Greeting Friends! I hope Santa was kind to all of you. We had a very busy Christmas this year…in fact, we had 2 Christmas celebrations this year. Josh and I got in town Friday night really late. We planned to leave by 6 at the latest, but it took Josh almost 3 hours to transfer files between all the computers…which meant we didn’t end up leaving until about 8, and I was totally exhausted by the time we got back. I was beyond tired by the time we got home, I like to think I’m endearing when I’m sleeping…but some people interpret that as grumpy.

I didn’t have much time to rest though, since my sister and her family arrived Saturday afternoon. We had a good time playing with the kids, admiring Alex’s constant energy and opening up presents on pseudo-christmas morning. We all got some good Wii playing in, and Alex is really good at the bowling game. Pretty remarkable that my dad and my nephew can be in a heated competition. My little nephew Brandon is really sweet. He’s a lot like me: he loves quiet, snuggling, and alone time. I think we’ll get along quite well. They all enjoyed their presents, Brandon especially liked the little monkey stuffed animal I got him. So Christmas Part I was over after enough eating, presents and noise for 3 Christmases.

After the Roberts left, I went over to Josh’s family for the first part of our Christmas. We had a great time exchanging gifts, it’s so much fun having another part of the family. I call them my family-in-dating…since there really isn’t an official term for my boyfriend of seven year’s family. His family got me some really great gifts, and I’m pretty excited to read the new book I received.

So, after all of that, my parents and I ate dinner and went to church, and then Josh came over and unwrapped presents at my house and we had our Christmas together. He always leaves for Kentucky on Christmas morning which is sad because I want to be with him that day, but good because then I get to open my presents earlier. Josh got me really great gifts this year: a new ipod, a snuggling blanket and this lotion that I’ve been obsessed with for quite some time. I think he liked his fender strakes too, if you don’t know what those are don’t worry, just think of them as bling for your car. Well, maybe not a car like my focus, but a general type of other car.

Wih all of the merriment and present opening and little boys running around my parents and I were exhausted and began our present opening a little later than usual on Christmas morning. But we had a good time unwrapping, eating our breakfast and playing with all our new toys.

We got to see National Treasure in the afternoon which we all enjoyed quite a bit, and of course there was more eating. Always more eating. It was a fun very long weekend, and it was nice to get to spend time with everyone. I do enjoy all the cookies and dip and family and merrimient.

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and got to enjoy some family time, and day after christmas sales. I will update a bit later about everything else that has happened in my glorious week off…just a teaser: lots of shopping!

Hello Friends,

I know it has been a forevertude since my last real posting, but quite a bit has gone on that has prevented me from enjoying my normal posting times on Wednesdays afternoon while my boss plays golf. The reason for all the stress is that the company I work for purchased an another accounting firm. This is a fairly common practice in the world of professional services. To sum it up, a CPA decided she no longer wanted to be a CPA and accepted a great job at a private company, so she knew of Larry, knew he was right down the street and decided our two firms would be a great fit…and indeed they are proving to be. So, since Mid-November I have had a lot to do to orchestrate this merger. There’s dealing with files, organizers, logistics, staff, all kinds of things that fall into my very liberal job description.

Since normall November and December are really quiet months for us, it’s been quite a shock to have to go back to working 11 hour days and still being behind. I wake up in the middle of the night dreaming about files, or my ever-expanding to do list. Our company went from 800 clients to 1200+ overnight, and that’s not easy. The good news is that we were blessed to have a new staff member come over as part of the merger, and I like her quite a bit and she’ll be great to have on board…the other great thing is that I get to have an assistant!! Yes, I hired her today! She’ll help me out from January through May and will generally keep me from going crazy and losing my mind.

Anyway, that’s the main reason for the lack of postings and updates, but it’s a good reason I think. I’ve also been very busy Christmas shopping and getting ready for the holidays. It’s been a little stressful around here lately, so I am definitely looking forward to my time off and getting to see all my friends and family. Right now I just want to sit back and relax for the next ten days and get ready to deal with tax season once again.

I will update once again before the holidays, but thank you to everyone who noticed I hadn’t been posting, I hate to disappoint my devoted fan(s).

Sorry for the lack of updates later. Work has been eating my soul lately and I have been at work so late for the past few weeks that I don’t even have the motivation to do anything. Hopefully things will improve soon, and I will be able to get back to my normal schedule of keeping you updated on the innermost workings of my life.