fab

i through a fabulous holiday party last night. it really was fantastic.
music:
bing crosby and the andrews sisters
ella wishes you a swingin christmas
charlie brown christmas
and other 30's and 40's christmas music

food and drink:
mason's fabulous sausage cheese dip
shrimp ceviche
homemade brownie cookies
holiday punch w/ beautiful frozen cranberry juice w/ cranberries and orange slices (mason's idea)
eggnog
blue moon, killians, rolling rock, and red wine

i must admit that the entire root for this party came from the need to make mason's sausage cheese dip. it's true. i had to incorporate this into my life somehow. about 20-22 people showed up and everyone got wasted. i've discovered that getting people drunk very quickly is the key to having a successful party, and also supplying tasty food. i had every holiday candle that was given to me at work lit one hour before the party was slated to begin. it smelled like... christmas. of course i had on my christmas colors: pale green shirt from banana, black pants, red flats.
apparently i've been labeled as the martha stewart of our group, if you can call it a group. i call it savannah where it's small and everybody knows eachother through somebody. the martha stewart thing makes me kinda' happy. i felt so grown up throwing a holiday party. i've done the new years a few times, st. patricks day, and birthdays, but never a holiday party. i might have to do it again next year.

excited about things

i'm excited about a lot of things right now.
1. this semester of school is over as of last night
2. i have today off from the pre school
3. tomorrow is the last day of work at the p-school before christmas break
4. pot luck party tomorrow. i'm making turkey chili. this is my first potluck that i've made something for.
5. my windows are getting tinted as i type.
6. i'm at the coffee shop and there is a mom from the p-school and she is talking about the school and doesn't remember that i work there. i love it.
7. i'm going to texas next week.
8. annoying teacher/meagan/fatty from my p-school class is not coming back after the holiday break.
9. mike loves me

p.s. i hope i don't become one of these moms that are sitting right next to me. they clearly have met here because they have children and not because they actually enjoy each other's company. i refuse. it's so awkward!

oh yeah-

oh, and today i wanted to kill drake. she was refusing to listen whatsoever. then i felt bad when her fingers almost literally broke off in between the elevator door and the casing for the door. she cried and was saying thank you over and over again while i poured cold water on them.

i'm always annoyed though

i'm annoyed because i'm very tired and somehow i've been put in charge of picking up everything that needs to be purchased in savannah for matt's(mike's brother) wedding.
luminary bags
votive candles
flowers
kegs

and on top of that i have to take everything, including dogs, that we need for the weekend because the wedding is at their parents house in south carolina.
i'm annoyed.

fire sign

i'm not a person that makes new friends easily. rather, i'm not a person that makes new friends that i like back easily. that's why it's strange that recently i've made 2 to 3 new friends that i thoroughly enjoy. one is mindy of course and the other is keara, whom i teach with and the other is elizabeth, whom i met in class and got me the job at the pre school. i've talked enough about mindy in past posts so i will move on to keara. the other day i asked her if she wanted to go to happy hour after we finished putting up the new christmas boards for our class and i found out something that could possibly be detrimental to the furthering of our friendship. she is/was an alcoholic, so she has been sober for 5 years. that really pisses me off.
we'll see how things progress with elizabeth. she is the one that i offered to give a ride home and now i give her a ride everyday. i really do enjoy her company. if she doesn't drink then it's off! i should ask her what her sign is. mindy and keara are both leos. i have a feeling she is an earth sign and not fire. possibly a libra. ooo, i'm excited to find out.

a great time was had

i'm thankful for my new friend. her name is mindy and i really like her. we began palling it up several months ago, but i would say that in the past 2 months or so we've taken it to the next level. we decided to take our friendship out of the bar and began walking/exercising together. we've also been doing the phone thing which i don't do unless i really like you and care to hear what you have to say. last night we went to dinner at carlito's and then to pinky's(a bar). we had so much fun together. we have this thing in common which is that we believe in spiritual stuff like psychics etc. well, she is very astrologically oriented as well and she knows a lot about it and she's teaching me about it. it's interesting. anyhow, we talked and had fun and got drunkis. we made plans to have coffee at her house this morning and then go play tennis at the park. i should mention that it's about 80 degrees here today and it's dec. 2nd. after tennis we walked around the park then we parted ways. a great time was had.
yesterday i spent the day putting up all of the christmas decorations. they look splendid.
i'm hungry and i can't decide what to eat. i really want to try this bakery downtown, but i'm too lazy to have to find a parking spot and to have to get out of my car. that leaves me with the drive through option, but i don't really want any fast food. what to do? beef and cheddar? i think i'm going to arby's. yes, i am.
oh, and today is mike and i's 3 year anniversary. he's in charleston for his brother's bachelor party and should be getting back this evening. he better remember because i'm not reminding him. we already talked about the fact that it was this sunday a few days ago. let's see what happens. i would bet somebody 100$ that he doesn't have anything planned and hasn't even thought about it. that's exciting isn't it?