Domestic Geek

OK, I've been crocheting away while I've been watching The Polar Express on ABC Family channel. I love that "Hot Chocolate" song from that movie. The animation is a little weird, but still a good story. I've got almost 23 feet of garland done up to this point. Yay, me!



There's a classic Christmas show marathon on ABC Family most of the day tomorrow. I'll have to check it out while I'm decorating. It's supposed to be in the 60s tomorrow, so hopefully I can get most of the outside stuff up before Marcus goes to work. Since the company Christmas party is tomorrow night (and we're not going because Marcus is Mr. Antisocial and I can't go by myself since I'm only part time), they're closing the whole place down so people can attend. They're a 24/7 operation, so the place to be totally shut down is rare. Marcus is using that time to take the networks down and do some work he's been itching to do since he started there.

I had intended on watching my Netflix DVDs early in the week so that I could have Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest here for this weekend's viewing pleasure. Oh, well.

I found a treetop star that $7 at Ace Hardware of all places. Every other one I saw around town that lit up was expensive and ugly.

Marcus is finally starting to get better and I've not succumbed to the nasty bug. I was feeling a lot better today myself. We got the tree up into its stand and it is all ready for lights and decorations. I came to the horrible realization that I don't have a tree topper. Mine shorted out last year and I had intended to get a new one this year. I also threw out my old two sets of multi-function lights that had been my mother's that were acting wonky and was going to get replacements this year. *sigh* At least feeling a little under the weather the last couple of days accomplished one thing—I got quite a bit of my crocheted popcorn garland completed.

I went to the graveyard today to visit my mom's grave. It is still hard to believe that she passed almost 10 years ago (1/4/97). Whenever I start decorating for Christmas, I start missing her terribly.

There's been a sudden unexpected slowdown of incoming jobs at my workplace. I only got to work two hours yesterday. I had a major meltdown on the way home. It's looking like full time there is not going to happen in the near future. I've got to find some other income sources. I'm so tired of scraping by and being a burden on Marcus.

Our little group to go tree hunting gets bigger every year. Our group totaled 10.5 people this year. Not too shabby. Of course, Marcus being as sick as he is probably shouldn't have been out traipsing around in the woods, but he was and we have our tree. I'll post pictures in the gallery tomorrow. I have to do some serious color-correcting on the polaroid we got with Smokey the Bear this year. We had dinner at a neat little restaurant in Woodland Park called Fiesta Mexicana or something like that. I had a carnita burrito. Very tasty. I had to drive home and I've decided that I hate driving from Colorado Springs to Denver on I-25. There is nothing but a sea of white lights in your face the whole way. Gives me a huge headache. Anyway, I guess I'd better go help Marcus wrestle the tree into the house.

I took a much needed blogging break yesterday. I spent the afternoon helping Marcus organize his office at work. I designed my Christmas card in my head, so I'm going to making those over the next couple of days so I can get them in the mail by early next week. If you want one, just send me your snail mail addy via email. Then I painted some more wooden balls for my crocheted popcorn garland. As soon as I do some posting here, I'm going to crochet while watching Ugly Betty on ABC's website. Since we lost our East/West coast stations from Dish Network on Thursday (all thanks to FOX, we later found out), there are just some shows I'm not going to be able to watch if they don't have them on their web sites. The senate has a bill to allow some "distant channel" services for some satellite subscribers, but even if it passes, Marcus and I won't be eligible. *sigh* That sucks. I really liked having the New York affiliates. Oh, well. We went ahead and downgraded out satellite package, as well. If only we could get rid of shopping channels, public interest and religious stations. That is over 30 channels right there that I will NEVER watch. What a waste. I really wish they would offer an a la carte type system, like pick 50 channels YOU WANT for $39.95 or something. Maybe someday.

Well, I actually managed to get the meal on the table. The turkey turned out really good. My mixer bit the dust, though, halfway through making my whipped potatoes. Boooo. I ended up just mashing what was left by hand. I followed Cass' sweet tea recipe and it came out yummy! Thanks, Cass!

Stupid Broncos lost again. I don't think there has been a season that I've been this unmotivated about them. I know a lot of that had to do with my mind being on other more important things for most of the season, but I am just not feeling the fan in me this year. I kept switching over to SPEED to see what was going on with the PINKS marathon. I really love those drag racing cars with the NOS that need the stabilizer bars in the back to keep them from flipping when they take off.

I'm procrastinating cleaning up the disasterous mess I made in the kithcen, but I need to move my butt because I do have to go to work in the morning. I need rest after not getting any last night. I'm still having some horrid cramps and those always wipe me out physically, too. Hope everybody had a wonderful Thanksgiving!