Christmas Nazi ... not so much

I fear I have lost my Christmas spirit. A month ago I was so excited for Christmas I could hardly stand it! I wanted to put up the Christmas tree the first weekend in November - but alas, my sister Bonnie, would not let me. So we set the date - the tree would be put up on Nov. 19. So before that day I got out all the decorations, to see what we had to put on the tree. Bonnie came up with the fantastic idea - "let's do pink & silver". I absolutely loved the idea, (which also made me happy b/c it meant we wouldn't have to use her ugly tree topper - mine is silver! MUH HAHAHAHA...)



The week before the tree was to go up I became more excited everyday. I made shortbread cookies & was in the Christmas mood. I went to Walmart and bought new ornaments to match our theme. Nov. 19 came and we put up the tree. Wasn't as exciting as I thought it was going to be. Within the next week we had pretty much all the gifts bought, wrapped and placed under the tree. And after that - my enthusiasm faded. All the fun stuff was finished. There wasn't much else to do.

Last week I decided maybe I would start listening to Christmas music - to lift my spirits. So I found some "Holiday Pop" on the internet, I listened to three songs and shut it off. All of the songs were slow. What kind of Christmas music is that? I want Christmas music that is upbeat and cheery! Not slow, put you to sleep kind of music! I was not pleased. And still nothing seemed to brighten my spirit! I want to break out my own Christmas cds, but now that I'm not excited very much, I feel its now too early to listen to the Christmas tunes. I should really bake another batch of shortbread cookies - but I just don't even feel the point of it. And just this past weekend I attended a couple friends' Christmas Black Tie Gala. Fun! And I thought, "What a great way to get into the Christmas spirit! This will help me!" Well, it didn't. It was a great party, but I'm still suffering from a lack of Christmas spirit.



My next step is to start watching Christmas movies. I hope this will help me. And if it doesn't, I guess I'm pretty much doomed.



After Halloween I really was so pumped about Christmas and even half became the Christmas Nazi, just like Isabel in the Roswell Christmas episodes. But all the excitement has faded. Oh, I did buy a little Toblerone and some Whoppers yesterday, but they haven't helped.



Alright, it's time to end the madness of this blog.



Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night.

Anyone as bored as me?

BOREDOM.

Boooooorrrrrredommmmmmmmmmmmmm.

B.O.R.E.D.O.M.



Nope no matter which way I say it…I am still bored. My life never used to be boring. We all went through our childhoods having fun – being kids! Not a care in the world! We hardly had responsibilities – if any they weren’t that huge…Now I think that! Boy oh boy…Somedays I would give my left arm to go back to those carefree days. But then we grow up…move away from home and either go to college, university or just start a full time job! And then the bills start pouring in. Some of us may have lawns that need mowing, plants that won’t water themselves, and dishes that keep piling up faster than we can get to washing them! I don’t want to be bothered by washing all those dirty dishes. Or watering my poor bamboo that is in dyer need of a cleaning!! But I just get so darn lazy. When you work everyday from 8 – 5, 5 days a week, your life becomes so routine and boring. Work is boring. Half the time I could just sit here staring at the wall. And the only thing getting me through the day is the radio!! Thank goodness for music!!! And now that winter is upon us, I am driving to work every morning – it’s in the dark. Driving home at 5? In the dark! It’s DEPRESSING!!!!! It’s freaking ridiculous!! It’s FRIDICULOUS!!! (thank you chandler for the inspiration) Well then of course by the time I get home and eat supper – it’s pitch black outside! Who feels like washing those dishes then!? Please tell me!!! And the bills….come like clock work every month! And since I am the oldest and living with my younger sister, I am the one who is lucky enough to deal with those pesky things. The two things I hate the most about being on my own? Putting gas in the car!! And grocery shopping!!! Two things that I will never not be able to be without, but that I really do not enjoy. I miss the days of joining mom at the grocery store, pushing those little carts – good times, good times.


