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We had our work "gala" yesterday, I use the term loosely as it consists of sandwiches from a local soda fountain and beers, eaten at MY DESK, the other blokes pull up a chair and we eat, drink, talk of merriness and exchange little gifts to one another.

This year the boss man was too busy so I got his money and purchased the gifts for the rest of us on his behalf, but we like what we got, just no surprise there.

I believe on the other gifts I've been the receiver of "RE-GIFTS"...it felt like a non-stop white elephant session for me, but I couldn't exchange with anyone else I had to keep my crap...only if it were a white elephant I could laugh about it, I had to instead pretend this was JUST GREAT!!

Seriously, I don't need a gift, it's ok, I'd rather we just give a high five say cheers and enjoy some time, we like one another we have fun, but the exercise of this has gotten so tiring. Thing is I work with only men, no girls here but me and there is one guy I just know his wife does NOT like me at all, evidenced by her gift selection. He said wife did the shopping, he hoped I liked it, didn't know what it was yet, the two of us just stared at the gift and one another and tried to just hurry up to the next order of business....he's a great guy, I love him to death, fun, a good friend even and I guess that's the problem. His frigid wench of a wife thinks that must mean I've got EYES for him....so I get the white elephants.

Finding the positive though as I generally attempt to do, I figure I've got some items for next year's Church White Elephant party, which last week was so much fun! SO I'm stocking up and will have gifts to share.

He'd probably be hurt if he read the above, but I hope not.

We will be sharing Christmas Eve with my husband's sister and her family (her hubby and son) at their home. Always fun, she makes a traditional polish meal, I always ask how to pronounce some it and don't eat much of it, not because it's not tasty, it's good, very good, but she can bake like nobody's business so I love me some of her desserts, gotta leave room for that stuff!

We will hang out at home Christmas morning, us and the kids, I'm looking forward to it, the present frenzy, the clean-up, the breakfast, the nap...then off to my mom's house, my sisters will be there with their families. I love having all 6 grandkids together, it's usually hilarious and entertaining.

Mother is cooking.

Not me, I'll be drinking, not too much, but just enough to get me through.

And I'm off on Friday YIPEE! for me.

Then we get into year-end stuff, and it'll be a race to the end of the year.

GRATITUDE FOR TODAY:

I'm going to start something new, and try and post something I'm grateful for each day...I'm going to TRY...

I'm grateful for my iTunes library at this exact moment...lame I know but it's true, I'll save the mushy truly meaningful stuff for another day, but today my library is keeping me going!

Lots of love to all of you out there in the ether, I hope your holiday, whichever one you celebrate, is inspiring, uplifting, and full of good friends and fun times!