something about christmas..

I've been so busy vacationing(read: doing nothing) that I have forgotten my blog.
So maybe now I'll get something written here. I might start by trying to remember the gifts I got.
Let's see..
An exercise bike for starters. Fabulous. James Bond encyclopedia, 2 other books(Kettusen kannettava & kirjastokissa), cocktail shaker which I wished for but it came with 2 margarita(!!) glasses, a scarf and socks. Nero dishes. 18 piece coffee set.. although we dont drink coffee..
I got the black&white cotton satin sheets I wished for. Though I dont think I mentioned satin on my list. Which is great since I wanted cotton satin to match my new black cotton satin sheet I bought from Hemtex. Hmm. Then we got 2 Kivi's. Chocolate. I'm forgetting something I'm sure..
Then I got the pink canon ixus 80 I've been wanting. Although I just ordered it yesterday and it is still on the way and the gift-giver doesnt know about it yet. And then we got kitchen towels.
Maybe that is all..
Break time

everything is ready for xmas

it seems that everything is now ready for the treeless xmas.. sucks really. xmas is nothing without a tree. I suppose it is going to be rather disappointing again. No tree. Very little present. A hang-over (Not me though).
I gave him the idea of driving to mom's tomorrow morning for a day and I think he actually thought about it, but it seems it is not going to happen.. As I knew it would be..

Next year I want abroad for xmas. I dont want to be here where everyone just gets disappointed.. I used to love xmas. It is just full of stress and hurt now.
lose-lose situation for me.

the only good thing about all this is the seven-day holiday I got.

fair?

why is it that the executive types, you know, people with money, get all the free wine bottles and other nice things? I've been sitting here a week now, watching people getting xmas presents.
And then there is us. The poor people. We dont have any extra money and we have to pay for our own xmas wines. Fair?

skint

Less than a week to xmas and I'm basically broke.
There is still foods and wines to buy and the possibility for a trip to Kuopio. The Kuopio trip might be seriously jeopardized because of that. I know there is no quarantees of it happening at all. I suppose I'll only know on tuesday if not later..
On days like these I really hate my job. Why cant they pay us a decent salary??

family

I started a project two days ago. A huge project. The idea is to gather information about Torola family. And create a more up-to-date family tree including us, the Finnish side.
I created a form. A simple way for everyone to tell me some basic things about themselves and their families. It's been 2 days. I've received 5 replies plus my own. It is cetainly not going as smoothly as I imagined. I dont know what to do to get people interested in this cause. Should I create a Facebook cause?
There are people who are really looking forward to the results.. Why arent the rest of the people helping us?
Anyone got any ideas how to get those people to fill the form?

it's been a while

So I thought I'd try to write a few lines.
All my xmas shopping is done. Finally. Well to be quite honest, not all of it. I think I still need to buy something small for the in-laws. Chocolate or something.
One gift is still on the way. Bought a few online this year. So easy. Saves me the trouble of going out. lol.
Yesterday I did something slightly mad. Or not exactly mad but spur of the moment anyway. I ordered a cd. Eurovision song contest 2007. The reason I ordered it was the price. 95 cents and no delivery fees. I might find some great songs in there. I cant remember any of the songs and that was only last year.

My knees are hurting. I cant sit normally so I sit in strange positions and it does bad things to my knees.

The strangest thing happened this morning but it is that sort of stuff I cant tell here. All I will say that it is a big mystery.

awful

it is quite horrible to want something so bad and knowing you cant have it. really quite awful.
Right now I should be on the car driving to the airport and not sitting at work worrying about it. One more reason why I hate my job.

The plane is landing in 14 minutes. And there'll be no one to pick him up. I'd really want to be there. really really really want to.

I was planning to go home with chinese food but there really isnt a good chinese place anywhere near here or on my way home. The best place is in Kangasala, a bit too far away.

trallallalalaalalaa.. boooored

I should stop thinking about my life. It only gets me down.
The troubling thing is that I cant get excited about xmas shopping! In the past years it has always been something to look forward to. Now I cant see it. Shouldnt say more. Too depressing.

What would be something fun and positive I could write and/or think about? I've no idea. Even when I get home I have to empty the dishwasher and put away the dry laundry.

Now I have one positive thought. Driving. Hopefully I can drive to work all week. I mean he's on vacation where would he need to go on thu or fri?

I am a bit ashamed to admit but I ate 900gs of Hornets yesterday. They are just so good and the boy doesnt like them.

I need a vacation!! I real one, not just a few days off work sitting at home.