Happy Friday

As always, with me being the payroll person, I know ahead of time about bonus's LOL. So, it's always a joke with my boss "surprise - you are getting a bonus" LOL. Though one time, last year, she truly did manage to surprise me, when she hand wrote out a check for $5000 as a bonus for the good IRS audit we went through, and then after I got it in the mail I had to record it in our accounting books, LOL.

Anyhow, for this year I am getting a $3000 bonus. Can't complain about that, considering. Sure, it would be nice to get our full 10% bonus for the year, but that hasn't happened now in a couple years. These bonus's were also not to each employee, only about half of us are getting one, and not the same amounts, so I'm grateful to be one of them (and one of the higher amounts).

All week long (my procrastinating taking over) I've been going to call a vet in the city to get dog scheduled in to have his 2 new and growing lumps checked out. There was a vet I had taken our other dog to, once, back in between the first vet office I didn't really like and then finding that mobile vet. I don't know why I wasn't going to call them, I was going to try another one in same area. So, this morning that vet office calls. Says it's been awhile since they've seen our other dog (like at least a couple years lol), would I like to schedule him for a check up? Well....what good timing you called! Unfortunately that dog passed away last spring, but I do need to get our other dog in to have some lumps checked out. I explained we had used a vet about an hour north, but that is getting inconvenient with the drive, having to wait hours, if procedure done, and nothing to do up there, etc. So, I have pup scheduled in for the 30th to get checked out and I'm going to cancel the one up north at the country vet. 

I need lots of groceries. Time for a trip in to pick up a big order at Walmart. The town grocery store doesn't have everything I like to buy and just too expensive to shop there for everything. So, I just put in an order to pick up tomorrow at Walmart at 11am. Since it's been snowy, dh will drive me. Most likely I'm going to regret that, but nothing can do about it. He will find something to complain about the whole drive there, usually before we even get on the freeway. I also need to pick up a turkey for dinner on Christmas. Walmart is showing they are out of all the frozen turkeys? I doubt it. So, we'll have to swing into Albertson's and see what they have and hopefully get a turkey. We pick up around 11 so after can stop at Wendy's or McD's and get some lunch on the way home - that usually puts him in a better mood.

It was 7 degrees this morning. Brrrr! We had a little snow last evening and dh shoveled and plowed this morning. It wasn't too much, so didn't take him too long, but he had to wear his insulated overalls, LOL.

Today is our year end company meeting at noon to 1:30. Usually we close at noon and no working after the meeting, but I guess that isn't happening this year. I was hoping it would, so I could get started on some weekend tasks a bit early. Or heck, even a nap. Oh well. Next week I am only working 2 days and then off until after the New Year. Looking forward to it!