I'll be home for Christmas

That's right, I'll be in Salt Lake for the next week. I'm flying in tonight, and barring any blizzards, will be sleeping at my parents house in the beach room. The week is jam packed with activities, and I don't know how I'll be able to visit everyone that I want to see. So....I've decided to send out an open invitation to anyone who wants to see me in person.

I'm going to be getting my shredded pork salad fix taken care of at the Cafe Rio in Fort Union (6985 South Park Centre, Salt Lake City, UT 84121) on Tuesday, December 30th at 6:30 pm. Now you know where I'll be at that point, so it will be fabulous if I see you there. If not, I should be back in town sometime in the summer when I come back to visit my new niece/nephew.

loves!

Work can be interesting

A couple weeks ago our lovable, squirrel pin-wearing, office manager sent out an email letting us know that we would have an artist in the office to draw caricatures of everyone. She had a nice little schedule of who would be going first, and made sure to let us know that if we would not be present it was required that we provide a photo that the artist could work from.

We all thought it was quite silly and could think of no logical reason that she had decided to do this. After it's come and gone I still can't think of any good reason, but I must admit that I like my picture.

I heart Christmas time

I really do love Christmas, I love how people are nice to each other and more worried about others' needs. I like the lights and the hot chocolate and the treats and the trees. I like setting up nativity sets, and all the songs, and I like getting days off work.

But I have to admit that I'm tired. I just looked at my calendar for the month and there are four nights that don't have anything scheduled. I'm looking forward to the actual day for some nice r&r with the fam.

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.....

Last night I roasted chestnuts for the first time ever. I used a regular old oven since there are no open fires in the vacinity, but it was still pretty cool. I don't think I cut some of them deep enough, but the ones that I did opened up quite nicely.

It's kind of fun to shell them, it's the same sort of satisfaction as getting a big chunk of wallpaper to come off all at once. And then when you get them out, it looks like you have a bowl full of little brains. It made me wonder why roasting chestnuts is a Christmas thing instead of a halloween thing.

Comcast Woes

Some of you may have noticed that just an hour after I put up the posting "Verizon Day" detailing my difficulties in dealing with Comcast, someone from the company commented on the post. I was quite amazed with the speed and efficency in which they stalked and commented on my blog. I can only regret that their customer service lacked that efficiency while I was still a customer.

Now, one of my friends is having similar difficulties with Comcast. Since she moved- in September mind you- her cable and internet has not been working properly. She's had three technicians come over and tell her the same thing, and also tell her that they'll put in an order for someone to work on the outside line. Each time someone new comes over that can't fix the problem, they start at the very beginning and three months later the problem still has not been fixed.

Being the smart girl that she is, she decided to email the Comcast guy that commented on my blog to see if he could help her out. I'll be very interested to see if he actually comes through on the offer, or if his comment was just for show.

......I'll also be interested to see if they comment on this post as well.

I....

I am ready to leave work
I know a bit about the U.S. immigration system
I want someone to kiss on New Years
I have papers all over my desk
I wish I didn't have to worry about paying bills
I miss mountains, and quite a few people that live at the foot of those mountains
I fear cops, but only when I'm driving, the rest of the time I'm a perfectly upstanding citizen
I feel like it's a good idea not to look at my 401k until 2017
I hear Christmas music
I smell not much of anything, but some dinner would be great
I crave a big hamburger and french fries after skiing all day
I search imdb.com on a regular basis
I wonder where I will be in a year, because what I plan rarely works out
I regret not being nicer to Sarah when I was younger
I love it when I grab the exact number of envelopes that I need for the stack of paper in my hands
I care about the environment, but not enough to wake up an hour earlier and take the metro to work instead of driving
I always tie my straw paper in a knot to see if someone is thinking about me
I am not going to mind driving home in Bev's BMW tonight
I believe that God has a plan for me
I dance whenever I hear a good beat
I sing in groups of six or more
I don’t like seeing roadkill, it makes me very sad
I fight waking up before 8am
I write my signature like a doctor
I lose sleep when there is something on my mind
I win at speed scrabble more often than not
I never like listening to voicemail
I listen to music whenever possible
I can recite from memory most of the lines from The Hunt for Red October
I need eleven positive touches a day to stay healthy