December 1

Today is the first day of December and the beginning of the last month of the year.  So much has changed.  I had surgery in January to help open my airways.  What a difference that made.  I've changed offices from Crystal to Small Electrics and Luggage.  My first boss moved to Minnesota, then my next boss moved to Atlanta.  All totaled, I'm working on my 4th boss since this time last year.  The Yankees won the World Series.  We got a new puppy, named Sammie (Samantha Mumba Leardini).  We made tons of new friends, had a great vacation with Linn, Eric, Kevin, and Babette, and organized a fun picnic in April.

The new year will be awesome!  We're going to spend our anniversary in California with the Andersons.  I just bought a new Air Hockey table for our basement!  My work just reinstated 401K match and raises will start again in March, so that's great news!

I have to say, on another note, this time of year sucks because of all the cheesy christmas movies on tv.  I literally heard some people talking about this movie at work the other day regarding this dog named Christmas.  First of all, who names anything after a holiday?  I mean, I'm not naming Sammie "Day of the Dead" or anything.  After all, it is a feel good holiday, but it's just not appropriate for naming purposes.  On the second note, who is watching a movie about a dog.  What?  Was Lassie not available?  Old Yeller being saved for another time of year?  White Fang already been checked out?  I mean, come on...you can not tell me in this day and age of 200+ TV stations there was not a crime drama/sporting event/hollywood minute/headline news/etc show to watch (In that vein, you should seriously check out A&E, they have the best shows that almost nobody knows about - Parking Wars, Hoarders, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, Sell This House, Intervention ----> they're all the best, let me tell you)
The bottom line is that while I am a pet lover, these movies are the worst.  Almost as bad are the annoying Christmas carols that you hear.  I seriously had someone quote "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas".  Youtube this.  You won't thank me.  This is the worst song I've ever heard.  I think that a 5 year old with the trots could do better.  Diarrhea, Cha-Cha-Cha......