Last weekend the Shepard family party, held at Arlene's place, went off without a hitch. Always wonderful to catch up with the siblings and cousins, although there is never enough time to fully fill each other in on our activities. We need to hold a gathering such as this on a quarterly or bi-annual schedule to catch up.
Food was awesome and abundant. I brought taco dip and spinach dip along with cardamom bread and cardamom shortbread. Tons of leftovers along with goodies, which included Arlene's addictive, homemade carmel corn.
As always, we played the white elephant gift game. Wound up with a lighted lantern that fit perfectly with my standing snowman.
Unfortunately, it seems germs were shared too as I wound up with a winter cold the following Monday. Took a few afternoons off from work to nap and am on the upswing now.
Friday the 16th was the annual company employee party in Tacoma. Sipping mimosas, rode the party bus to the convention center with the Portland office. Abundance of swanky food, open bar, and raffle prizes. When the opening ceremony started, a couple of big wigs ran through the crowd, shooting bills with air guns. I wound up grabbing $105 so that was exciting and made up for not winning a raffle prize! Cheered sis Erin on when she was selected as a member of an elite group of high performers. Way to go little sis!! Was a fun event but boy was I tired when we were dropped off by the bus upon our return.
Christmas is almost here, which means finishing the shopping for gifts. Have done quite a bit of Amazon purchases this year and need to submit my final, guaranteed delivery before the 25th items. Also took 12/23 to 12/27 off from work so this will give me time to finish shopping then time to recover!
Merry Christmas!!
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