Season's Greetings!

Okay okay I know I'm THE WORST. I start a blog and then go on hiatus. Well...I'm back! I hope. This whole going back to work thing...awful. I guess my hiatus can be explained by freedom.  Christmas with my family was FABULOUS and i...of course...ate mountains of goodness.  Christmas has become a less exciting event for me ever since A-I found out Chris was posing as Santa, B-Presents became less about toys and more about glam and jewels, and C-my sisters refuse to wake up to open presents before 10am...rude.  This year was particularly less glamorous considering this whole 'work' thing allowing only 1 day off to celebrate CHRISTMAS!?!? Santa wouldn't be very happy about that, and neither was I. Also, i went on a Christmas eve hunt for Home Alone 1 on DVD when I found out to my dismay our house is lacking the ability to play our original VHS copy.  Did I find a single copy of Home Alone 1 on DVD? NO! it was awful. I had to watch #2 on TV...with commercials...and it was just torture.  The redeeming factor of Christmas this year... THE PAD. Yes, I got my first toy for Christmas in a very long time...and I'm STOKED about it. Though I will say I was hoping for a copy of Just Dance in my stocking...THE PAD was more than enough toy for this little girl! I played and played and played, and when I left for a half second...my selfish husband played and played and I had to pry it from his hands when I returned.  None the less, I vow to love on my PAD for ages to come, and even start blogging on it (if you're lucky ;-)). The power of the pad toy-factor can be measured last night when Dan pulled up the WSJ app on the pad, read half an article, and then I caught him x'ing out and firing up Angry Birds HD. It brings out the best in us...ANYWAY, Christmas was fab and then we returned to fluorescent nightmare work for a couple of days.  We took off early to watch our Bears get slaughtered in their bowl game...AWFUL.  Then we played some Top Golf and just enjoyed the weather and season! NYE was a blast with all my friends and turned out remotely painless for a big night out in the big city!  But now...the holidays are over...and with no holidays in sight, depression is coming on.  Oh well! At least this week is free spicy chicken biscuit week at Chick-fil-a! There's potential for greatness. Hope you all had a WONDERFUL break!!!!