As 2008 comes to a close....

...I wanted to get one more post in! Where has the time gone?! It's been 3 weeks since my last post and I really have no excuse why I haven't written. I feel like Christmas crept up on me this year, although I have no idea why since the Christmas stuff was in stores right after Halloween this year! I started my shopping early, got my cards done and mailed out in an orderly fashion, and felt good about it all. Then all of a sudden, I felt like it was here and then it was over.

While winter tends to be the time of year that I get the blues (hence the term "Winter Blues") I have been trying my hardest to keep my mind busy. Up here in NH, we don't get out much in the winter...seeing that one day we will have a foot of snow and then the next day it's a heat wave at a high of 50! It's dark when I go into work and dusk when I get out, so being outside is not something that is done a lot. I relish Monday, Wednesday, and Friday because I get to leave for 10 minutes to go to the bank for work. I take the "longer" way just to be outside to get fresh air. I am now the lucky owner of a Sony Digital Reader. It's the best thing I could have purchased for myself and I am loving it. I download books to it, pack it in my work bag, and spend the quiet hours at worked filled with reading and passing the time. Without my trusty little electronic, I am afraid time would move very slow, so I am happy to have it. And this weekend, I did start the Disney honeymoon scrapbook. I think part of me put it off for so long because I didn't want to really deal with the fact that it was over. But I am having a great time reliving it by looking through all of the pictures...the memories still fresh in my mind as if it was yesterday. Now if only we could get our stinkin' wedding pictures back...then I think my life would be amazing!

With only a day and a half until 2009, I am working on putting together a couple of New Years' Resolutions for myself. I am not one to usually believe in stuff like that and I don't want the resolutions to be stuff like "losing 10 pounds". I really want to work on making myself a better person, so I am working on a few good resolutions that may not be easy, but will be worth accomplishing!

In closing, if I don't get back on to post anything tomorrow, I will be back in 2009 :)

If it's true what they say about bad things coming in threes, then I think I'm good for awhile...

I had every intention to blog last Thursday to keep my "Thankful Thursday" theme going. I found myself thinking of things I am thankful for last Tuesday and Wednesday and told myself to hold out just a few more days to post on the actual day! Well, Thursday came and went and I was left with my head spinning! My life has been one big stressful thing for the past week or so and I have found myself feeling cynical and pessimistic...I wasn't in the mood to try to find things I was thankful for...
So, what could be so horrible, you ask?
Well....
1. Thanksgiving Day my credit card # was stolen. Yup, just the number. I was in possession of my card the whole time, yet someone managed to rack up $1500 on my credit card buying who knows what online. If there is something to be grateful for in all of this mess, it is the fact that my credit card company contacted me about the suspicious activity and closed my account right away.

2. Brian and I still do not have our wedding pictures. It has been 4 months since we got married and nothing. And let me tell you, this photographer is giving us a run for our money. Back in September she apologized for them being past the original 6 weeks that she promised us and offered us free prints as compensation. She keeps saying "They are almost finished", but that's all she says. It's our wedding day for pete's sake! I finally grew some nerve, took the next step, and filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau, to which she responded, "You filing a complaint with the BBB doesn't make me want to get your photos to you any quicker, just so you know". (sigh) (deep breath) I have yet to find the good in this situation...

3. As some of you know, I am an advisor with lia sophia. I had a show several weeks ago for Brian's aunt and she purchased some of the wrong items. No biggie...we mailed them back and waited for the exchanges to be made. Well, after not hearing from lia sophia, I decided to contact them and see what the hold up was. I was informed that the envelope showed up destroyed and empty...no jewelry! So, someone stole the jewelry out of the package and lia sophia is not responsible for it. (sigh) I am thankful that I have a 70% discount with the company so that I can replace the pieces for her.

So, this has to be it for me right? 3 bad things have happened to me in the past week...there couldn't possible be anymore, right?! I have to keep reminding myself that everything happens for a reason and that whenever bad things happen, things could always be worse. I need to stress the word "keep" because it's been a doozy of a week. So, in the midst of my anger, disappointment, and stress, I still have things to be thankful for:

1. Brian. I know he will be on my list everytime I make one because without him, things would be a lot worse. While his calmness can sometimes add to my anger, he does his best to help me see the good in bad situations.

2. December 5th Celtics game. Who knew that when I bought the tickets for Brian as a Christmas present that I would be getting so much out of the game as well? The game was last Friday and it couldn't have come at a better time. It was the end of the worst week and the game was just what I needed.

3. My family and friends. They are always there to listen to me vent and even when they don't know what to say...just listening is enough :)

So, in closing...I am keeping my fingers crossed that this week is better than the last. I do not know how much more stress I could handle right now!