Shane Life

My favorite month of the year really snuck up on me this year.

December is always my favorite because not only is it cold and I can justify making chili, but it’s also Christmas and my birthday. Last year was my last milestone year for a while and Alli made it a good one.

We had a fantastically relaxing weekend, starting with an early chiropractor appointment (more on my back issues in another post), then just spending some time walking around Wal-Mart in Gardner. As much as i dislike the Big Blue Box, it was nice just walking around looking at stuff with no agenda at all.

We went home, I balanced the checkbook, Alli worked on dance stuff, we caught up on some TV and flipped back and forth between the Food Network, the DIY Network and HGTV. We had a late lunch (frozen California Pizza Kitchen Margherita pizza…good stuff) and then took a nice nap. Woke up and watched MU get worked by Oklahoma and I made some absolutely awesome peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies. No, you may not have any of them.

Today was church, another Chiefs loss, more relaxing, then the church kids’ Christmas program, capped off by Starbucks with Mom. Nonfat, sugar-free, gingerbread latte. YUM.

I’m not really wanting to go back to work tomorrow.  I’m wishing that the U.S. had a vacation month like most of Europe does. And I wish it was December.