Getting ready for Christmas

November 16, 2011

I love Christmas, especially when I have time to get ready for it. Because I’m hosting a Christmas fete (party) less than three weeks from now, I’ve had to start thinking of Christmas earlier than usual. Here’s what I’ve done so far to get ready for the season…and the party. They’re not big things but [...]

November 14

November 14, 2011

Today’s date will probably always spark a twinge of remembrance within me. First of all, it is the anniversary of when I started work with my current employer. It has been six years. I can’t remember if I ever shared the story of how I came to work there (oh, I made a long story [...]

Solo dining

November 11, 2011

Tonight I went to a sit-down restaurant for dinner. All by myself. I was a bit uncomfortable at the thought, so I bought myself a magazine as my date. Just like my first foray into a gym back in university, I thought people would be looking at me, possibly with pity, but of course everyone [...]

In bullets

November 7, 2011

I’m loving Oprah’s Lifeclasses and I’m just waiting for them to announce that they will be releasing the DVD set of the Lifeclasses in time for Christmas. Even though I’m thrifty I’ve preemptively asked my sister to split the cost of the set with me. If a DVD set isn’t released this year I’ll probably [...]