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Exhausted – time for bed

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I think I’m going to go to bed early tonight. Believe me when I say that’s a very rare thing! I never go to bed early – never! I’m a true night owl.

I’m exhausted. I’ve been cooking all week though and I think I’ve totally run out of energy. I’m pretty much falling asleep on my couch and it’s only just about after 8 pm!

I think I’d better figure out what I’m going to wear tomorrow for Christmas dinner at my in-laws and then get ready for bed. Our holiday gatherings at the in-laws are usually fairly informal, but I think I might wear my sapphire earrings and a white gold chain just because it”ll be Christmas day.

OK … I must go … it’s time to sleep! Hopefully Santa visits in the night – I’ve been good!

Time to refinish our basement

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I am so tired of looking at my unfinished basement. I pretty much can’t stand going downstairs – except of course to do the laundry or to store extra supplies. So … I’ve resolved to start refinishing the basement some time in the new year – probably in the spring.

I don’t really want a fancy finished basement, just something practical. You know – since the basement is small half the area would be for the furnace and laundry and perhaps some extra storage and the other half could be finished like a den or rec room with cozy couches, a reclining chair and one or two modern coffee tables.

If we’re really smart about it, the couch will be a pull out so we’ll have some extra sleeping space for guests. We do have two spare bedrooms upstairs but sometimes we have several guests stay over and having an spare bed in the basement wouldn’t be a bad idea. Not at all!

Do you still have an unfinished basement or did you bite the bullet and finish your basement?

A quick shopping trip

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When my husband got home from work tonight we hopped in the car and drove off to the closed Costco. We had to get there before the store closed at 8:30 pm and my husband hadn’t returned home from work until about 7:45 pm!

Needless to say once we got to the store our shopping trip was rushed. I only had to pick up one thing, but well, you know how shopping trips go – I think we ended up buying about 5 items! The most expensive thing was a therapy light that I need to use for Seasonal Affective Disorder .. my doctor seems to think I might be suffering from S.A.D. . I don’t think so but it’s worth trying for a couple of weeks – I did make sure that I could return the light!

While we were in line to pay for our items my husband noticed that the man in front of us was wearing radii shoes. Now he wants a pair. I have to admit that they’re kind of cool looking sneakers. Hmmm … maybe for Christmas.

Oh .. once we got home it started snowing heavily so we just made it home in time! I’m glad we didn’t have to drive in that storm!






My dog is obsessed with cardboard

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My dog is a nut. She’s crazy for cardboard. Right now she’s pestering my husband by throwing small pieces of cardboard at him.

She’s literally tossing the pieces from her mouth so that they land on his chest. He happens to be lying down on the couch so her aim is pretty good from where she’s standing.

It’s hilarious.

When she’s not throwing the cardboard at us, she’ll chew it up or roll around on her back while she chews on a piece, or she’ll chew a small piece in her mouth like gum.

Now she’s throwing pieces at me … LOL the piece she threw at me says Téléphones cellulaires I guess it’s from a cell phone box.

Does your dog do silly things or have an obsession? My dog, Midnight, literally comes running if she hears us opening up a box or sees us getting ready to throw away something made of cardboard.

Nephews first home

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One of our nephews just moved out on his own recently. He’s so proud of his new home.

He actually invited us over to his new place earlier this week for dinner. His new home is just a bachelor apartment, but he’s decorated it nicely. Of course it’s a real guys place … He’s even got one of those pull up bar’s in a door way. LOL

I was surprised how well he could cook. He made us a nice chicken dinner. I’d be happy to have dinner there regularly. I think he’s going to do fine on his own.

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