The economy has clearly gone down the shitter this year because I have not gained any weight due to the over indulgence of chocolate and cookie eating thanks to our many suppliers who gift us with baskets every year. Why have I not gained any weight you ask? Well because we have only received ONE basket. Either everyone is late in thanking us for business or everyone hates us, and with the lack of Christmas cards I have personally received this year, I’m pretty sure that is the case. Talk about a year of Hate. It goes both ways.

So last night I treated my dear cousin to a home made dinner while she treated me to some Little House on the Prairie. See I told you she would bring it. It felt like dinner took me forever to make, but really it was only an hour. The sausages always take longer then I expect. Elise and I both feel the same way about Italian Sausages in that we hate them, unless that are in a bun. (Insert Bum Sex Joke Here) However, with my magical new Sausage recipe (that converted me from a sausage hater to a sausage lover) I was also able to convert Elise. See, magical.

Now, you see, with this sausage recipe, I needed to partially cook the sausages in the oven in a baking dish with a lid. So once it was done I took it out of the oven, removed the lid, dished out the goods and then went back to replace the lid to keep Chads sausages warm. Only problem was, my brain wasn’t working and I reached for the lid with out an oven mitt on. I picked it up and held it trying to figure out what sensation was coming from the tips of my fingers to my brain. Oh, wait, I know what that sensation is…BURNING. After a minute of holding the frickin burning lid I realized what was going on but couldn’t just drop it because it was glass and I didn’t want to break it so I gently placed it down, allowing for more burning damage to occur to my finger. For the LOVE OF JESUS. My thumb was a little damaged by my right index finger was about to fall off. I have never experienced a burn that bad in my life. I iced it right away and held it there for quite some time (which made eating very awkward). Every time I attempted to not ice my finger I would explode in pain. Like it felt like my hand was ACTUALLY on fire.

Ugh. WHY AM I SO STUPID!? I am going to have no fingers left by the time I die. I mean how many accidents have I had this year alone!?

Anyways, I was stuborn and wouldn’t let anyone help me finish my chores so I washed the dishes, had a shower, cleaned up, AND ironed Chads pants all with one hand on fire.

I am seriously the stupidest person on earth.

So all the Christmas presents are wrapped! Yes! It feels good to get all that done. I’ve decided that since the girls and I are going shopping on Robson tomorrow night I am going to take part of my Christmas bonus and spend it on Chad to get him a few extra things, even though I’ve already gone over budget. Ha. But they will be things he can use every day so it will be worth it. Plus, I love spoiling him. I.E. the 40 lbs of Baked Ziti I surprised him with last night.

Although I am the first to admit that I am overly obsessed with snow, I was partially relieved that the ‘giant snow storm’ that was suppose to hit us this week, didn’t in fact come true. I think last year really put the fear of God in me when it comes to snow. I blame it all on our death trap of a back alley. I do hope it snows while I am off on Christmas break though. I managed to get 5 days off in a row this year (well including the weekend) so I’m looking forward to that. We are going to be so busy this year, I don’t even want to think about it! At least work will be somewhat slow as most of our suppliers take longer vacations then we do.

I have to say that I haven’t really been all that excited about Christmas this year. I was excited to get the Christmas Tree up early, because I love the feeling of the house only being lite by the colourful lights, but other then that I just have not been in the spirit of it all. I don’t know. Maybe it’s just harder to get excited about things now a days. Maybe this year has just done a number to my soul. The only thing I am REALLY looking forward to is the possibility of getting the new lap top I asked for. My old one seriously pisses me off to the point where I just wont use it anymore, which then makes me feel bad because I feel sorry for inanimate objects. Speaking of which, I somehow knocked over my external hardrive last night and busted it and dented the floor. Great. Chad was able to mangle it back into shape, but he scared the shit out of with the possibility that I lost all my data. Thankfully he was wrong.

Elise is coming over for dinner tonight, since our husbands are too busy working and going to school. We have become desperate housewives. Dinner and a movie. Sounds romatic! I’m interested to what movies she brings over. I have a feeling Little House on the Prairie will be included in the bunch.

Tonight starts a week long adventure of Chad and I have many events to attend to, with half of them being separate events. Should be interesting!

I feel so behind on so many internet things. Life has been busy, more busy then I was expecting. Chad and I are under the gun to finish my aunts website and to start my fashion blog. Work for Chad is starting to explode so any sort of normal schedule has gone out the window, and I’ve taken on some more job responsibilities so I seem to be running wild these days as well.

85% of all the Christmas gifts have been bought and wrapped. I will finish Chads tonight and then I have the neice and nephew left, which should be easy.

The Christmas cards have all been sent out and are slowly being recieved.

I just feel very disorganized about everything. Mainly because my plan was to sit down and organize everything last night, but then this website stuff came up last minute and everything got disorganized even more. Even work feels that way today. Hopefully tonight I can get my act together.

