Made it through the holiday weekend

Thank goodness that is over.

I love the family and feeling VERY full and all, but my holidays are tiring. Spent time at my mom's helping her put up her christmas decorations. Though she doesn't really have any kids at home anymore (my younger is in college) she insists that we do it. Fun and festive but a little on the tiring side, especially with my little monkey running around :)

Then I get to go home to my own house and do the christmas decorations there. Still have to buy the Christmas tree and decorate that some time in the next week (or next weekend).

I must say the best part was when my mom took the kid and me and hubby got some time together.

That was something special. We went to a restaurant (Gourmet 88 - http://www.lunchspark.com/gourmet-88,burbank,ca - very good food) and got to joke and talk about anything we wanted.

Now, all the Christmas parties are coming up. A bonus for being a consultant, all of your clients invite you to their parties. A lot of free food and all that other stuff. Have many booked with several clients saying the invites are on the way. Going to have to start turning down overlaps or try to spend a few hours here and a few hours there.

Oh well, the price of popularity :)

Day After Thanksgiving

Okay, the day after stuffing myself.

I am absolutely too tired to work today and keep running around in circles. I can't keep myself focused at all.

Last night was a good night sleep though, the whole house, all in one bed, slept like logs (with the little one between us).

I am even too tired to keep writing - so HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEKEND!!!

Thanksgiving week has started

You can tell it is the beginning of the major holidays, feels like the whole world is slowing down.

Everyone is driving slower (much to my annoyance) and even shopping slower.

I went grocery shopping today (didn't get to it over the weekend) and not only were the usual old people slow, but even the people my age were slow. The lines were huge and everyone was slowing trying to decide f they wanted the stuffind in the red box or the green.

The good side of it, everyone is much more friendly. The amount of smiles I got and returned in my short trip away from home and office were amazing. I like to smile and have often been told that I smile a lot. So, for me to say that I smiled at people a lot today is saying A LOT!!

So in a way, it is good that the holiday season is now started. It is nice to see the happy side of the world - just ask that they move a little faster about it :)

Computer viruses

Okay, so I was minding my own business, reading forums and articles. I go to see a video and am told my "codec" or something like that is out of date and to click here to update it.

Well - NEVER DO THAT!!!!

I got infected with so many viruses my local nerd said I might have to totally re-install. Luckily I didn't have to and he saved me. He also told me the best anti-virus is Kaspersky and I am now being protected by them.

Note: He said just use their anti-virus, not the whole security thing as that one is, as he said, "annoying".

I have to say that there are some nasty people out there. I mean all I was doing was surfing the Internet and a virtual bomb is left in my lap.

I am now madly backing up my computer which I should have been doing regularly anyway.

Just be aware folks.

Early Christmas shopping

Believe it or not, I am almost done with my Christmas shopping.

I either already have the presents in my possession, or have them picked out of the catalogs and am just trying to space out the purchases so I don't overrun my checking account :)

This is the earliest I have ever gotten this done. I even have extras incase I forgot someone!!

Every year for the past several years I have sworn I would get my Christmas shopping done early and ALWAYS ended up at the mall just a little before working out my presents.

Now, thanks to my going totally Internet I actually am almost there.

I probably will end up at the stores in the mall for those last few items I do forget, but man, what a relief to have this done already!!

Sitting on a ball versus a chair

Since I hurt my back on Saturday I have been sitting on one of those large blue balls.

It is much better than a regular chair, my back isn't feeling all crazy on me and I can adjust to the exact right spot that doesn't hurt.

I did a little research on this and found a ball chair which looks really cool and would probably help with the fact that it is hard to get off the ball and such.

The ball is supposed to be better for your back, even when you haven't just hurt it. I recommend everyone give it a try.

Silly bodies

On Saturday morning I was out in the front yard with my daughter and I went to close the gate to the driveway so I wouldn't have to worry about her running out into the street. The gate front wheel had fallen off the rail so I picked it up to put it back on the rail. Something, I might add, I have done many times before.

This time I apparently tore muscles in my back.

I got to spend the rest of my weekend laying down while my daughter looked worried. Luckily friends chipped in and took turns coming over to my place and playing with my daughter, making food and such. My husband was great also, but as he had work to do (that whole independent consultant thing isn't as easy as it sounds), we lined up friends.

Monday morning I am "working" and taking breaks to lie down on the floor and relax my back.

These meat bodies are a lot of work sometimes. They certainly can get in the way of the best laid plans (the weekend plans were shot to h**l). In a case like this, there was really nothing I could do. My back needed the time to heal itself, and that was that.

So, as the title says: "Silly Bodies"...