It's Christmas!!

What a fabulous few days it has been. We had our office party last Friday... oh my goodness... there was sooooo much food. We all had enough to eat plus tar pow too! And I joined some of the DS folks for dinner at Astons that night. It was my first time going there and the food is really good and very reasonable too :-)

Saturday I went bead shopping, then I went for a much-needed massage!! And I made 15 new earrings over the weekend... I'm quite proud of myself actually (*patting myself on the back*). These were bolder and a little less sweetie-pie which doesn't quite grab the DS folks. Here are some pics of some of my faves -


Last night was the best though. I went to midnight mass with my catechumens. A was so sweet, she went really early and got us the front pew right smack in the middle. D was scheduled for duty at the 9pm mass and wanted me to go with him but I had wanted to go to the midnight with my cats. So what's a girl to do? Go with the husband and sit alone or go with my cats and have friends around me? As it turns out, the big guy up there solved the problem for me. F called yesterday afternoon. His family were all going to be at the 9pm mass while he was rostered for the midnight, so he asked to swop with D. It was perfect!! D got to rest a bit before going to mass and I got exactly what I wanted :-) It was an absolutely beautiful mass... I almost got as bad as A (she weeps at everything)... sigh... I still get teary eyed just remembering the celebration. After mass, J invited us back to her flat and we gossipped there till 5am.

And this morning, I dragged myself out of bed to go to Cold Storage to buy veggies for Christmas lunch with the family. It was so much fun (the lunch, not the grocery shopping)! Mandy tried to help me find a nice skin for my blog but I think I got distracted. Well, I'm beginning to grow into this skin... it's so bare it's almost zen... hehehehe...

ooohhh yes.... Iggy bought some balloons and we tried our hands at balloon twisting. You should see Iggy go and then you should see what he twisted go too.... hahahaha... he's so funny, feeling all important and professional twisting those balloons... you can see it on his face! hahaha... I'm glad I still remember how to make the dog that Jan taught me at the chalet ;-P

Hmmm... what's happening tomorrow? I was supposed to be on leave but there is something I must do and I was also asked to help out at the Amazing Race so I will go in early and cancel my leave for the morning. We're having a bbq at night too so I need the afternoon to buy and prepare stuff. ooohhh... look at the time. I have to report in tomorrow morning at 8! If not for blogging, I would be asleep by now... I only got max 6 hours sleep the last 2 nights combined and have been on the go since 8 this morning.

Paused a bit there to go over my weekend... it was a blast and I managed to do everything I wanted to do, even going to midnight mass and for that and everything else, I only have Him to thank. He makes all things possible :-)