Monday, December 6, 2010

this month....

it's that happy-go-lucky time of the year again!!!!! i love the holidays...but my waistline surely dreads it. oka...those damn grocery stores set you up by putting ALLLLLLLL the baking stuff in little stations...throughout the store. eeeeh!!!! i've already made butter rolls, banana cream pie, my version of haole brownies, regular brownies, and yellow cake with chocolate frosting. sadly...there was no special occasion. it was all just cause the stuff was staring me in the face at the store...so i bought it, brought it home, and MADE IT!!! all i know...it's back to insanity come january! ugh!

anyhoo...enough of the weight-whining. so it seems like its gonna be a pretty mellow holidays. especially since i have to work the evening of christmas day. that really isn't a problem since our family always does our big dinner on christmas eve. so with that...the SIL started decorating around the house. so far we just go the staples...
the tree

the garland for the banister

and the stockings (check out the itty-bitty ones i got for the twins...lol)

man...when the SIL brought the tree home i thought it was huge!!! but i was quickly informed that it was nothing compared to our sisters tree. so i drove down the road to check out her tree...and i was greeted by this MONSTROSITY!!!!

one and her 12 ft tree put our little 9 footer to shame. hahahahaha!!!!

last week, at work (the hawaiian cultural center) we had a fun little activity for all the little chillrenz. so SIL and i went and took no'a, since it was mostly for kids his age. i called a couple frenz and invited them to bring their kids as well. it was so cute. we had different activity stations set up including:
cookie decorating

making crafts (reindeer windsocks???)

coloring

and story time

it was the perfect activity to jump start the holiday season. i was planning on going home...but i'll be spending my week off getting oral surgery!!! fun right?! WRONG!!!!

after weeks of avoiding the dentist, i couldn't take the nagging pain in the bottom right corner of my mouth. come to find out my wisdom teeth have been growing the wrong way and i need to have them removed. IRRITZ! so i go in next wednesday...and hopefully it'll be a quick recovery. i'm kinda nervous, but at the same time relieved, because its time off from BOTH jobs!

then it's christmas!!! don't really know too much about our plans...only that its dinner at sisters for christmas eve, and then tubing the next day before work. it should be a lot of fun. only thing missing is the parentals and the two sibz back home and their chillrenz.

BIG SAD FACE :(

3 comments:

lilika'imoana said...

hahaha girl i feel you on the holiday goodies. my waistline (weh WHAT WAISTLINE?!) dreads it too! love the christmas decorations, esp the itty bitty stockings, way cute! tooooo mean the 12 ft tree, no worries your 9 ft puts our THREE ft in a place where its little lights don't shine.. LOL! i love your job with the kids, looks like so much fun. and good luck with the wisdom tooth, it will all be worth it in the end ;) happy holidays ui!

Line said...

i got my wisdowm teeth pulled here in utah too, and my dentist put me under. everyone i know in hawaii just got numbed. i prefer to just be put to sleep and not know what's going on. :) so i personally think it's good you're getting it done here. my recovery wasn't bad at all; just really tired from the anesthesia like literally ALL day.

anyway, thanks again for the fun christmas activity at the hawaiian center!

NeenaLove said...

ooh... it's not that bad. i'm missing you guys this year. what the heck is new years gonna be like? i've been in the mainland for two years so i'm grateful to be home. wishing you guys were here.