http://www.pleonast.com/user/lefantstaf recent pleonast.com entries by user lefantstaf en-us http://www.pleonast.com/user/lefantstaf?l=5&entryID=616001 i want the holidays back. or i want to atleast not have to work, then i can live in magic angela land at home. basically, i dont want to go to work. i am tired of closing. 2009-01-05 http://www.pleonast.com/user/lefantstaf?l=5&entryID=614994 the christmas decorations came down today. not only because it is now january, but also because i have enough christmas spirit left to not become overwhelmingly sad. it always brings me down to look where the christmas tree used to be, to be able to grab the stair rail without jabbing myself on garland, to no longer trip over ornament traps left by my cats... but this year, we are in a new house, and so i used this as a great reason to be positive about the decor coming down... ORGANIZATION AND STORAGE TIME!!! i will have to take and post a picture of the beautiful corner of our garage, now dedicated to christmas! 2009-01-02 http://www.pleonast.com/user/lefantstaf?l=5&entryID=611893 so chris and i did presents with our neice and nephew last night. we wont be in town for christmas, and they wont be here christmas eve, when chris's family does their thing. so we did it last night. the kids LOVED the gifts, and i LOVED helping them put them together. chris sat and built a millenium falcon transformer, while i helped my neice set up her rachel ray-like tv chef barbie. (she LOVES cooking shows, and she loves barbie, so it was perfect.) THEN i got to help my nephew build an indiana jones lego car! i was really sad when it was their bedtime, cuz i had to help put the toys away (and i was SOOO close to finishing the car!) (all the while their mom and her friend were playing with the walkie talkies- one of them actually got in a car and drove off to test the distance they are usable!) it was a great night. 2008-12-22 http://www.pleonast.com/user/lefantstaf?l=5&entryID=609135 so i ordered most of chris's gifts this year from the online. why did i do that? dumb. now this means that i am 1) waiting and hoping they arrive in time and 2) REALLY hoping snooping-head isn't here when they arrive. im not sure if the outsides will be labeled with give-away-what-the-present-is-information. argh... 2008-12-13 http://www.pleonast.com/user/lefantstaf?l=5&entryID=608757 its time for THE WRAPPING OF PRESENTS!!! i have an obsession with putting bows on presents. wierd, since i am not very girly, and normally i would scorn ribbons and bows, but during christmas, i am covered with them. do you super beautify your gifts, or do you just cover them as quickly as you can? 2008-12-12 http://www.pleonast.com/user/lefantstaf?l=5&entryID=608001 i totally know that things are rough this year. i know most of us have less money. BUT. if you are out shopping for christmas, and you decide to go out to eat while shopping for christmas, do not think that tipping your server less is a good way to make up for the fact that you have no money. its CHRISTMAS people! this is totally LAME. and i see it happen every holiday season. this year, its really bad. the mall is slammed, we have plenty of people coming to eat, and then most of them leave almost nothing for the servers. ITS CHRISTMAS FOR THEM TOO!!! help your christmas karma this year, treat those servicing you with a little extra respect and cheer. trust me, they will appreciate you. 2008-12-10 http://www.pleonast.com/user/lefantstaf?l=5&entryID=606628 and my lights are up, and gabriel the snowman is outside(he was named Gabriel BEFORE the show Heroes came out- yes i've been asked...) and i made my wreaths and my wierd door hanging thing-a-ma-bob. outside is totally christmas-a-fied. inside... im getting close. the tree is up, the cats have already pulled off 20 ornaments or so, i made a TABLESCAPE! (its like a christmas still-life, on the table) and i have my wrapping station set up and ready to go! now i only need to put up some more lights in random places/downstairs, put away all the christmas decoration boxes, clean the house(removing the random glitter-ha ha), transfer my wallet and stuff into my christmas bag/purse, and i'll be ready to go! 2008-12-06 http://www.pleonast.com/user/lefantstaf?l=5&entryID=604330 okay. so i dont start christmas before thanksgiving. i'm one of those people. give every holiday its due course. BUT... thanksgiving is now OVER!!!! IT'S OFFICIALLY CHRISTMAS SEASON!!! i LOVE christmas. i love the ideals of the holidays. i love peppermints. a lot. i love lights, and decorations, and trees, and wrapping presents, and being an elf. thats right, for the next several weeks, i forgo my normal sprite status. i put away my wings, and temporarily replace them with red, and green, and funny shoes. it's a good time. 2008-11-29 http://www.pleonast.com/user/lefantstaf?l=5&entryID=603965 dinner went fine. nothing burned down. i am quite surprised. and relieved. and thankful. 2008-11-28 http://www.pleonast.com/user/lefantstaf?l=5&entryID=603065 and it's beginning... ANGILA'S THANKSGIVING MARATHON!!!!! 3 days of cooking, cleaning, and random explosions. okay mom... watch me prove we don't have to resort to pizza if I am making the dinner... --------------------------------------------------- update...day 1... after 12 hours of cooking, and only two disasters so far, im still in the game... --------------------------------------------------- update... day 2... so far so good. made my first pumpkin pie ever, but my crust looks pretty ugly... ive got a crew outside helping pick up the leaves. but inside, i'm left to clean alone... 2008-11-25