No post yesterday, as I was busy working. Gotta love being able to work remotely from home :-) I was anxious to finish some work that I had wanted to finish last Friday, but got delayed by unexpected difficulties with the code. Stayed up till nearly midnight, but got a lot cranked out, and was able to finish everything at work today (though I had to pick up Todd and then zip right back to the office with him to wrap things up). Why the rush? Because I want to tackle some other work that's remaining on our backlog, before I take some last-minute time off next week. Destination? Vegas!
I'm about to break out a spreadsheet and start mapping out our itinerary. Already got the room booked-- for the first time in my half-dozen or so trips to Vegas, I'll be staying ON the Strip. Not off-Strip. Not downtown Las Vegas. But right smack-dab in the middle of Las Vegas Boulevard :-) Now we just gotta figure out what we want to see and do while we're there for 3 days-- hence, the spreadsheet, which will track venues, costs and times :-)
The week will end with a variety of end-of-year activities, with Todd's karate promotion ceremony, his school Christmas concert, and a party with gift exchange (why, oh why do school personnel deem this a necessary activity?) Plenty to keep us busy, and now I have to foist my poor giftwrapping skills upon an innocent present. Thank goodness its recipient is a 5-year-old who really won't notice such things ;-)
Friday evening Todd and I will head back to LA, where he will spend the next 2 weeks of winter vacation with them. On Sunday Allan and I will head to Vegas. In the meantime, the upcoming week will be a blur of chores alongside the usual after-school activities for Todd, since we need clean clothes for our trip and we want the house to be nice and clean, as we'll be gone this weekend and would like a nice clean place to come back to afterward.
Speaking of which... better get the dishes done right now...!
Vegas! That's going to be amazing. Can't wait to hear.
ReplyDeleteI have a friend who is also a self-admitted poor giftwrapper. What is it about giftwrapping that eludes some people? I can't figure out what the common thread is. I'm not even being a craft snob! Cutting and taping is relatively doable by the masses, I think. Where do you get tripped up?
I think the place I get tripped up most is the edges. By the time I fold the triangular flap back up to the top of the package, it winds up bulky and bunched up in certain spots, I can never get it nice and smooth and "sticking" to the edges of the box. Last night's wrapping befuddled me even further because it was shiny, smooth giftwrap, not normal paper kind-- so it's even more impossible (is that even grammatically correct??) to fold and make cooperative!
ReplyDeleteGift bags are a Godsend! ;-)
Yeah Vegas!! Can't wait to hear about it. :)
ReplyDeleteOk, I understand that. I wonder if it's a result of cutting the paper too big? I think that's what my friend does. I guess there is a technique to the whole process. But even I love gift bags for their ease!
ReplyDeleteHmm, could be... but even with the right lengths, the folding is still a challenge. This year: gift cards! Maybe all I need to do is buy cute little gift card boxes, and then tie some ribbon around it. Speaking of ribbon-- I have a hard time even curling it. I leave that task to Allan :-)
ReplyDeleteHmm, could be... but even with the right lengths, the folding is still a challenge. This year: gift cards! Maybe all I need to do is buy cute little gift card boxes, and then tie some ribbon around it. Speaking of ribbon-- I have a hard time even curling it. I leave that task to Allan :-)
ReplyDeleteYeah Vegas!! Can't wait to hear about it. :)
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