Ok. I've got lots to say about our Christmas, but I wanted to try out posting this video of Grace that I took this morning with my new Flip on her new rocking horse that Santa left for her under the tree!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Ok. I know it's been awhile
I've been sick! I started coming down with a cold on Tuesday, and yesterday it just took me out. So much so that I ended up leaving work early. Of course, that was after I stayed up until 2 a.m. the night before working on a report for the project manager of the project I'm on. So I went into work at about 10:45 was told by my boss that if I needed to go home because I felt bad, and then left at 3. I came home and slept, slept and slept some more. I woke up this morning at 6:30 and headed into work. I still felt sick but didn't have the sore throat I had yesterday, and am feeling better. Of course, that was before I heard the news that they are having mandatory 2 week layoffs where I work. Apparently, we will be told when we will have to take 2 weeks off in either January or February, for 50% pay. Not good, huh?! But it could be worse. There are so many people that are losing their jobs all over the country. So if this is the worst it gets for us, then I feel blessed. Of course, we don't know if this is the worst, but I'm hopeful and trusting in God.
Besides that somewhat scary news, tomorrow is my last day of work for the year. WooHoo! I'm so ready to be off of work, and take a break. I'm planning on enjoying Christmas and New Years as much as I possibly can this year.
Well, better get to bed. I'll try to do better posting. I'll have more time to do so because of being off work. Oh, and I have Gracie's portraits to post. I have to scan in a copy, but I have to tell you I'm very happy with how they turned out. And I only spent $19!!!
Besides that somewhat scary news, tomorrow is my last day of work for the year. WooHoo! I'm so ready to be off of work, and take a break. I'm planning on enjoying Christmas and New Years as much as I possibly can this year.
Well, better get to bed. I'll try to do better posting. I'll have more time to do so because of being off work. Oh, and I have Gracie's portraits to post. I have to scan in a copy, but I have to tell you I'm very happy with how they turned out. And I only spent $19!!!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
Another weekend coming
I was finally able to get back to the post that I started last week when I was having trouble uploading photos from the weekend, and I realized it's been a week since Thanksgiving already! Time is flying by.
This week has been a quiet one for us, which is good. The only bad news is that there was an announcement made at my work that there is going to be another round of layoffs in January targeted at particular product lines instead of across the board like it was back in August. Thankfully for me, according to my boss, my team is safe.
The other disappointing thing that was announced was that they are suspending the Adoption Assistance. I'm so thankful that we were able to take advantage of that for adopting when we did back in 2007, but sad for all of those people that may not be able to adopt because of they were counting on the assistance. Anyone that has gone through an adoption understands that it is costly upfront, and the adoption assistance is a big help! I hope this is a temporary thing, but who knows. The economy is in the toilet, and our management is telling us that 2009 is going to be a tough year. No surprises there, but still not easy to hear.
We hosted a euchre party here at our house tonight. We had a great time. DD1, DD2 and two others watched the kids that were here, 4 of them, while the 4 couples played progressive euchre. It was great fun as usual, but tonight we added something that we'd never done before. DH read about it online, and decided to give it a try. He set up a pot of money and asked if others wanted to add to it. The pot was for a successful loaner. The catch was that the first person that had a successful loaner won the pot until the next person had a loaner and so on, until the last person at the end of the evening got to keep the pot of money. It added even more fun to something that we always enjoy, a friendly night of cards.
We are in a euchre group that meets once a month, but tonight was with 3 other couples. It was nice for a change, and we'll still get to have our monthly get together with our regular group too. So that's fun too! All in all it was a good night, but now I'm tired and going to bed.
This week has been a quiet one for us, which is good. The only bad news is that there was an announcement made at my work that there is going to be another round of layoffs in January targeted at particular product lines instead of across the board like it was back in August. Thankfully for me, according to my boss, my team is safe.
The other disappointing thing that was announced was that they are suspending the Adoption Assistance. I'm so thankful that we were able to take advantage of that for adopting when we did back in 2007, but sad for all of those people that may not be able to adopt because of they were counting on the assistance. Anyone that has gone through an adoption understands that it is costly upfront, and the adoption assistance is a big help! I hope this is a temporary thing, but who knows. The economy is in the toilet, and our management is telling us that 2009 is going to be a tough year. No surprises there, but still not easy to hear.
We hosted a euchre party here at our house tonight. We had a great time. DD1, DD2 and two others watched the kids that were here, 4 of them, while the 4 couples played progressive euchre. It was great fun as usual, but tonight we added something that we'd never done before. DH read about it online, and decided to give it a try. He set up a pot of money and asked if others wanted to add to it. The pot was for a successful loaner. The catch was that the first person that had a successful loaner won the pot until the next person had a loaner and so on, until the last person at the end of the evening got to keep the pot of money. It added even more fun to something that we always enjoy, a friendly night of cards.
We are in a euchre group that meets once a month, but tonight was with 3 other couples. It was nice for a change, and we'll still get to have our monthly get together with our regular group too. So that's fun too! All in all it was a good night, but now I'm tired and going to bed.
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