This morning I see my mom's state tax return is now in the "Payment being processed" stage, so that's good news. If I can ever get her SS payment, then I can finally get her checking account closed up. One less thing to monitor/track.
Yesterday afternoon dh went ahead and stained the various pieces of the board he cut up. Yay! Not that it would have taken me very long, but so glad it's all done now. He's just waiting on some outlet covers he ordered. And then he can shove all his crap back in that corner, again, LOL.
I got woken up early by neighbors barking dog(s). Finally I just got up. They must not be home, as usually when I am heading into my kitchen I can see their dining room light on from my dining room window and it was dark. Then dh got up at 8. Way early for him. He couldn't sleep because of the dogs. He said they've been barking off and on since last night.
We finally got to give our FedEx delivery driver her Christmas gift! FedEx is the least of the deliveries we get, but we still get deliveries from FedEx off and on all year. She's been our driver for a few years but it just never worked out in December that FedEx delivered anything to us. Yesterday dh was walking out of the shop and saw her pull into our neighbors. He hollered over to her to not leave yet and he ran inside and got the big box of chocolates to give her. Thank goodness - I was getting tired of seeing that big box sitting on my kitchen bar countertop! Dh said she looked at the package and said "One wrapped this, didn't she?" LOL.
When we stopped at the lumber store yesterday, one of the customers had this big dog with him. Not sure what breed, but it sure had a huge head. And it was so friendly, it just wanted to follow me. I told dh I don't know what his name is, but I'm naming him Big Head Fred. LOL.
I'm happy for the weekend to be here. No work and no schedule for 2 days. I guess I should wrap up this post and get myself some breakfast.
We used to give chocolates for Christmas to the office staff at our kids’ school. I always tried to wrap them extra carefully. One year, I used raffia, and put small jingle bells on the raffia bows. DH was on that run, and he said they laughed and said “Don’t try to tell us you wrapped these!”
ReplyDeleteWrapping gifts is probably my favorite Christmas activity. I think I told you that this year I laid the presents under the tree around noon in Christmas Eve Day. They never went out before nightfall, and usually well after the younger ones had gone to bed. As shocked as they were to see the gifts, DH and a kid mentioned that they enjoyed being able to admire the wrapping in sunlight for a while. But yeah, by February a gift on the kitchen counter would start to annoy me too!
(Meg B.)
DeleteI appreciate a beautifully wrapped gift, but have no knack. I bet she was happy to get a huge box of chocolates well after Christmas. There's too many treats almost, and the long winter is a perfect time to break out a gift.
ReplyDeleteI figured better late than never ;) I was almost ready to break into the box myself LOL
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