I’m tired! It has been a very fun and quite crazy weekend. I have photos, but considering the amount of knitting I have to complete in the next week, I doubt I’ll get pictures posted until after Christmas. For now, here’s the bulleted list roundup of the eating/events:
- Wednesday after work I finished getting all my “these must be mailed” Christmas presents ready to go in the mail. I then stopped by the Steele abode to drop off Antalya’s cutest. sweater. ever. and found Jerry’s sister, Savannah, was visiting. Which then turned into us all going out to the Hamburg for dinner. Jerry and I had a collaborative meal since I wanted an omelet and french fries and he wanted a tenderloin and pancakes.
- Thursday was my holiday party at work (budget code: 707003) and I continued my yearly tradition of attempting to eat my weight in cream puffs. There was the added bonus of chocolate covered cream puffs AND a chocolate fountain this year. The chocolate covered cream puffs were tasty, but one just can’t consume the same quantity of those in comparison to the plain ones. The chocolate fountain was fun, but most people just stood around it, unsure how to proceed. Grab a skewer and plunge on in!
- Friday night was a birthday party for Colleen at her and Doogie’s place in the CRapids. They always throw really good parties. There were drinks, there was a lot of good food, and a little too much dancing in the living room. I also got to try my grip on the Nintendo Wii, thanks to some random guy who brought his along. I’m better at virtual bowling than I am at real bowling. But I can see why people are excited about that gaming system. Its really social and easy even for people who aren’t really gamers, like me. At the end of the night, I was prepared and I had brought along my toothbrush so I crashed in the guest room.
- Saturday morning I woke up way too early and headed back home where I then slept for a few more hours, waking up to find MacGyver was sleeping on my hair, pinning me to my pillow. That was interesting. I managed to rouse myself in time to run one failed shopping errand in search of Keebler Munch’ems crackers (seriously, can you get those anymore anywhere??) before heading to a cookie exchange at my co-worker Laura’s home in West Branch. It was nice to see her place after hearing about projects and such over the past couple of years. Met some nice people and Laura’s cat, Tigger, thought I was really nice. I took sugar cookies to exchange and came home with about 6 dozen assorted cookies. Knowing I was going to get all these cookies was the catalyst for the party that Rachel and I then hosted on Saturday night. We were going to be very laid back about it and just have the cookies for eating, but somewhere along the way we freaked out and made all kinds of other food. We had 23 people over, but we probably had food for 75. *laughs* But it was a really good time and a good mix of my friends and Rachel’s friends. Props to Frosty for making really great hot chocolate. He even made real whipped cream on the spot! There was a white elephant gift exchange and a round of my new Scene It game. (It was very clear who among Rachel’s friends didn’t know me because one of the guys who was on my team was just amazed that I was answering most of the questions right. *chuckle*) The party broke up around midnight and Rachel and I pushed as many bags of goodies on as many people as we could as they left. We cleaned up most of the mess that night and I got to sleep around 1:30am.
- Sunday morning I fought the bad urge to sleep until Monday and went to church with the Steele family to see Jerry sing with their church choir. It was a really nice service, the choir sounded great, and we got to sing four good Christmas hymns which made me happy. My only complaint (because I always have to have one *wink*), was that ‘Hark, the Herald Angels Sing’ was being played in a lower key than it is originally in because it was no challenge at all to sing the fun ‘Gloria’ part. Sara’s parents and grandmother had also come to town for the service and Savannah was still in town. After church, I joined them all for dinner at Bob’s Your Uncle. Then, because global warming is trying to make me crazy with this complete lack of cold and snow, Jerry, Savannah, and I joined Frosty and Jerry’s friend Mark for 15 holes of Frisbee golf at the new course out by the dog park. It was a lot of fun, I still totally suck at frisbee throwing, but its a fun time just walking and Frosty’s always very encouraging no matter how good or horrid one is. I got home around 5pm completely exhausted and not a little bit cold. I needed to knit, but I ended up just collapsing in my recliner with Mac and watching ‘Battlestar Galactica’ and the ‘Survivor’ finale before attempting to go to bed. Because the weekend hadn’t been long enough, my insomnia decided to visit and I was awake until sometime after 1am.
It was a really really great weekend. Thanks to all my friends who made it so.
But man, I need a nap!
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