Christmas Questionaire Thingy

This is the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends (stole it from Lara). (I had to go with pink instead of red because the red didn't show up well)

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper for sure. I love wrapping presents and decorating them with ribbon and bows.
2. Real tree or Artificial? I love the real trees, but will only have one if I'm staying in my own place.
3. When do you put up the tree? December 1st if possible. Not before that though.
4. When do you take the tree down? After New Year's.
5. Do you like Egg Nog? Love it! Do you have some? Bring it to me!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? It had to be the stereo my dad got me! I was always the last to get cool stuff, but I was the first of my friends to get a stereo with a double cassette player and CD player. Oh, and I got New Kids CD's that year!
7. Hardest person to buy for? Hmm, there are a few of those, but my step mother probably tops the list
8. Easiest person to buy for? Craig, hands down. I find stuff for him on a daily basis and it helps that he likes anything he gets as long as I pick it out.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Nope, but my step-mom has crazy amounts of Department 57 stuff and a wicked winter scene she does every year. Well, it's up year-round.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? It's all about snail mail for me. I miss last year, but this year I'm sending them out.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Hmm, well there was the year we didn't get Christmas or perhaps when I was working for Disney and my dad sent a t-shirt that said "Canada, EH?" I was not impressed.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? I like the remake of Miracle on 34th Street and all the Santa Clause movies with Tim Allen.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Close to Christmas. I'm all about getting in the right mood to buy gifts.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? I have no idea, Perhaps, but I really don't remember.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? The baked good, particularly shortbread and butter tarts.
16. Lights on the tree? Do you mean colour? It depends on the theme of the year for me, but I like multi-coloured usually. oh, and yes, I like lights on the tree.
17. Favorite Christmas song? White Christmas and Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer...I love Christmas songs!!
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? It all depends. I say i want to be home, but then I have a really crappy/dysfunctional Christmas, but staying away sucks unless I'm with friends. The BEST would be traveling with friends somewhere.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? Yes, but the really question is, can you?
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? We open one on Christmas Eve (pj's). Then stockings in the morning when you get up. No waiting on that one. After breakfast the rest get opened.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? It starts too early. Wait until December and then bombard us all you want!
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? This year I'm going with blue and silver and white I think. I like my Disney ornaments!
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Yams and my mom's stuffing
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Christmas cards from all my friends around the world!
26. Who is most likely to respond to this? Tanya already blogged it, but have is in some alien language so I don't think she really wants us to know what it says.
27. Who is least likely to respond to this? This question always annoys me.

Vancouver flew by...

What a wicked trip!!! Of course I'm leaving out the flight delays, luggage delays, my car not starting, and the person who stole my parking spot, but other than that a great trip!

I stayed at Steph's except the last night when I stayed at Tanya and Andre's. So much fun. When I arrived Monday Steph and I went to get a bite to eat and then we were both exhausted so I crashed.

Tuesday was spent with Tanya and Warren and I stayed for dinner and Killer Bunnies. Totally awesome day!!

Wednesday I spent with my mom and then had dinner with my little brothers adn my mom.

Thursday was spent with Tanya, Lara, and Warren at the craft fair. Then, Steph and I headed to a movie (her mom forgot about us, kind of).

Friday I got my hair cut. I did a little shopping. Had lunch with some friends from Disney (hadn't seen them in 6 years). Of course the evening was spent at the New Kids concert!! It was worth ever penny!! Reliving my youth with Steph and a couple friends who also went to the concert. Very awesome night!!

Saturday i did some shopping then met my dad and Ken and his girlfriend for lunch. I did a little more shopping, then I spent the evening at my mom's with my brothers (not Chris though).

That was about it. I dropped the car off at 7:30am and headed to check-in. Oh, I did remember to pick up the car so I guess teh dreams were for nothing.

Once again I missed out on the Hatch Family! I swear next time I'll make it there!! Nonetheless it was a fabulous trip and I just wanted to thank everyone who helped to make it so great!! Maybe I'll see you again soon, but who really knows...

Ready! Set! Go!

I arrive in Vancouver tomorrow!! Yeah!!! I've rented a car this time, but have had a couple of dreams lately where I've realized about 2 days in that I forgot to pick up the car at the airport. Both dreams were totally unrelated, but in both dreams I couldn't figure out how I got from the airport to wherever I was at. hmmmm, curious how the mind can mess with you sometimes.

I'm really looking forward to coming home. I already have plans to hang out with Steph (staying at her place until Friday), hang out with Adam, get my hair cut by MY stylist, hang out with Tanya and Lara (Thursday, right?!), go to the New Kids concert (Friday), and a few of my Disney pals are going to meet up with me somewhere in there. Hopefully I'll get to go watch Craig play soccer and see his place in Langley. Oh, and I need to help my mom pack a bit, perhaps they've found a place, but I'm not sure.

So that makes for a pretty busy week, but I'll definitely make time to visit with the Hatch Family and get in a little Christmas/Kim shopping.

Stuff

Yippeeee!! 10 days until I'll be in Vancouver!! I'm so excited! I'm also excited because I get this weekend off. Another weekend (it's been 3 or 4 in a row) with very few midnight shifts. I start my On-the-job Instructor Training on Monday which means 5 days in a classroom learning trainer skills! I love training so this should be fun. I also love being in a classroom and learning. I finished a couple of online courses this morning and a couple days ago I had practiced putting out fires with the airport fire guys! So much fun. Doesn't my job sound great?!