Well....with all the hustle and bustle of the holidays, I totally forgot about my blog anniversary!! Dec. 22nd was the date of my first post last year. Can you believe it?? This blog is now a year old!! And don't I feel like a veteran?? But....I don't have much time to celebrate!! I'm off to work soon. I guess the one bad thing about changing jobs is having time off around the holidays. But that will change next year. One of the best benefits I received when starting was Vacation/PTO. By the end of the first year, I will have 4 weeks vacation time!! It's starts accumulating immediately, and after my 90 days "probation" time, I will already have a week!! Not bad.
The house looks like a tornado hit!! Santa (and the grandparent's) were very good to the kids. We have toys and boxes all over the living room, that I was just too tired to pick up. Not a book was found under my tree (for me anyway!), but I did get some money. Can always use that. Besides...the Ministry ticket was my real present, so I can't complain.
So...I'm sitting here in my new flannel pj's, getting ready to hop in the shower. I hope each and every one of you had a great Christmas with your family. And I hope Santa was good to you!!
And for those of you that love Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next books, here's a cute (and extremely witty) little mystery, taken from The Guardian!!
Later!
Happy Blogiversary for the 22nd! I will definitely be reading the Jasper Fforde piece tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteHappy belated Christmas and Blogiversary.
ReplyDeleteHappy Bloggiversary! Sounds like you had a great Christmas!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to the Jasper Fforde story. It had me chuckling by the 2nd paragraph! :)
I am glad you had a nice Christmas! And happy Blogiversary!
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogiversary Steph :) Look forward to another year of posts from you!
ReplyDeleteHappy blogiversary, Stephanie! It sounds like you and your family had a wonderful Christmas!
ReplyDeleteHappy Belated Blogiversary! Hope we have you around for more years to come!
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogiversary to you! I really enjoy reading all you have to say so keep it up!
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogiversary! And Merry Christmas too!
ReplyDeleteHappy Bloggiversary! I'm glad to hear you have a wonderful Christmas!
ReplyDeleteHappy one year anniversary! I certainly enjoy having you in this great community!
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a good Christmas despite having little time off. That is great that you earn that much vacation that quickly. It was several years into my job before we accrued up to 4 weeks. I have a little over 5 now, the max for this place, and it is one of the reasons why it would be really hard to seek employment elsewhere. It is a great benefit to have time off.
It's interesting to me to read about other peoples leave rules! Basically, if you are a permanent member of staff you are entitled to 4 weeks leave a year here, no matter how long you have been employed.
ReplyDeletecongrats and happy anniversary!! isn't it amazing how time flies when you are having fun?!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogiversary, Stephanie. I hope you are blogging for a long time to come.
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary indeed!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary--and merry christmas! New jobs can be such a bummer. :) Great news about so much vacation time, though! 4 weeks is really great.
ReplyDeleteI got my card from you Steph :) Thanks so much! You're so sweet. I'm lucky to have made a friend like you this year!
ReplyDeleteMan, it's been a year? You are responsible for my blog too if I remember correctly. It's among the living again, BTW. LOL. I hope the job is going great.
ReplyDeleteWow...happy anniversary to you and your lovely blog!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm glad to hear you all had such a nice Christmas! Can't wait to see what books you buy with your Christmas money. You will buy books, right?!!
Happy Anniversary Stephanie! You have a wonderful blog that keeps getting better and better!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, I know you are going to have a much better 2008 and am so happy for you!
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