Well there you go, a blog post a day for a month. I am shocked I made it through, but I did it.

Today, was a fitting end to my year. Today I had to face a fear head on. It was not easy for me, but I faced it and made it through. I can only hope this is a sign that this year is going to be a great one.

Happy new year everyone!

Well we’re moving toward theend of a lot of things my month of daily blogging, my winter vacation and 2007.

My month of daily blogging has been good, but I’ve learned an important lesson, that it’s not good to force yourself to blog. I will be more diligent but I’m not going to feel bad when I don’t have anything to say.

My winter vacation as always has left me feeling like I did not accomplish all I wish I had. I however will look back and say that I got some much needed time off from work and I feel refreshed and ready to tackle my very busy January. I do wish I got more done but it was a vacation and I’ve been kinda under the weather, so I’m forgiving myself.

As for 2007… I’ve no complaints, ups and downs yes, but all in all, it was a good one.

(these posts are getting so lame! but only one more day to go!)

Sigh, I’m definitely sick. Sore throat and stuff nose, the nephew must have passed it on. Anyway, I woke this morning very late, it was almost afternoon. I took it easy today and just rested most of the day, but i did get another 2.5 hours of work done on the Death Star Model. Not a lot done but its coming along nicely…

I am trying to pace myself, but it’s so tempting to just build forever until it’s done!

Today I began the assembly of the LEGO Death Star model. Yesterday, I spent a total of three and a half hours of sorting the pieces and today I spent another two and half hours doing assembly. I did get pretty far, I stopped once I had finished the base and infrastructure of the model. Tomorrow I think I’ll tackle some more

Today was an all around LEGO kind of day. I started sorting the 3500 pieces for my UCS Death Star II model into the cubby that I bought, only problem… there are too damn many pieces! Seriously, I don’t know WHAT I’m going to do with all these pieces! After an hour and a half of sorting and only getting through the first 2 of 4 boxes of pieces… I took a break and decided to open another of my Xmas gifts, this one from my sister… LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga.

I had LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy for my DS, and I really liked the game but I don’t think the DS hardware was quite up to snuff for the game. Characters lost their heads a lot and there were quite a number of glitches, so when I saw a version was coming out for the Wii, and that it would include ALL the episodes… I wanted it badly.

The game is wonderful. It’s fun, slightly challenging but not too hard. The two player game play is very fun as well. I finished Episode 1’s story play and now have opened the free play for each of the boards. I’m looking forward to getting through this game!

Of course this does not bode well for the pile of shame… I’m already in the middle of two other games… oh boy.

I’m very excited about one of the presents my parents gave me… the Lego Death Star II model [link].

It’s huge, almost 3500 pieces and to date, the biggest LEGO model I’ve ever constructed. The next largest one was the Imperial AT-AT with only about 1100 pieces. I’m actually a bit intimidated. I am sure it’s going to take days to assemble. Maybe even weeks. I decided to take a very organized approach to it’s assembly and went and bought a storage cubby with lots of drawers to put the pieces in so it’ll be easier to assemble. At least i hope it will be! I’m going to keep track of my progress here on the blog. Wish me luck.

Today was a busy one. So many people, so much noise, a dash of anger and a lot of fun. Food was great, prezzies were lovely, and we made my sister cry with 2 of her gifts. It kinda made it worth while to see someone so happy about her gifts.

Too tired to recap. More tomorrow.

Happy Christmas all….

Our house is full of people, a sick baby, a cranky mother, a father drunk on the season and me… trying my best NOT to be a Scrooge. It is going well. Although it’s not without problems, for example, the new air mattress that did not come with a pump and caused a shortage of beds, but everyone seems to be taking it in stride.

I did of course come undone, but it was due to my own mistake, I dropped a glass on the floor in the kitchen just before the lasagna went in the oven. No one else seemed to care, but I went to pieces, angry at myself. Of course it was cleaned up and everyone moved on, but still i was too hard on myself…oh well.

We’re waiting for my family to return from Christmas Eve mass and then it’s off to bed. We have a big day ahead of us

Happy Christmas to all!

The holiday is upon me. I am quite prepared, presents bought, wrapped and under the tree. The boyfriend has the menu planned and all the groceries have been purchased. Plans have been laid and are now being executed.

Today, my sister and my nephew (14 months old) arrived at our door. Tomorrow evening, my folks and their dogs and my sister will add a few more. On Tuesday, my brother, his fiancée and my brother-in-law will swell our numbers to ten, and I just know that by the end of the day I will be screaming inside my head for them all to go, this is after all what the holidays are for. Right?

However sitting here tonight, realizing just how NOT BABY FRIENDLY our residence is, I thought about others in my life and how their lives are filled with ACTUAL issues. What are my issues, too much family around, too much to do? too much noise?… LAME.

What about my friends who’ve lost loved ones this year, or who for one reason or another are alone? Or who have real problems with money, jobs and health? In this season of supposed joy and happiness, who am I to be bitching about such problems? So I’ve decided that I’m going to try to give myself a gift.

I’m going to try to not fret, not stress and just enjoy the time…

And so it begins this holiday season where I will try my hardest to relax and enjoy and I want to take a moment to wish you, dear readers and your family and loved ones all the happiness and joy of the season…

now where DID that baby go?

About two weeks ago, Chevy let slip a teaser shot [link] of the production Chevrolet Volt [link], a fully electric, plugin to recharge car. I’m very excited about it and I really want Chevy to build it. Well apparently they are, the production model will show up in 2010. I hope this stays as cool as it sounds…