The tree is trimmed! It looks beeeaauuuutifulll! There was more food than we all could eat, you see i think the potluck snack got out of control. I cut up apples and pears and made both stringing and edible popcorn. No big deal. We had cheese and crackers, some leftover donated sweets, a pile of chocolate, chex mix, super special secret mexican dip, italian spinach artichoke dip, sushi, and shrimp in thai peanut sauce. You see we started simple and just got a little crazy. S'okay, it was a multicultural event i guess. Top it with some mulled wine and we were ready to cozy up for the reading of Child's Christmas. Popcorn and cranberries were strung, lights added to the tree and then in a flash we were opening the treasure chest of ornaments that had lain dormant for two years in the attic. Each had stories, but one was completely unfamiliar...upon closer inspection the glass around the top contained the signature of my glass blowing friend! I was exhausted by the time everyone left though. I wonder if i can get them to come back for the untrimming ceremony in January?~w

Yesterday went swimmingly, and if i get to work here i'll have plenty of time to relax and enjoy the gathering this evening. The weekend will be dedicated to cards, evites for my birthday and last minute shopping before shipping. Ah, the holidays. But, i'll have a decorated tree to make it feel more spirited in here.

There's a bit of stress in the office right now. It makes going in there later today less appealing, but since part of the problem is one employee's jealousy over my being able to work at home (and getting yelled at when she tried to do the same) i suppose i should help sort things out.~w

My goal is to start work at 9:30am today. Fortunately i don't have to go far because i'm working at home this morning. Yippee!

In other news...I started circuit training at the gym on Monday and after completing my second day of it yesterday i have to say it kicks butt. Most definitely mine anyway. I was a sleepy puddle when i made it home last night. I also made headway on the gift shopping yesterday, so i feel like i'm a little less behind the eight ball. I still have cards to write and send, but i'm saving that for the weekend. Tomorrow is the tree trimming party so tonight a couple of friends of mine are coming over to rehearse Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales which we plan to perform as a gift to our friends. It should be fun.

Okay, gotta get working...~w

I had the fortune of being a guinea pig yesterday. Okay, okay, i didn't grow fur and floppy ears and all that. But i was the experimental body for a friend's first stone therapy treament. I'd never had one before, so there was nothing for me to compare it to, but i must say that i was pleased with the way i could turn my head to both sides with no pain for the first time in a week when it was all done. Even the chiropracter hadn't been able to do all that for me. So, i feel like a new woman today. Unfortunately this new woman is still pokey in the morning and is running late again. I suppose it's the lack of things to do at work that have me puttering...but i need the work. I'm thinking the website is on my list of things to mess with today.~w

By the end of yesterday i was just exhausted and crashed. That means that i still haven't sent out evites for my first ever 30th Birthday party. I suppose if i want to have a party i should tell more than two of my friends about it. Only 18 shopping days left. The party will be in West Seattle not Asheville though.

Anyway, i don't have a new roommate. But i might have a new roommate. My friend who was going to move in decided to move back in with her boyfriend. Then i got a call from my other friend who just blew into town and he's wondering if i'd let him move in the room. I haven't decided yet. I realized this weekend how much i like to have space to myself. We'll see though, my finances my dictate otherwise.

Now i must off to work to pay the bills...~w

The holiday show came off splendidly. Granted it took most of my energy yesterday worrying about it. I got my phone calls done and started Christmas shopping. Can't tell you what i got...it's a secret.

A friend blew back into town by a twist of fate and i've been busy catching up. I seem to not have a roommate at this point. Who knows what the next week will bring.~w

Yesterday's whirlwind is done. Whew! The long and the short of it is that my friend and i found a place in Enka to pick out a lovely Frazier Fir and then the nice gentlemen tied it and cut it for us. I had to borrow the neighbor's hand saw to chop of the knots so it would fit in my stand, but now it's drinking deeply and standing majestically in my living room. It clears the ceiling by only a foot so it's by far the largest tree i've ever had. The house smells wonderful and i can hardly wait to trim it with friends this coming Friday. I had another friend stay the night and try to catch some rest after breaking up with her boyfriend, but she is off today to sort her life out. Today i need to finish memorizing poems for tonight's holiday show and vacuum the house. I'm thinking about shopping for christmas, but haven't gotten up the nerve to start that yet. I might at least get some cards to kick it off. I'm ready for the weekend to be over so things might slow down again.~w

It's december 2nd and i just realized that despite the reminder in my inbox i totally blew posting something about World Aids Day . You should check out the information posted by Kim and Andy on their sites.~w