Seems like all I do lately is complain… complain… complain.  That’s because I have things to complain about!

Well I have significantly spent too much on Christmas this year – going way over budget and i’m still not done yet.  I don’t really like Christmas that much, for what it is now, and not what it is supposed to be about.  I love to give people things, and I hate it when someone says, “what do you want for Christmas” because honestly I have no idea.  I’m not really much for receiving things, especially from those who can’t afford it.

Speaking of not being able to afford things… Matt’s job has taken a turn for the worse and has had to succomb to a very drastic pay cut.  We are talking a major pay cut.  This will only be temporary though because he is submitting his resume out there like crazy.  He’s pretty optimistic about a position he applied for today.  We sent his resume to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is Titusville, FL for an opening they have.  That would be perfect for him because the job is right, the salary is right, and it’s right next door to NASA and the Kennedy Space Center.  Plus it’s warm in Florida.  Julie would kill me if she knew that Matt was applying for jobs other than around here.  She would commit suicide if I left her!! (j/k!!)

We’ve applied for many jobs locally too.  Hopefully he’ll hear back on a few of them sometime soon.  Unless Pfizer get’s their butt in action to hire him in, he won’t be there long.  Contracting is a horrible business to be in, and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.  The pay is great, but stability is horrible.

Hmmm…. what else…  I’ve managed to keep my two fishies alive for a week now!  Their names are Teewee and Pauly.  I didn’t name them… Chris did.  Teewee is gold and Pauly is black.  They are living in a ten gallon aquarium with a Pirates of the Caribbean theme.  We’ve got Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones sword fighting in the tank.  I’ll be surprised if I can keep them alive for an entire year. My cats are completely uninterested, and Jack is the only who even remotely pays attention to them.  He’ll stick his nose up to the tank and watch them for a few seconds.  The tank is sitting on a table so it’s not like my cats can’t sit up there and watch them… they just don’t care.

I can’t believe Christmas is almost here.  I still haven’t decided what i’m going to do for my vacation.  I think i’ll just stick to Castaway Bay or the Bavarian Inn for a night or two.  I want to do something though!

Oh yeah… you can really tell Christmas is coming… I just tuned into “A Christmas Story” on TCM tonight… only another week before there is 24 hours of A Christmas Story on TBS!  Ralphie is identical to Chris… if I put those glasses on Chris we’d have twins!