‘Tis The Season – A Quick/Boring Recap

I scored a SECOND napkin with Parnell’s signature stating that I could have the company holiday party wherever I want! Yep, I have not officially worked for NACVA since mid 2006 but we have a lifetime invite to the holiday party from Parnell. The first napkin says I get anything I want from Parnell.
I got a sore throat the day after the NACVA holiday party.
My girlfriend Lezlie “hired” me to take portraits of her nieces and nephews as a Christmas gift to her sister and husband. If you are one of my contacts on FlickR, you can see them. (You can join for free and add me as a contact). I did all right. For some reason when asked to do it or making a conscience effort, I seem to freeze up. I do much better when I just take more relaxed or not staged. I think I am having some sort of Kiddie Kandids crisis, reminding me how much of the life was sucked out of my creativity working there.
I had a really bad day last week; I just cried all day and was feeling inadequate, blah, blah, and blah. A slight nervous breakdown I guess.
I have been busy doing, well, I cannot tell you exactly but I feel like I have been really busy. I think I have been mainly shoveling snow.
It was Grandma’s 94th birthday. I stopped by to visit her, I do not enough these days. She is so cute.
Pam’s birthday was Christmas Eve. I have always felt bad that her birthday falls then. It turns out she has been making out like a bandit (according to her).
For Joe’s office potluck Xmas Eve and our Christmas lunch, I made my Aunt Susi W’s recipe of turkey rolls. They were yummy but time consuming. Joe and JP brought home some duck and geese from their Idaho hunting trip. For Christmas, I cooked the duck and a goose. I overcooked the goose and I think I did well with the duck breasts. I was told they were good but I did not taste them. I hate duck (it tastes like liver, barf). I made an apple sausage stuffing and gravy for the goose. I was going to try the goose and stuffing but cooking the whole bird kind of creeped me out, it was an anatomy class flashback. I could not eat meat for about 6 months after my first class.
Alex came to me twice pleading his case. The first was for some juice and second to “can I open just one more little present”, those were his exact words. I wish I could have videoed it. He had the hand motions and those baby blues that get me to do almost anything (I think it is handed down from each Dillier generation). But the poor guy had nothing more. Next year I will wrap each thing individually as little as it might be. I should have this year. I forget how fun it is to open EVERYTHING. That is a problem with my lazy gift bag or basket thing.
JP got my name for the drawing and got me some good stuff on my list but my fav was the University of Utah sweatshirt. This came in handy to wear to my Uncle Paul’s 70th birthday party yesterday. He is a BYU fan.
Uncle Paul is working on reprinting the Wakefield family history book. When he asked me about 20 years ago if I wanted a copy, I scoffed at the price tag as well as the idea. It is to cover the printing and binding costs. I would think that if you looked at the copy costs it well than covers it. I am going to get a copy. (Hey Steph, random thought of the day – why do you all of the sudden start caring about your heritage when you get old? Why not when you are 20?)
Lastly, on this recap of the last week or so, I have insomnia, yeah! Not. This has plagued me a bit here and there since the good old hysterectomy. Nevertheless, the weird hot flashes are waking me up. The bottoms of my feet feel like I am standing on hot summer asphalt. My hands sometimes feel that way too. Like RIGHT now, and it is just after 4 am! My face is on fire too. I have had some hot face action happening and I chalked it up to the cold weather.
Well, it is time to try to go back to bed!

PS oh, I guess that wasn't quick now I look back at 10 am after a couple hours of sleep.