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“Christmas” is coming!

We here at Casa de Buchwald had been pondering a digital video camera for a few months. Since nobody bought it for us for the holiday, last weekend we ordered one. We tried to buy it at the outlet store near our apartment because I had a gift certificate, but they didn’t have the one we wanted.
As of 5:19 this morning, our Christmas Present is on a FedEx truck in Ohio. With any luck, it’ll arrive by lunch time!

In other news, the Buchwalds are getting new shoes soon because we still have that gift certificate.

A Couple of Important Things

Today I have good news and I have bad news…

The bad news: Matt has officially had it up to here *stretches WAY UP HIGH* with Burger King, so he has put in his two-weeks notice. Say some prayers that things will take a turn for the better for him on his quest for a job actually using his education and also on writing his Masters Thesis.

The good news: Tomorrow, on the Feast of Christ the King, the last Sunday of the liturgical year, we will celebrate Matt’s Rite of Welcome for RCIA. The Rite will take place during the 10:30 Mass at St. Matthias, where we were married back in June. If you’re in the area, do feel free to stop by. Call, email, or IM if you need more details.

8 Days Until Black Friday

For the first time since I graduated college, I do NOT have to work on the day after Thanksgiving. Poor Matt, however, does. I guess it’s his turn. Hopefully he won’t have to do it two years in a row… and fortunately for him, he doesn’t have to work for the Evil Empire. He only works for one of the major companies intent on Making Children Fat. A far less evil, if you ask me. (note the dripping sarcasm)
Dinka pointed out the nearness of the Christmas Shopping Season here. Since Veronika is one of the coolest babies on the web, I thought Matt & I could be a bit more like her… so if you feel inclined to buy us presents, and then create a spiderweb with colored string and tie said presents to the ends of the strings, I’ve added our Amazon.com wishlists to the links on the side.

In other news, Amanda told me last week that she’ll no longer be updating Litzymonkey.com so I’ve removed the link from the side. Maybe someday the monkey will be back. I hope so.

Following the Yellow Brick Road

Matt & I awoke this morning & embarked on a 13 hour journey following the yellow brick (or at least lined) road to Evans City onward to the ‘Frew and then to Butler to see the Wizard and around in circles for a while and finally back home.
It was exhausting. Highlights of the day:
*A mostly full room of CCD students (we were missing one) sitting quietly & working in their books AND with Bibles… LOOKING STUFF UP!!
*The bulletin insert on voting… more on that later, and possibly on the other blog.
*HAM LOAF
*Seeing the “Stock Boys” wearing GREEN LIPSTICK because they were citizens of the Emerald City.
*Purchasing four chances to win a trip to Disney World to see two of my cousins march in the Magic Kingdom.
*Chicken Strips, Oreo Cookies and Dairy Queen Ice Cream.

And now I must prepare for bed.

The Impending Death of My Husband (or How to Inherit a Baker’s Rack)

So this week’s been a doozy… and it’s only Tuesday. I continue to have issues with mental and emotional fatigue, and my husband informs me that he may not live long enough to tell his side of this story. He’s so wonderful.
I still have one bank account to close… because I had to close my check card one business day before I could close the checking account.
Some of my books were damaged by water that snuck into Matt’s mom’s basement during the “Ivan Floods” such as the rain was called. Also, my parents have no carpet in their basement thanks to the same batch of rain.
Sunday, we got four new students in our CCD class. Yes, FOUR. We now have more students than space around the table… that’s if they ever all show up at the same time. We were OK this week because two from last week didn’t come.
Yesterday, I bought a kitchen utensil holder and a pitcher with a stiring divice on top. My upgrade for my computer also arrived, however it decided not to cooperate with my husband.
Today, a baker’s rack arrived, Matt got a job interview, our wedding album and other miscellaneous pictures were picked up, laundry was done (and put away, too!).
This evening, the computer continues to fight with Matt, and he’s assembling the Baker’s Rack. It looks quite stunning and really fits nicely… and our appliances don’t look so jumbled anymore.
Our next task is to change our bedclothes and finally get to use the beautiful comforter I picked out for us. If we’re lucky, Matt will survive all of this working and we’ll sleep, warm and comfortable, in a bed with new sheets and matching comforter.
Then, tomorrow, Matt can tell the more amusing version of this story.

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