Hectic days

The past few days have been very hectic for me at work. I'm almost overwhelmed lately. I will catch up, but I have got to work on getting some organization to my desk. Chris helped me at the first of this year, and I managed to keep my desk in order for about 5 months, then it started slowly getting out of control again. I receive an onslaught of paper every day. So, maybe in January, we can do the big office clean up again. I know I was almost stress free for the first part of the year just being able to see what was the most important on my desk. I didn't feel like I was forgetting something important every day.

I have vacation days I need to take by the end of the year or lose them. I had planned to take off all of next week, but I just don't think that is going to happen. I'll probably take a couple of them off. My bosses have been super nice and have given us 3 extra paid holidays for Christmas and New Year's. We have the 21st, 24th and 25th off for Christmas and then the 28th, 31st and 1st off for New Year's! How cool is that?

I switched to a new online payroll service for the office, and this week was my first run with it. It was great! It is going to help reduce my stress level! I'm all for that.

Tomorrow we close the office at noon and we all strike off for a company sponsored shopping trip. We're going to shop the outlets in Dawsonville, GA. We'll spend the night Friday and shop til we drop on Saturday.

I'm going to be visiting my friend Robin who lives only 6 miles from the outlets.

Sunday I'll be going over to my Mom and Dad's to have fun decorating gingerbread houses. That evening Chris will be participating in the Love Light Tree Ceremony and Flag Raising. Photo ops all day long. I'll be sure to post some of the pictures.

Long day

Today was a long day. I left home at 6:30 am and got home from work at 6:40 pm.

We tried my Mom's Swedish Oatmeal Cookie recipe tonight. Those cookies are fantastic! Made ourselves sick on them.

Introduction

Looking back on my first couple of posts, I realized I hadn't even introduced myself.

First of all, my name is Julee. I decided about age 13 that my parents spelled my name wrong and changed Julie to Julee. So, friends and family still use the ee sometimes. I still use it some, depends on my mood. I also go by Jules, Julsey, JuJu, Dules (nephew nicknamed me Dules, and shortened it to Du sometimes), and Bippy (nicknamed by my niece).

My bestfriend and sweetheart is Chris.

My cat, my little boy, is Willy.

I am in healthcare and Chris is in law enforcement.

Chris loves to cook, so we eat at home alot. He is an amazing cook, loves to use spices. He is a big fan of sushi. I, on the other hand, am not. We took a "Sushi Making 101" course, and I can create sushi that I will eat. His brain is full of trivia and an astounding amount of knowledge. He loves knowing words, and their origins. Conversation with Chris is often very interesting.

I am a scrapbooker, love photography, (but my photography skills pale in comparison to my brother, he is a fantastic, professional photographer http://www.hasselweems.com). Reading is also something I enjoy. Travel? Just say the word and I am packing my suitcase.

That's a quick, condensed version of who we are. You'll get to know us more as this blog goes on.

Willy

Willy decided to get in on the decorating.

First Christmas

This is our first Christmas in our new house. We spent yesterday decorating. I've never been much of a decorator, but this year I'm excited about it. I braved the crowds and ventured out on Black Friday and got some garland, a wreath and some ribbon for the outside decorations.

I have never made a ribbon before, but I think they turned out pretty good. The weather was windy and chilly, making it seem much more like Christmas time. It took us about 2 hours from start to finish. We both really enjoyed ourselves. Thank goodness for powertools!

I have arrived

I have arrived! I enjoy reading blogs, and have often thought that I'd like to give blogging a try. I finally decided to dive in, so here I am!

Wish me good blog.

j.bean