Life with the boys and their toys

Everyone gets this feeling of joy and excitement around the holidays…some people at work already have it. I’m the one who’s waiting around for that feeling to hit me, and it never shows. I always look at the people out there shopping for christmas presents and holiday treats for their family and friends. The look is almost always the same; they look at the price, look back at the present-to-be, look back at the price and hesitantly place it in the cart. For us, it’s always a hurry. Jeff & I NEVER do anything by tradition. Every christmas/birthday we always end up giving out the presents early because we just can’t wait. It’s been 2 years since we went to 100 Mile to be with my family for Christmas and I insist we’re going this year. I’m not taking no for an answer. I’ve been asking my parents what they want for Christmas and it’s the same answer each time “I don’t know Mel, whatever you want to get us is fine”. We’ve figured out my neice’s presents and that’s about it. Jeff’s parents want us to go to Penticton for New Years and we’re still waiting to hear if Jeff can make it work with City Furniture. They said that we’ll be put up in a very nice “posh” hotel and it can be just like a honeymoon and that they’ll take care of Jacob for us. But we’ll see. I don’t think that holiday feeling will ever hit me. There’s so much to worry about when it comes to the holidays: car maintenance, credit card payments, debt, bills…..and the worry only increases after the holidays.

Enough of the pointless blog lol I’m off to clean my place.

I’m a bargin shopper. I love finding sales and deals anywhere. Since Jeff & I got married I’ve been finding deals all over the place. We’ve bought a freezer, a portable dishwasher and our latest toy…..a RCA 500 Watt amp with 6 speaker surround sound home theater system. The dishwasher was a steal at $60, the freezer was missing a leg so it was mega cheap from City Furniture and the amp & speakers were only $50!!!!! And they’re pretty much brand new too. Our latest find was a 4 peice sectional couch, with built in recliner and hide-a-bed, which we’re getting this weekend for FREE!!! It’s in great shape too. I’ve been telling Jeff that this is all our good Karma coming when we need it. We don’t really need the new sectional but we’ve been looking for something better than the futon that we have now. The futon we have isn’t some small frail wooden thing you buy from Sears. It’s  HUGE sturdy sleigh futon that weighs about 50 – 75 pounds. It was given to us by his parents when they didn’t have room for it themselves. We’ll just keep it in storage for a little bit and get as much use out of the sectional as we can. It’ll come in handy when my parents come to visit…or his parents come to visit. Plus now when we all cuddle to watch a movie, we can all fit….Jacob takes up 3/4 of whatever he’s sitting on. Hopefully now when I’m sitting on it, he won’t get between me and the back of it and slowly push me off with his knees and feet.
On another note, as of the week of the 16th, I’ll be both line cook and prep cook. I threatened to put in my 2 weeks notice and they decided to put me on the line to cook….and keep doing prep on weekends. This way I no longer have to deal with Ilonka…that bitch I hate at work. So more hours and hopefully the $1 an hour raise as well. It’s better than nothing. I’ll be working full time now, which will suck and rock at the same time. It’ll suck because I won’t see Jacob and Jeff as much but it’ll rock because of the paycheck.

Well, it’s time to sign off again. Jacob’s knocked over one of his toys and he doesn’t want to fix it…he’d rather complain about it.