The thing that is driving me crazy these days at work - FREEZING TO DEATH! Our heating/cooling system in this building is completely wacko! No telling what temperature it will be everyday! We can cook to death in here in the middle of winter! And the summer? I've had heat stroke wearing a tank top and shorts around the office – with 3 fans blowing HOT air around!!! It’s fridiculous!!! It’s bad when winter comes and we need to have the air conditioning on! VERY BAD…Sure I have a little baby heater in my office – but it’s such a dry heat! Then I feel all sickly and just want to sleep…It is a lose lose situation here!!! LOSE LOSE!


I just wish I wasn’t at work right now…I would love to be at home, sitting in front of the tv – watching Oprah…or a movie! Just vegging…but noooo, I have to be at work! And today I get to go shopping – for coffee supplies!!! That’s right – the one thing I enjoy doing soo much! GROCERY SHOPPING!!! FOR WORK!!! I don’t even drink the stuff! I get to be the gopher! Ah, how I love my life…And these days at work, I get to be the gopher when I have nothing better to do at work! I don’t have a whole lot to do…I even get to go for work stuff tomorrow morning – that’s right! SATURDAY!!! Thank you! I’m just being way too nice of a person – I said I was going out that way anyways – so I may as well just shop for work while I’m there! Why? Why do I do this to myself? I don’t want to shop for work! Awh, well…Too late now…said I was gonna go and I can’t take it back! The only thing that makes me look forward to running errands for work? My car, Farrah…yup that’s what I named her. LOL. She’s a lot of fun to drive and with the stereo cranked I enjoy driving! But’s just sooo cold out there, it is absolutely no fun having to get all bundled up, to brave the cold and get into a freezing car – with leather seats – that feel even colder than it feels outside!! I hate having to leave any warm sheltered area behind!



Okay – well if I’ve bored you enough by reading this blog – then you are at about the same point of boredom that I have reached! I’m Valerie and today’s blog is brought to you by the word of the day – Fridiculous.

Hmmm...What to do?

Well I just got out of a pickle...I'm at work and I needed to use the washroom...So i close the stall door behind me...thinking it was a little hard to turn, but whatever. I did my business, went to turn the handle and - you may have guessed it - it was stuck!!! It just kept turning and turning!!! I WAS LOCKED IN THE STALL!!! I couldn't believe it. I didn't know what to do. There was no way i could get onto the toilet and jump over the stall wall...So I had to go under...Oh boy...That was tough...not even a foot between the floor and bottom of the door. Needless to say my back really hurts now.
So i made it out to tell my boss that the door needs to be fixed and that i had to climb underneath the door. He found it quite hilarious! As do I...but my back is killing me!! Think i could get out of work now?? lol...doubt it.
But to mark this occasion, I found some hilarious "Things to do in the bathroom stall"...Here are my favorites. Hope you enjoy.

1.Stick your palm open under the stall wall and ask your neighbour," May I borrow a highlighter?"

2.Say in disgust "Uh oh, I knew I shouldn't put my lips on that."

3. Cheer and clap loudly every time somebody breaks the silence with a bodily function noise

4. Say, "Hmmm, I've never seen that colour before."

5. Drop a marble and say, "Oh crap!! My glass eye!!"

6. Say, "Interesting....more sinkers than floaters"

7. Using a small squeeze tube, spread peanut butter on a wad of toilet paper and drop under the stall wall of your neighbour. Then say, "Whoops, could you kick that back over here, please eh?

8. Say, "I knew that drain hole was a little too small. Now what am I gonna do?"

9. Play a well known drum cadence over and over again on your butt cheeks.

Hope that made everyone's day.

Who's better - Ty or Nate?

I can't even choose between the two of them. I would rather chew off my left arm than choose between them. For those who are unaware of who I am talking about, I'll explain.
Ty Pennington, former hottie carpenter on Trading Spaces - went on to be head megaphone user on Extreme Makeover Home Edition. The rooms Ty designs are always absolutely phenomenal!! I can't even begin to explain them, but if you watch the show (or go to it's website) you'd see what I mean. And Ty is extremely cute!!!
And Nate. Nate Berkus, the "cutie pie" designer, as Oprah likes to call him. His designs are so down to earth, simple, but still so exceptional!
Both are very inspiring to someone like me, in the design field. And both of them have their own lines of household items - neither of which - might I add - are available in Canada!! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD AND PURE!
No contest!!! Yup...that left arm is looking pretty good right now.