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Christmas Party this weekend

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This weekend my husband and I will be going to a Christmas / birthday party at a friends house. Well … depending on the weather. The party is out of town – about a two hour drive, so if it’s snowing or if the weather is really bad we probably won’t go, but otherwise we plan to be there.

I haven’t been to a good party for a while. I already picked out the dress I’m going to wear – a little black dress of course, and jewelry – maybe my sapphire earrings and a blue chamilia beads necklace.

Our friend that’s holding the party always goes all out. She makes dinners that are course after course after course. I mean – you sit there for hours eating! I’m thinking of maybe making a cheesecake to bring with me to the party, but knowing how much food she’ll probably make I probably don’t need to bake a cake.

Hopefully the weather cooperates and we end up going to the party. I’m looking forward to going.





Travel to a wedding or not?

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My husbands niece is getting married next June. We only learned that she was engaged in the summer, and when we spoke with her during her visit on Labor Day weekend it sounded like she and her fiance weren’t planning on getting married for a couple of years, but surprise – they’re getting married in June and it’s going to be in Mexico.

My husband has never really liked the idea of a Mexican vacation so he’s not so big on the idea of going to Mexico even for his nieces wedding. Plus … we don’t have a lot of extra money these days thanks to all of the temporary lay off that Chris has been going through at work. Still … I’ve been keeping my eye out for travel deals just in case we change our minds about going to the wedding.

We apparently have until April to make a final decision about attending the wedding, so we’ll see what happens.

My husband really needs a new job

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I can’t believe that tomorrow is the start of December! The months have just been flying by this year.

Unfortunately I’m dreading the end of the year and the beginning of the new year. Money is going to be really tight for us around that time. My husband is going to be going through yet another temporary lay off at work. A two week lay off at the end of December.

So that means we really can’t spend any extra money in December at all and more than likely it would be best to spend less than normal. Yeah … nice time of year to try to do that huh? Something tells me that come the end of December those TV commercials for payday advance loans will be looking pretty good. LOL

January will be the hardest month for us. Chris will get his normal pay cheques in December, but his his first pay cheque in the first week of January will be for zero dollars because he won’t have worked for the previous two weeks thanks to the lay off. That means that his first real pay in January won’t be until something like the 20th … so considering I’m still stuck at home on unpaid medical leave January is going to be a very tight month. I’m not looking forward to it.

I guess other than for bills and groceries there will be no extra money spent this month. So much for Christmas! I think my husband had better start looking for a new job and fast!

Thanks Giving and other holidays

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So … it seems my American friends are celebrating Thanks Giving today. I’d love to be eating turkey for dinner tonight. Yum. I’m sure most of my US friends are relaxing right now with full bellies. LOL

Speaking of relaxing, I’m sure my brother is looking forward to relaxing soon. He and his wife were in China for a vacation for the last week and a half and their on their way home right now. I’m sure they’re looking forward to getting a good sleep after their long flight.

We received sporadic emails from them while they were in China and it sounds like they had a great time. They saw the Great Wall of China, took a cruise on the Yangtze, visited Yellow Mountain and several large cities. Oh and they experimented and ate several different foods … I’m just glad they sound healthy and didn’t have to use the Blue Cross Blue Shield health savings account that I think my brother got before they went away! I’m certainly looking forward to hearing more about their trip and seeing some of the pictures they took.

Have you ever been to China? I’d love to go there for a holiday some time, but I’m not sure I’d be able much of the food. My brother wrote that they had fish at least twice a day pretty much every day and with my allergies I think I’d be in trouble!

I can’t believe it’s almost December!

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I can’t believe how fast the year has gone by. Christmas is what, less than 6 weeks away?

As usual, we haven’t started doing any of our Christmas shopping. In fact, I don’t think we’ll be doing much Christmas shopping this year. Chris came home from work last Friday with news that he’s going to be laid off for another two weeks at the end of December so we won’t be spending much money this year!

We do have a couple of friends and relatives with young kids and babies. I think we’ll concentrate on getting baby christmas presents and then see how we stand financially as to whether we can afford to get gifts for anyone else. Hey if we can’t we can’t … I know our friends and relatives will understand. We certainly don’t expect any gifts and won’t be upset if we don’t get anything.

All we really want for the holidays is for our friends and relatives (and ourselves) to be happy and healthy.

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