Holiday Break
The period between Thanksgiving and Christmas is always a busy one for me. It's the mad dash to get things ready for the Christmas holiday. From polishing off the Thanksgiving leftovers to trying to get an early start on Christmas shopping to attending all of the holiday parties that I'm fortunate enough to get invited to, the days seem to speed by.
This year I also threw into the mix some home improvement activities and furniture purchases that required me to race home early just about every other day to wait on the arrival of the workers who would perform their magic. After several quick exits from work and a few no shows from the workers, I was able to get the furniture delivered and the work done. I was even able to get the wifey to delay her departure for work on one of the days to let the workers in. Once my college-aged sons were home for the holidays, I enlisted them to help in the efforts, too. Of course, they were often unhappily awakened by the loud knock on the door at the ungodly hour of 10 am.
Christmas Day went by with a breeze. The family and I made the usual rounds to visit family and friends to deliver & collect presents and to collect the delectable goodies from each stop -- Pound cake, sweet potato pie, ham, potato salad, even some barbequed ribs from one way station.
This week I get to enjoy some time off between Christmas and New Years doing absolutely nothing. There are a few tasks that I have been putting off for months that I might get around to doing but somehow I like the fact that I can just be lazy for a change. The wifey is working some this week, so the sons and I are just overdosing on DVD's, television, and the internet. We all gave the others several of our favorite tv shows on DVD for Christmas -- The King of Queens, Family Guy, Taxi, and Sex and the City. And we still have the NBA sports package, rented DVD's, and On Demand movies to occupy our time.
I guess those work projects will have to wait until President's Day weekend to get accomplished.
This year I also threw into the mix some home improvement activities and furniture purchases that required me to race home early just about every other day to wait on the arrival of the workers who would perform their magic. After several quick exits from work and a few no shows from the workers, I was able to get the furniture delivered and the work done. I was even able to get the wifey to delay her departure for work on one of the days to let the workers in. Once my college-aged sons were home for the holidays, I enlisted them to help in the efforts, too. Of course, they were often unhappily awakened by the loud knock on the door at the ungodly hour of 10 am.
Christmas Day went by with a breeze. The family and I made the usual rounds to visit family and friends to deliver & collect presents and to collect the delectable goodies from each stop -- Pound cake, sweet potato pie, ham, potato salad, even some barbequed ribs from one way station.
This week I get to enjoy some time off between Christmas and New Years doing absolutely nothing. There are a few tasks that I have been putting off for months that I might get around to doing but somehow I like the fact that I can just be lazy for a change. The wifey is working some this week, so the sons and I are just overdosing on DVD's, television, and the internet. We all gave the others several of our favorite tv shows on DVD for Christmas -- The King of Queens, Family Guy, Taxi, and Sex and the City. And we still have the NBA sports package, rented DVD's, and On Demand movies to occupy our time.
I guess those work projects will have to wait until President's Day weekend to get accomplished.
posted by On The Black Burner at 9:59 AM
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