last night heather and i went to vinly cafe with stewart mclean. it was sooo good and fun. fun fun fun. it was better than i thought it would be even. stewart had some canadian artists who played different numbers between his stories. i really liked a young kid named joe grass. if you go to joegrass.com you can hear some of his songs. i really wanted to buy the new vinyl cafe cd, but i held myself in check and did not. there was a family feel there and love in the air. christmas spirit. i've been feelin it. today i listened to the forgotten christmas carols to and from work. it gave me such a warm happy feeling. a feeling like everything is allright in the world and of pure enjoyment of christmas and reminded me of my love of Christ. i was singing along and getting teary. i was kind of sad when my drive was over. we decorated our house on saturday night. karey and i had spent most of the day shopping for her christmas party outfit. shopping trips like this are often tiring and disappointing because when you are looking for something specific, you are sure not to find it. surprisingly however, we ended up finding a hot little number that she liked, and felt good in. i was beginning to despair of ever finding her a top, but it all came together at reitmans just before they closed. to celebrate we ate at kelsey's. the waitress sat us by ourselves in this completely empty section and i suddenly had a flash back of the christmas when i picked sarah up from work (glorious macdonald's days) and we went out to kelsey's and had a wonderful christmassy day. we were giddy with the christmas joy and blew kisses to everyone we passed in the car, and had little hilarities in our lonely section of the restaurant. that seems like it was just last christmas. anyways when we got home we were both so tired, so we watched a movie we had never seen before. (a christmas story) it was cute, but as karey said there was too much screaming. randy showed up on our door and before we said anything, quickly said "i have to do something on linda's computer." ok ok, don't worry buddy. no one 's going to kick you out or send you home. his 'something' was rather quick and he watched the end of the movie with us and then hung around while we decorated. karey and i were both tired so we weren't always the most pleasant, although i was trying. i just don't understand why no one likes my stuffed noel. i love it. i really do. what's not to love? now our living room is uber-christmas-a-fied, but very messy. the boxes are still out and it needs to be vacuumed and so on. all in good time, all in good time.

my hands get so cold typing here in this room. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! karey's feeling sick, so she's lying down in her bed and i think i'll slip out and get myself a bite to eat. tomorrow's our work christmas party. i'm lisa's date. she bought my ticket. i'm having steak. last year i had salmon. last year i was late and didn't know where it was, but this year lisa invited me over to her house to get ready, so that's what i'm a goin' to do.