• Christmas,  Mom,  Vlogmas

    Fun Day: Vlogmas Day 14

    Good afternoon! I’m late getting the vlog promoted today because it is Sunday! I woke up just before 7 and hit the ground running to get showered and dressed and on the road to church. We’ve had Sunday School and got a few (not many) groceries for Mom and our own household. We then got Taco Bell and headed over to Mom’s with lunch and her groceries. Ate with her, got her mail and headed home. It was 15 degrees when we woke up. And it’s only 24 now (Fahrenheit) as it’s 1:20 now. The relief is hitting me now of having only to worry about the house, what few…

  • Life,  Planning,  Productivity,  Uncategorized,  Weekend

    Getting January off to a Busy Start, Welcoming German Blog Readers, and This Weekend’s To Do List

    Just a pop by to say “hello”. It’s just been a bit crazy the last few days. Work has been busy, home has been busy. There have been lots of fires to put out at work, lots of changes. And I’ve been able to get month end done, but now it’s time to work on quarter end processing and then after that, year end processing – getting all those payroll tax returns done for the quarter and annually, and w-2 year end reporting done. In addition, I have been making appointments and changing appointments for Mom. Have been trying to plan our vacation in spring – flights booked, Dexter booked…

  • Beauty,  Blogmas,  Christmas,  Dreams,  Family,  Holidays

    Christmas Festive Nail Art, Dinner with Family in Town, and Weird Dreams

    Blogmas Day 14 here and here you have the “festivity” starting to come out in me with almost half of December QUICKLY over. I only have ONE more work day and then a 3 day weekend. A bit of wrapping to do, some household cleaning and then I’m also off the next Friday too, so we’ll morph toward meal planning, grocery buying, baking, and table settings. Today I went to get my nails done. I do not like red. So…I had a time picking the right red color for me. This one was supposed to be more of a berry color that was a little more rosy, but the color…