Day: December 8, 2008

Well the cookie swap was a big success! You can see a few photos here. 

Today has been a very busy day so far. Mom took me to my piano lesson this morning.  My teacher usually has it scheduled on Tuesdays, but she had a dentist appointment so we had to go earlier than normal.  We are having the workers over tonight so I had to clean my closet (big job, believe me) and Mom has been tidying up all around the house!  Also at 7:35 this morning, I learned that one of my favorite radio talk show hosts is quitting her job in two weeks to spend time with her family.  That news deserves a sad smiley face 🙁  So it really has been quite a day. 

Last Saturday we went to the library and I got another typical batch of books. I (unfortunately) did not think to check that list of books that y’all wrote down for me a while back so I got 5 mystery books (one Agatha, one new one, one Father Brown, and two Mary Jane Clarkes) 5 teen girly guilty pleasure books (Which I refuse to share the titles of, for fear you might laugh) a knitting book, and a Tintin comic book. Thankfully, I have some cerebral reading to keep me company after I’m done with my guilty pleasures. I have re-discovered the world of Jane Austen!  Pride and Prejudice here I come!!!

Time to eat lunch!

I have a bad cold. An aggressive deadline at work that has caused us to dramatically adjust our holiday plans. It got cold enough last night that I struggled to get my pickup windows scrapped/defrosted to the point of numb fingers this morning. The Beavers will play Pitt in the Sun Bowl in El Paso which is a huge comedown from the much hoped for Rose Bowl. To top all this off, when I got on the scale this morning, I found that, due to Kelly’s fabulous, first annual cookie party and my like of discipline, I have gone backwards on my diet from down 40 pounds to down 25 pounds.

It is not all bad, though. Our ministers, Robert and Eric, called last night and will come to our house after gospel meeting tonight to spend a couple of nights with us. That is always good. I called my buddy, Eric the Luddite last night and we had a great and uplifting chat, as always. That is always a good thing, especially because he has not updated his blog since mid-October. I noticed that the weight loss death match chart was updated with most of the guys weights when I posted my staggering new weight gain. That is a good thing, even though the new, svelte Brian was NOT one of those who was faithful in posting his weight.