Company Girl Coffee 010612

Yawn! Good morning,all. Coffee is especially needed this morning, as I allowed myself the luxury of staying up well past my bedtime to finish a computer game. No first-person shooter games for me; I prefer the hidden object, multi-puzzle themed games. The excuse argument for doing them is that it keeps my mind sharp, right?

After having been off since December 22nd, I'm set to go back to work on Monday. Ack. While I'm behind on this week's Small Things, I plan to work through all of the housekeeping schedule posts over the weekend. Finding the new normal after the move has been difficult, with more space to clean and organize. As much as having things organized, put away and prettified makes me happy, if it's too complicated, time consuming or aggravating to get keep it that way, it simply won't happen. I don't need perfect, just consistent.

Bit of plumbing work being done today (see previous post), so I'm off to the hardware store shortly. Does anyone else like getting lost in places like that? They fascinate me. Grocery shopping tonight, as I'd also like to do some freezer cooking tomorrow to get a jump on dinners for next week. I need to take a treat to work next week, as this Sunday is my birthday. Since when does the birthday girl have to do all the work?

Overall, though I didn't bother doing the one thing I thought I'd do over vacation (sigh- yes, finishing the unpacking in the sewing room), I managed to relax and have fun. Last time I counted, I finished six books and  am in the middle of three more. New recipes were tried, the quilt store was visited, coffee dates were kept, too many movies were watched.

Now it's time to get back to routine, refreshed and ready to conquer. Though I do plan on sleeping late at least one more morning before I go back to work...