Not a year end review yet...it's coming! And some goal setting as well to come, but again, that's another post for another day.
This is just a run of the mill, update, which obviously has been sadly lacking. LOL! As you may recall, months ago my sweet, adorable little Neon busted it's transmission (seriously, it did it all on it's own. Even the mechanic wasn't sure what happened!) and I ordered a new car - a Mazda2 Touring to be exact. Well, we got the call the Mazda was in on December 23 and on Christmas Eve morning I brought home a 2011 Spirited Green Metallic Mazda2 Touring. Still getting used to it - the color (not yellow!) and just the car in general. Sadly, it lost it's lovely shininess 2 days after bringing it home, it snowed. I'm not complaining about the snow - we had a dusting compared to Philly and NY, but it did mess up my pretty new car. Bah!
Christmas Eve, hubby and I went to mass, then home for dinner...just the two of us. When we do Christmas at home, it's a nice tradition we have. We had a yummy Cheddar Turkey Casserole and Bruschetta. Oh. So. Good. It was nice to sit at the dinning room table with the tree lit and candles going. It really is a nice little tradition. After wards, we headed to the living room and PRESENTS! We were very lucky in our presents this year. We both received some lovely items from Santa. Apparently, he gave us the benefit of the doubt this year. ;-) After some cookies and wine, it was off to bed for us!
Christmas morning, we were both going to run, but we didn't. LOL! Instead we made a yummy home made breakfast of Belgium waffles, bacon, and coffee with eggnog. Yum! Believe it or not, that took most of the morning! It was the first time with the waffle maker, so we had a bit of a learning curve. But, in the end, we had a wonderful breakfast. We cleaned up and headed to the in-laws for Christmas dinner. We were spoiled there with presents and had a lovely dinner of lasagna. We chipped in with a yummy maple caramel bread pudding for dessert (great job hubby!), then played some dominoes. By this time it was well past 10:00 p.m. and I was exhausted, so home we went.
Sunday morning, we both got up and ran. I got a whopping 6 miles in! Woohoo! For my Saturday runs, I'm actually on plan with my training for the Disney Half. Not bad. It's those pesky weekday runs that are tripping me up. After than lovely run, I ran a few errands and then did nothing. It was nice after the busyness of the previous few days.
On Tuesday, we headed to Atlantic City to celebrate our 9th wedding anniversary. We've been going to Harrah's Atlantic City for the past few years to celebrate. It's a really nice, close getaway that has a fabulous pool. :-) We shopped a little at the Pier Shops, then hit Game On! for dinner and the Eagles game. One of the two didn't go so well...and it wasn't dinner. After the game, we headed back to the hotel. We were both tired.
Wednesday, up we were to have our quick breakfast and then lie peaceably at the pool for hours on end. It's so lovely. We got a good 5 hours of pool time in. The pool has a huge glass dome on top which allows sunlight in and the temperature is kept at a oh so wonderful 82 degrees. Ahhhh...it was heavenly... At about 4:00 p.m., we packed up our stuff, showered, then headed to one of our favorite restaurants The Continental. Dinner was devine! Champaign-o-rama to start with home made hummus and pita. Dinner was cheesesteak eggrolls and edamame. Fabulous! We headed out after dinner, gambled a bit (I won $13.80 on a 15 cent bet!), drinks at Wild Wild West, and then home.
Sadly, this morning we had to pack it all in. But, before we did so, we hit the delicious Harrah's all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet. I've messed up Operation 20 so badly that the buffet didn't even bother me. Started with a tasty pineapple with granola mix. Then had scrambled eggs, potatoes, bacon, an apple crepe, and a bite of country sausage. Then the desserts...there are so many...and they all look so good...I ended up with 2 pieces of fried cheesecake (oh.my.God.), a tasty key lime pie (individual), and a peanut butter/chocolate concoction. I believe we rolled out of the buffet. LOL!
We headed home about 11:30 a.m. and arrived home about 4:00 p.m. We cuddled our cute little Lizzie kitten, then picked up Higgy and Pooka from the kennel. Both of whom seem to be doing quite well. :-)
So, it's been an eventful week, with one more little detail I forgot to mention. One of the two jobs I interviewed for made me a conditional offer of employment. So, I will be gainfully employed come January of 2011. I start Monday, January 10, 2011 and will be a fund raiser. I suppose it's hard to get past when that's what your experience has been. So, I guess the end of 2010 turned out to be better than the beginning.
I will do a year-end review soon, but until then...Happy New Year!
Five hours of pool time! We rule.
ReplyDeletemay 2011 be merry and bright! and full of everything you hope for!
ReplyDelete@ Brian - 5 hours of pool time. We do rule. :)
ReplyDelete@ Kristin - thanks! Right back at ya! We are going to ROCK our half marathon's this year!!