Belated Christmas...but here's to 2009!

So...I am finally on "official" holidays! Whoop! I did have four days off over Christmas - just long enough to get out of "work" mode only to go back to work again! But it's not been all bad. The latest I've finished all week is 2.30 and today I got back from lunch at 1.30 and left at 2! So I'm loving it!

Christmas was good - had brunch with Mum & Dad (blueberry pancakes and fresh fruit!) and then bummed around home setting up/playing with presents and such and then drove down to Ohau to meet up with Isaac's family. We arrived just as they were pulling Christmas crackers - awkward!! Lol. Stayed there for a couple of days - just long enough to get a wicked sunburn! All thanks to our 10km bike ride!

Surprisingly I have taken NO photos this time around - I didn't bring my camera and I think I needed a break! But it was very fun, and we had awesome weather on our last day there which was nice - hence the BURN.

By the way...HAPPY NEW YEAR people! We are (shortly!) heading over to the old flat for a bbq of the good old fashioned kind. And then are planning to ring in the new year with a few people and drinks and nibbles over there.

Speaking of bbqs - Isaac got his fancy new hooded barbeque today. It's still in it's box but I'm positive we shall get much use out of it. (Thanks Deloitte tax team!) Since he's been off work he's been very diligently trying to get the house sorted - which is good of him! We've made a number of other significant purchases in the last week including a massive bookcase (which I love) and a chilly bin. (Which I do not love quite as much as the bookcase but is useful nonetheless).

Off to Queenstown on the 2nd - gonna spend a couple days there and then back to Ohau to hang for three or four days. Then it's back home and hopefully the house will FINALLY be completely sorted. Good times :)

Christmas prep!

Ugh. I'm exhausted and hungry and COLD. It's freakin freezing - what is UP with that???? You'd think it was the height of winter rather than the middle of summer.

Example: It's warmed up a little, Mozilla tells me that the temperature outside is 11c. 11!!!! It should be like 23 or something. I should no be having to wear my winter jacket when I head out - nor should I have to have three layers on or be wearing ugg boots inside. *sigh*

Bbq tonight should at least be interesting. I've made kebabs. It was supposed to be at the beach, but the weather has made that impossible. So it's here. On the eve of the Christmas eve eve party. (Like the number of "eves"?)

Speaking of which - I made a HUGE batch of peanut butter cookies for the party and I'm planning on making peach cake sometime today as well :) AND...on christmas itself I'll be making oreo cheesecake and potato salad to bring to the parentals. I love cooking. I volunteered to cook on Christmas eve so that we can have a flat tea. It's gonna be a roast chicken. Which is nice and uh...wintery.

So yes, LOTS of cooking. The final presents were bought today and there should be a picture post soon!

Holidays!!!

It's the first day of my holidays. I'm so happy!!! You don't know how glad I am that I have the rest of this week off. Work is starting to suck the big one.

Anyway, it's all busy at the moment. Figures, with christmas on.

So, to anyone who reads this - have a Merry Christmas and I'll probably see you in the new year! Yay!

Techno Geek

I am now the proud owner of not one, but two laptops. How geeky can I get??? Lol. But the new one is SO pretty. It's an Acer and has a built-in webcam and is SO MUCH faster than the old laptop. (Which I am selling btw...so I won't be the owner of two laptops for too much longer!) But oh so pretty! *sigh*

In fact, it's sitting by me at work now. Yeah, *geek*

I have spent all today cutting out elves for christmas in lieu of our pod decorations. Tim's away so it's actually quite fun :) Not that he's an old stick in the mud or anything. But he's still the TL and he's so competitive that it gets in the way of having fun sometimes. Well, at least, I feel bad if I'm slacking off!

Today's gone quick though!!!

I've finished Eragon, Eldest AND Uglies and Pretties this week so far. (I edit this post on Thursday...lazy, I know!) I'm going to buy Specials tonight so I can finish at least ONE trilogy. I hate that the Inheritance one isn't finished yet, it's sucked me in like a sucking thing. I can't wait till the movie comes out. In fact, I discovered today that KFC are giving out Eragon lunch boxes for the kids meals with toys. SO EXCITED!

I get sucked into these things too easily.

I'd actually go buy it from KFC if I wasn't so broke at the moment. I hate being broke. I can only go to Borders tonight because work gave us all $50 Westfield vouchers for Christmas. I'm not broke, broke, but I've seriously over-spent this month and I don't get paid for like another week. (Or slightly less...)

I can go home soon. 20 mins and counting...