I bought more new clothes. I should take pictures of them as well, but you know me, too many other things will get in the way and I will forget. MUST NOT FORGET. I love that as Christmas Gifts our work gives us gift certificates to buy clothes from work. It’s kind of funny but is so handy since I’m too lazy to shop anywhere else.

I need to organize tonight. If only for my mental health.

I have this problem where I take things too personally. Things that have nothing to do with me and are not directed at me. People simply make a statement about something they don’t like, and it just happens to be something that I love, and my brain takes it as a personal attack. It doesn’t make any sense. Then my over reacting Italian ways makes me want to delete them as friends on faceboook or pretend like they never existed. For some reason I’ve been very sensitive as of late, and very protective of the things I love and the things that mean a lot to me. And it also seems to me, that these things that I love, are being attacked by random people, which then makes me think that I am being attacked, even though it could just be a coincidence.

I think because facebook appeals to the snoop in all of us, we are friends with way more people then we would be in real life; people we have nothing in commen with. I bet I wouldn’t even say Hi to half the people on my list if I saw them walking down the street. But why do I keep them as friends? Because I am a snoop too.

I think I am going through another ‘I hate people’ phase.

I’m frustrated with myself because there is a pile of stuff I have to get through today on my desk and I have ZERO motivation. It also doesn’t help that my computer is going crazy and our tech guy isn’t here today.

I’m also frustrated with the weather and lack of snow going on right now. The weather network promised snow all weekend long and now they have CHANGED it. 40% chance of snow on Saturday ONLY. UGH. So pissed. Can I have some snow please? I mean maybe not to the extend of last year, but just a little for fun? PLEASE? It would be so magical if it started to snow right now.

In other news Alicia is a whore because she was suppose to bring these pictures that she took of me yesterday, but forgot, so now I have nothing. THANKS ALICIA!

All the Christmas cards will be mailed tonight and then I will go buy boxes for Christmas presents and then I can wrap all of them up and they can stop taking up space on my table. Woohoo! I love that Shoppers has Post Offices in them. One stop shop tonight!

It’s getting warmer instead of colder. Weird.

I should bribe myself to finish my work.

Another year, another balls party. You would think that since this was my fourth year I would have learned a few things by now. Apparently not.

Mental Note for next year…

• Do not host a dinner party for 5 an hour before the party is suppose to begin (this was a big reason for my mental break down this year)
• Do not wait until the afternoon of the party to buy food
• Prepare all food BEFORE party starts
• Skip dinner all together and make sure that food is nicely arranged around the room ready for when your quests arrive
• Use the oven less

Because I wasn’t 100% ready when people started to show up I totally lost it (mentally) and forgot half the appetizers in the fridge. I was beyond pissed at myself when I realized this at 11pm. The room wasn’t set up the way I wanted and there was stuff everywhere and I panicked. I definitely started the night off on the wrong foot.

I love that Dario loves group pictures and always remembers to take them. I think he gets that from his mother. Warms my heart.

For some reason, I thought I always posted the Make Love to My Balls portraits, but after looking back at my archives I realized that I never do. Oh well, this year we change it up.

Dario was our Master Photographer of the Party.

Yes, my shirt says Merry Crystal Methmas. Me and the little worker guy be smoken some meth. Meow.

I saved the best for last. Ryan honoured us with a speech and special prop. Tiger Woods use to be his Idol, but after all this mistress business he has fallen off the pedestal. Therefore, Ryan wanted to send Tiger off in a special way. A little Ball Licking and then into the FIRE!

“Tiger, you can SUCK MY BALLS!”

A very EPIC way to kick off a Balls Party.

CLEARLY Ryan is pretty upset about this whole Tiger scandal.

Elises job that night was to maintain the fire. It was probably the most entertaining part of the evening.

Comparing fires.

Hottest couple EVER!

As you saw above, through the magic of technology, Pat didn’t have to miss this years party. Dario spent a lot of time talking to the computer.

Ahh webcams!

A picture of what the perfect couple looks like. They were awarded title of ‘The Perfect Couple’ because of how ‘perfect’ they are as individuals.

Instructions on how to get here. I thought she would have memorized it by now!!!

Soooo Happy!!!

Over all the party was a success.

I, of course, would have felt better about the whole thing had I actually been prepared. I don’t know why I always do this to myself.

Thanks for another successful year guys!

• I had nightmares that I was suppose to feed 200 Italians but only had enough food for 12
• Chad got up just before me and stole the bathroom
• Chad turned the oven on to warm up pizza that he then ate for breakfast
• The outfit I had planned in my head didn’t work out
• I changed outfits 7 times even though I was running late
• In an attempt to not wear tights as pants I put on a big T-Shirt
• I think that has failed and am left wearing tights as pants
• All my necklaces got tangled and are now in a giant heap
• I left for work 20 minutes late
• I lost my earing
• I just realized that my entire outfit head to toe consists of grey and black
• I feel like I am wearing PJs
• The radio at work has broken
• I am not a happy camper