, but I was absolutely starving by the time I sat down and my poboy was kind of cold. You don't understand my off days...For 6 days I eat no dessert, no sweets, no little snacks, no greasy fried food, no sugar, nothing but healthy health food, so when that one day a week rolls around...I think I would literally kill if you a) tried to take any of my food b) made any sort of joke about my insane enjoyment of this one meal a week and c)interrupted my eating. I usually black out on these days....I don't remember what happens after the first bite goes in. It's that good. I forget but a moment what its like to eat brown rice and baked chicken, but savor the grease, sugar, and fat, dripping down my throat. Foodgasm!