Wednesday, February 29, 2012

HAPPY LEAP DAY



I know it sounds corny but this year when I realized that February had 29 days I thought how often do we say "if I could only have an extra day to do things?" I decided that I was going to celebrate Leap Day. I took the day off from work (not a stretch since I am not scheduled 5 days do to the problem of overtime and I want to pick my day off). I decided to have dinner with friends here at the house. I play bridge on Wednesdays in the afternoon from 1-3 and thought I could even maybe do something fun in the morning. Well, it did not turn out quite like I thought. The main change was that H&R Block decided to have a customer appreciation day and I really did feel like I should participate. So I worked from 8:30am until around 12:20pm. I left work, grabbed lunch and went to bridge. I then came home and dusted and worked on the dinner. Luckily JR cooks and vacuums and thus is a big help to me. I set up the table on Sunday and I think that everything is coming together well. The day started with a chilly heavy rain but ended with sun and temps in the high 50's. The cards were good at bridge and the laughter flowed. So all in all a good day and I am glad that I chose to do it. It is not yet the dinner hour so hopefully everything will go smoothly. I am included two pictures, one of the beautiful weather and one of my table. The flowers are tulips in case you wonder.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY


Inspirational quote of the day
Before you go to bed, write down three ‘gratefuls’ for the day and three ‘did wells’ (they can even include something as simple as doing the laundry)—the results can be amazing!
- Carol Burnett

I liked this quote. Somedays coming up with three "did wells" might be hard but it is an interesting idea. Last week and this week are the two killer work weeks. Counting yesterday (our work week is Saturday - Friday) I am scheduled to work 55 hours this coming week. I think my time card said 57 for last week. Even though I was exhausted yesterday and fell asleep in the recliner at about 8:10pm I do not feel as drained as normal. We will see though at the end of this week. Today is Super Bowl Sunday and pretty much everyone I polled at work (fellow employees and clients alike) all said that their team was not in the game. Therefore they were rooting for whichever team did not beat their favorite team. Personally I think that I am looking forward to the commercials. I saw the one with Matthew Broderick already and it is good. I always love the ones with the Budweiser clydesdales. So we shall see which is the best. I am posting a picture taken from our deck this morning at about 8:30AM - brrrrrrrrrr!!!!