Christmas Cats

Manny & Minky wish you all a Merry Christmas! They love the Christmas tree, ribbons and wrapping paper this time of year.

Happy Holidays!

I hope everyone has a happy holiday season! I am off to visit my family for a few days.

Time for a Break

Today is my last day at work until January 5th! I am so excited to have a break, even though I will need to do a little bit of work from home. I work in corporate finance, so quarter ends and year end are important...it just goes with the job. At least I can do my work in my pajamas on the couch. I leave tomorrow for Vegas (1 night) and then on to California for the rest of the week. When I get home I will have an entire week off work to relax. Yay!

Jenny Craig: Week 3

I lost 2.2 pounds this week bringing my total to 6.6 pounds in 3 weeks! I had a good week that balanced JC food and eating out/my own food. I went out to lunch twice and made a crustless pumpkin pie that I ate for dessert 5 nights since I love pumpkin pie this time of year. I am glad I had a good weigh in today because this next week is going to be hard. I am hoping to just stay the same over the next week since Christmas and being out of town will be a challenge. I am still really happy with the JC program.

Hoping for Good Weather

Who would have thought I would have to worry about the weather in Vegas??? My Christmas trip has us going to California with a one day stop in Vegas. My husband's parents are driving out to Vegas from CA as well. Hopefully the craziness will stop since we fly from here to Vegas on the 23rd, then Vegas to Orange County on the 24th and finally Orange County back to VA on the 26th. I am really hoping the weather across the country clears up and doesn't cause us any problems since we don't have any room for delays. I paid a fortune yesterday to ship all the gifts to get there by the 24th and I want to be there to see them opened.

Thursday Thirteen: Holiday Songs on My iPod

1. A Great Big Sled - The Killers

2. Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonite) - The Ramones

3. Christmas in Hollis - Run DMC

4. Last Christmas - Wham!

5. The Chipmunks Song - The Chipmunks

6. The Chanukah Song - Adam Sandler

7. Mele Kalikimaka - Jimmy buffet

8. All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey

9. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2

10. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Temptations

11. Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses

12. Christmas Blues - Willie Nelson

13. Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley

No Blue Food

I don't like blue food...except things that are naturally blue, like blueberries. Well, I learned on Top Chef this week that there are NO blue foods because blueberries are purple...so says Tom Colicchio.

Jenny Craig: Week 2

Week 2 is over and I lost 0.8 for the week. I was hoping for more, but am ok with it since I had a good loss last week. I was not able to work out all week since I'm still recovering from a concussion and whiplash. There was some food that wasn't so great this week (shelf stable food rather than frozen) so I told my consultant that and I will avoid it in the future. I was able to choose all my own food today for week 3 so I have no excuse for choosing to eat something else.

Regifting

Ok, who out there is a regifter? I have heard a lot recently on the radio and on the internet about regifting. Some say there is a certain etiquette to it and some think it's not ok at all. I have received quite a few gifts that I have never used, but I didn't give them to someone else. I do admit I did once regift because we received 2 of the exact same thing when we got married so we gave one away because we really liked it and thought someone else would too. (We didn't register for gifts so there was no way for us to return it.) We weren't trying to get rid of something that we didn't like. Other than that, I think regifting is tacky because gifts should be thoughtful and if you give away something you don't like, it's showing you don't care about who you are giving the gift to (which may be the case). I am pretty sure I was the recipient of a regifted gift not once, but twice, by the same person two Christmases in a row! It actually bothered me since it is someone close to me. The gifts were so impersonal and not something at all I would like that I am pretty sure they were regifted. After the second time I just stopped putting a lot of effort into what I got this person going forward for gifts. I actually enjoy trying to find things people would like. So to everyone out there...don't take the easy way out...put some effort into it and get people something they would really like.

Update on My Head

My head is feeling a lot better, but not 100% yet. I am able to work today so that is a good sign. I am still trying to take it easy so I may leave early today.