of the year because I have a week of vacation coming up!

On Thursday I started my vacation even though I had Friday to work yet.  I headed to the Pub to watch the Packer game.  With 25 cent wings and $6 pitchers how could you pass that up?  I watched the first half with some random guys I met at the bar.  Then the second half Jocelyn showed up to eat.  I got 2 orders of wings that night and they were delicious. The Pack beat the Vikings and I was ready to vacationing.

The rest of the weekend we didn’t do much because Christmas was on Monday.

On Sunday we headed up by Rich’s place.  We had our gift exchange on Christmas Eve and had lunch.  We spent most of the day there celebrating the holiday.  Later that night we headed to Jimmy and Loraine’s for the pre-church festivities.  The party was in full swing this year.  Everyone seemed to make an appearance.  I had a good time listening to Tommy’s wisdom and talking with the cousins.  We went to midnight mass with the family which finished in record time this year.  The usual hour and a half mass was cut down to a mere hour this year.  After mass we wished everyone a merry Christmas and headed back to WFB.

Christmas day was nice and peaceful.  J and I exchanged gifts.  I got some cologne, some gloves and a couple tickets to a concert.   The rest of the day we lounged and waited for lunch to come around.  A couple days before we started the beef tips and I had them slowly stewing in the crock pot.  Our lunch was great, some cheeses, tips, potatoes, asparagus, rolls and an impromptu Christmas tree cake.  We used our dining room for its first sit down meal and it was a great way to break it in.  After lunch we spent the rest of the day nibbling on the leftovers and enjoying each others company.  It was a great way to spend the day and wind down the hectic holiday.   Unfortunately J had to work the next day but my vacation was officially kicking in, a big Merry Christmas to me!