DMax alive???

You may be wondering if I am still alive since I haven't posted for a few months. I am.

I spent most of last weekend baking. This isn't something that I do frequently. I tend to eat way too much of whatever it is that I am making so I try to avoid doing it. However, this baking frenzy didn't end with a sugar rush. Actually, I haven't been so tempted by any of the Christmas treats that I can't say no. I have had my share, but it's been a smaller share than usual.

Last weekend was also the weekend of the parties. Saturday (after I baked a cake) I went to my niece's birthday party. From there I went to the Christmas party for my church's singles class. The Christmas party was a blast. We did the usual...eating, white elephant gift exchange, play games.

BUT the best party of the season is to come...the annual "New Years Eve" all night movie marathon. A few years ago we decided to start the tradition of staying up all night to watch a series of movies. The first year we watched the Lord of the Rings extended edition trilogy. The next year we watched all six Star Wars movies. This year we are watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy again. I think the plan is to watch them every other year. Even though we take breaks to play games and move around it only took about 12 hours to watch them two years ago. Star Wars took a lot longer.

Since it may be a few months before I post again I should probably end by wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Bad Habits

OK, so lately when my alarm goes off in the mornings I have been hitting snooze for about 45 minutes. I attribute this to the fact that work tends to be a bit slow. Yesterday I spent a bit of the day trying to find a new Christian radio station on the computer. KLOVE is good, but I really would like to hear more than the same dozen songs played over and over again. Today I really didn’t want to get up so I stayed in bed for an additional 18 minutes beyond what has become my typical extra 45 (snooze is 9 minutes). While I was getting ready this morning I had to make the choice between being late for work or eating breakfast. I decided to try to make it to the office on time.

So now I am sitting here with an empty stomach and lunch is hours away. In spite of my efforts for speed this morning I managed to be a few minutes late. I should probably be rededicating myself to getting out of bed the first time my alarm goes off. Then again, perhaps I will take some time today to endeavor to figure out what else I can cut out of my morning routine. I know winter is coming and the temperature is in the lower 40s but maybe I really don’t need to dry my hair.

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Just so you know, I have no idea what I am doing. I'm really not all that much into computers. But hey, I wanted to add a comment to a friends blog and ended up creating my own. Was that supposed to happen?

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