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December 23rd, 2012 at 01:04 am

Hello all! I had yesterday off and absolutely just relaxed and did as little as possible. AS had the day off too, so we dropped the kids at daycare, stopped at McD's for breakfast, went home and relaxed. We even took a nap in the late morning.

Last night after the kids went to bed, we played videogames, snacked way too much and drank too much wine. I've felt a bit blah all day, but I'm finally about back to normal. We got all our food shopping and meal planning done, and there are just a few more presents to wrap. We put most of the non-Santa gifts under the tree and AA is very intrigued, but she's been pretty good about not messing with them.

SL now knows how to crawl and is figuring out how to pull herself to standing. She's tiny for her age and not even 9 months old! So it's pretty freaky. She also likes to put EVERYthing in her mouth, so we really have to watch her closely.

Tonight NT took AA to the "Holidazzle," a parade that runs every weekend from Thanksgiving to Xmas (or maybe New Year's, I can't remember). I've never been and have no interest, but it has lots of festive lighted floats. Hope she's having fun! Once they get home, NT and I are going out for a date night (Ethiopian food!).

Tomorrow we may have a friend over, but other than that should be a pretty quiet day. Monday I have to work a half day from home (bummer), but after that I'm off until Thursday. Our friends are having a small gathering at their home Xmas Eve, so we're getting a carshare and doing that. After the kids go to bed, we'll be filling stockings for the kids for the first time! Very excited about that for some reason.

Xmas day is a big hearty breakfast (sunrise pasta -- a casserole with spaghetti, tomato sauce, veggie sausage, eggs/tofu and cheese/vegan cheese), gift opening, Skype with the grandparents, and a big hearty dinner (vegan roast, Brussels sprouts, parsnips, potatoes, gravy, stuffing, stewed apples and cranberry sauce).

The next day is Boxing Day, a holiday introduced to us when NT moved here from England. As far as I can tell all you do is open one more present and hang out. But it's fun to have an extra day to relax after Xmas.

I think that's it. Oh! NT did get a bonus from work, $663 after tax. Not the thousands of dollars he gets most years, but enough to throw him a pretty good party for his birthday next year. Smile

We're pretty over budget on groceries, but I think it'll be pretty easy to fix once the holidays are over. We're also already halfway through January's carshare money and will probably be into February's by the end of December. That too we can get back in balance by just not using the service as often for a couple months. It's been unusually social lately.

Spending money is also a bit tight now, with at least two of us owing a bit in. But that too can be rectified by taking it easy on spending after the holidays.

After last night's snackfest and tonight's Ethiopian feast to come, not sure how my weigh-in will go! But I'm not even that worried if I'm not exactly at my goal weight at the end of the year. I have a good system that works, and I don't think indulging now will cause a permanent fall into bad habits.

On the good financial front again, AS got another freelance proofreading project, about $600. I hope we can put it all straight to savings or debt repayment!

Next week, once our final debt payment hits, I'll rebalance all our accounts, reassess our big-picture & 2013 goals, and get everything ready for the new year.

2 Responses to “Quick check-in”

  1. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    Sounds as though you're having a good Christmas so far. Smile

  2. rob62521 Says:
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    Wow, are you busy! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

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