Archive For The “Holidays” Category

Slacking in this blog

By | December 23, 2011

I’m back home for a week now and I’m still not in the mood to blog.  The travel bug is still in me, and jet lag is not exactly over yet. I’m still thinking of Bali!!! There are a lot of the above kind of statues which I gather are some deities for protection, not [...]

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Turkey pick up

By | November 22, 2011

The company for this location I am at gave out turkeys for its employees again. As far as I know this is a tradition the first owners started way back early 1980. I’m not sure if it actually started back in 1800′s.  The above picture was taken yesterday whe the two truck loads of turkeys [...]

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What to do on stay-cation

By | June 30, 2011

I am off work starting tomorrow, Friday, all the way through Tuesday, day after Fourth of July (USA’s Independence Day).  I wanted to spend my savings on a trip to Duluth but decided not to coz my sis mentioned she, her family and our mom are going to Bali end of the year.  She asked [...]

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My 2010 Christmas present

By | January 4, 2011

I left really early on December 23rd, 2010.  There was only me and another admin (M) in the office that day.  See how hardworking these admins are!   M said she wants to leave at 11:30 to get her groceries done which also to avoid the human traffic on 24th.  She said i should leave around that [...]

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Overeating during the holidays

By | December 7, 2010

Halloween candies are still lingering around the office area. My co-worker bought too many bags for Halloween, instead of leaving them in the house where her toddlers and adolescents begin to get sugar high every day, she brought them to work for us.  I actually take one  after my lunch and that’s been going on [...]

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Lots to be thankful for

By | November 29, 2010

Thanksgiving is tomorrow.   We will not be going to my BIL’s since the weather is going to be very bad.  Even BIL said don’t hit the roads.  So, we are having our own Thanksgiving dinner. I received an email from my RCIA program director on Monday telling me she left me a Thanksgiving basket and [...]

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Crappy weather

By | November 23, 2010

The weather this past weekend was so crappy.  It was raining and it turned to freezing rain which means ice on the wind shield and worse is on the roads and  I was out in the evening on Friday.  I was all over the place trying not to slid and slide onto other cars or cross the [...]

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Post Christmas

By | December 28, 2009

Hello peeps, hope you all had a good Christmas with your love ones and friends.  I know I had a good one, a very memorable one.  Hubby didn’t come back which I have already expected.  So I wasn’t disappointed at all that he was not here.  I was prepared. I spent my Christmas eve morning [...]

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By | December 22, 2009

Christmas is just three days away.  How time flies.  This year will just be me, myself, I and the three dogs.  DB is staying in TX.  I asked if his mom and family are all prepped for Christmas.  He said the only thing they did for preparation was setting the tree up but no decorations [...]

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By | November 30, 2009

Thanksgiving came and gone. I had a very good Thanksgiving dinner with a church member, B, and his family. We ate and ate, non stop since I arrived at their home. His daughter, hubby and 7 kids live with him and his wife, so the house is just bustling with kids, music, piano banging away [...]

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Labor day cook out

By | September 8, 2009

The long weekend (3 days off) came and gone.  Labor day was on Monday, Sept 7, it was also the last day of Minnesota State Fair.  I didn’t go this year.  Aafter Labor day, it sure seems like falls creeps right in right away.  Leaves on the trees and shrubs are already turning colors.  Beautiful [...]

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Happy 2009!

By | January 1, 2009

Here’s wishing everyone who drops over here to my humble blog a very Happy New Year! May 2009 brings each and everyone bountiful of whatever they are wishing/hoping for. glitter-graphics.com I still cannot believe 2009 is already here.  The days in 2008 absolutely went by very quickly for me.  The saying, “The older you get, [...]

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By | December 27, 2008

When out this afternoon to meet up with Nicole for a Thai luncheon.  It has been a long time since we last met.   Man, we chat a lot, but that’s good.  It is much easier to chat in person than online.  For some reason when I type a conversation out, there are a lot of [...]

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

By | December 23, 2008

(Picture taken from our backyard)

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Where is the tree?

By | December 19, 2008

So many folks is asking me if I have put our Christmas tree up.  The answer is yes, I put the tree up with some holiday decor, too. This is the only “tree” I can find.  It’s sitting on my office cabinet.  It is a gift from my coworker.  The card was from my sister [...]

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