This year has started off rather uneventfully. We are not party people so we didn't go out on New Years Eve. We just watched Breaking Bad (wild show on HBO) and went to bed. Sometime around midnight we heard some neighbors yelling and a few fireworks but we couldn't be bothered to get up and look outside. The next morning, there were like ten cars parked around our neighbor's house. Looks like they had a huge party and we mostly slept through it.
Anyway, We got the Christmas stuff put away again, in record time, I might add. Last year I don't think all the boxes were back on the shelf in the garage until February. So I feel pretty good about that. I also cleaned out our spare bedrooms of all the stuff that I couldn't find a home for over the previous few months and just stuck in those rooms...letting it all accumulate as though I wouldn't have to deal with it some time or another. So that's done. Now I am looking at my house (as I do every year around this time) with a jaundiced eye...not liking stuff...wanting to change things...good thing I have to work or I would be tearing into it!
Two weeks from now, I go to Arizona to visit Mom and Jeri. I will also see Laura, a friend from school during that weekend. I will be glad to get out of the cold and see some blue sky. Then in February, we go to Hawaii as I think I mentioned in my last post...oops. Can't help it, very excited. I ordered a swimsuit online...which is a huge gamble because I normally try on AT LEAST 20 suits whenever I go suit shopping...never quite happy though even if I end up buying something. I estimate that I have probably bought, worn once or twice, maybe three times...20 or 30 suits over the years and then just given them away to goodwill. Anyway, I ordered THIS suit...
And the verdict is in...I LOVE it! I got it the other day and I quickly tried it on thinking, well, if it doesn't work, I will return it but will be SO disappointed! Of course, I look slightly different (not saying better or worse...wouldn't want to make the model feel bad) in my suit than the model in the picture but for me, it's probably the best suit I've tried on. The skirt is attached and can be worn higher or lower on the hips depending on how you tie it. I'm set. Polina is back from Russia and we are looking forward to visiting with her and hearing about her visit home. Michael's birthday is tomorrow and we will have dinner here with the family. He just started his job at St Luke's. He works for a pediatric cardiologist as a scheduler/front office. He is very excited to be employed in his chosen field before he even graduates! We are so happy for him. Jobs are not easy to come by for new graduates and he still has a couple of semesters to go for his bachelors in Health Studies.
OK, my day is complete! I shopped at Costco (major rat race...don't go at 10:45 on a Saturday thinking you will just get in before the crowds...EVERYONE has that idea!), washed the dog, and blogged! So the rest of the day is MINE to do with as I please! Oh, and I cleaned the kitchen really well :) Not that I wasn't happy to blog...but I get a little writer's block sometimes...
