This is it the end of the Christmas Swop – Gift 12.
Hello Kitty… Is it a paddle? A fan? NOPE….
IT’S A MIRROR !!
Pretty cool.
I just want to send a huge THANK YOU out to my “SWOP SANTA”, Cheryl for all of my fun gifts. This was a lot of fun and I am so glad I got a chance to participate in this swop. I really enjoyed getting to shop for Janet and see all the other participants gifts and read about their exchanges as well. What a great fun to be had by all. Hope to do it again sometime.
~McQty~
So now we are onto GIFT 11
oooohhh bubble wrap… what’s inside??
What girl does not love makeup???
I love it !!! Excited to use it !
I previously mentioned the 12 Days of Christmas Swop that I was participating in and my “Santa” is Cheryl. I received my package a little over a week ago and have been anxious to open my gifts and so today is the first day to blog about my first gift. I also have some pictures.
This is my package that arrived from Singapore. This is the farthest I have ever received a package from. I have never seen a $10 stamp before either, so I had to take a picture of that also. Very cool.
Cheryl sent me a note and asked that I open her gifts in order so here goes Day 1 !
I love jewelry ! This is a pair of yellow, star earrings.
So here’s to day 1 of the SWOP… I was excited to find out that the receipant of my gifts, Janet, liked her first gift. I’m excited to see her open the next gifts to come !!
Have a great day everyone !!
~McQty~
OMG !! There is so much to tell you.
So lets start with the Bad Stuff…
**I have been so busy lately I haven’t made the time to blog. So sorry for that. But now’s my chance to catch up (mustard).
**I haven’t made a whole lot of time for much other than work.
**My good friend Sass-a-Frass lost her father-in-law and my heart goes out to her and her family. It’s never easy to lose a loved one and I know it’s been hard on her husband watching his father battle his illness.
**Just at my regular job, not counting my pt job, I worked 98.75 hrs over the last two weeks.
**I haven’t gotten all my shopping done for my swap partner. I have to get on the ball with this, gotta have it wrapped and mailed by Saturday.
**I didn’t go into work at my pt job and I didn’t call in or answer the phone when my boss called me or return his phone calls when he left a message. This is not like me at all. I just really don’t know what to say to him. I have mixed feelings about quitting and was kinda hopping he would just fire me, but then again I have never been fired from a job either. He hasn’t fired me either. He still calls and asks if I’m coming back or not. I would have already fired my ass.
Now on to some Good stuff…
**I have been working on my mini-trees and have come up with some creative ideas and have only gotten better with each tree.
**I took off the weekend to spend some time with my sweetie, to sleep in and to get my hair done.
**I died my hair darker for the fall/winter season and I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE it !!!!
**I worked 98.75 hours in 2 weeks which means 18.75 hrs of overtime – OMG can’t wait until tomorrow for pay day !!!
**My sister, bro-in-law and mom came through town on Friday and I got to have lunch with them, it was great to visit, but it went by way to fast.
**My mom is spending the week with us and I took off Tues and Wed for a road trip with mom to Oklahoma.
**Today I have some down-time to catch-up (mustard) on my blogging and emails.
**The weather here in OK is gorgeous today. I took a couple of pictures of the beautiful scenery around us. I love the trees and the fall colors all around.
**I am loving the time with my mom chatting and laughing and giving her a hard time.
**I got assigned my 12 Days of Christmas Swop partner and found out who my “Santa” was as well. My “Santa” will be Cheryl and I will be “Santa” for Janet.
**I am super excited to shop for Janet and trying to come up with some creative gift ideas. I want to find things that she may not be able to get in Austrailia or Zurich.
**I am SUPER ELATED OVER THE MOON EXCITED that when seeing my dr today I found out that I have lost another 3 lbs since 11/04. Yeah in 10 days I have lost 3 lbs… WHOOP WHOOP !!! I was so excited that when the nurse called me back and started to take my blood pressure I told her it might come up high and she asked why, I told her I was excited to see I had just lost another 3 lbs. YEP it was up 175/85. Well when the dr came in she said it was high and I told her what I had told the nurse. She said she would check again before I left. Stay tuned for the REST of the story…
**I was pleased to find out that my A1C dropped from 8.3 down to 7.2 WHOOO HOOO !!! I need to now get it 2 point more lower and then I will be in the good 🙂
**I met with the director at the YMCA and I will be set up with my trainer this week and start my water aerobics classes… EXCITED !!! I hope this trainer doesn’t kill me.
Now the REST of the story…
**So for my Christmas swop we are just suppose to open one present a day and then blog about the process in some way. I of course like to do things a little differnet and be original so I think I might take pictures of the item before I wrap it…. but up close, really close, like where you can’t make out what it is, but gives a clue maybe and then ask Janet to look at the pics before opening the items and see if she can guess any of the presents. See if she can blog about her guesses and then she can open them daily and see if she gets any right. I just think that might add some fun and mystery and excitement to it.
**My dr was really pleased with all the changes I have made with my diet and how I am trying to better things and move forward. She also took my bp again before I left and it was 110/74… she laughed and said I guess you really were excited 🙂 YEPPERS 🙂
Well that’s really all I have time for today, I hope everyone is having a wonderful week. Happy Hump Day. Blessings to all.
That’s All Folks !!
~McQty~
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