Ahh Tuesday. The day before the day before New Years.

Its been a crazy crazy year. (open letter – quick recap of the year.)

We got moved. But before we moved Crystal and I were like Bob Villa. We sanded, primed and painted an entire basement suite. We repainted the kitchen a lovely white and yellow, with some red accents on the door and drawer pulls. Now, we’re settled in, and we’re slowly starting to make it a home. I always joke with Robin and brian, that we’re gonna turn the laundry room into a laundry mat and charge them to do their laundry. I think its working out pretty good. We have our own entrance, our own space. Robin cooks a few nights a week and we take up the other days. I give her a hard time alot, but I know deep down inside, she likes having a full house again.

Work is going well. I still have a job, and thats a great thing. I’m still in claims, with just enough customer interaction to make it interesting. I got a new co-worker after Bill left for Woonsocket. Heather is still learning, but doing an awesome job. She’s a work horse. Its hard to keep up with her sometimes. It ebbs and flows here. With the kids having two weeks off at Christmas, the returns are kinda crazy, but we are making due. Usually we have 3-4 pallets of returns a week, this week however, we had 10 pallets totalling over 40k of returned merch. That’s crazy!

Crystal is still a Pharmacy Tech up in Mass. She likes it there. Alot of different people to interact with. She has some pretty cool people she works with. I don’t think she’d trade it for the world.

The animals are doing good, and settled into the new place. Chaucer is just a big social butterfly. He’s really fit in, and joins up with Fatboy to terrorise the dog. Pickle has found two new sleeping places. One in the dresser we have in the bedroom, and one in Crystals desk in the computer nook. She has full run of the house, except of course the kitchen. She can chase the cat all over, and does. Even up the stairs! Its very cute.

Its been a good year. Lots of change. Some good, some bad.

I guess I need to work on my New Years resolution.

- post everyday.
- be more positive
- don’t let work piss me off as much
- try and eat better