Weekend Madness ...

The weekend was a hectic one but an enjoyable one. Would you believe I hardly touched my laptop and checked my blog until late Sunday evening?

'Heavens be praised Nick, that is indeed a miracle!'

And the reason was cos I was so busy with my Christmas stuff. By the time everything was done late Sunday night, both wifey and me were on the verge of collapsing from exhaustion. But it was all worth it :) And no, Cindy, I haven't fully completed all my shopping just yet ... LOL!

The moment I got home from work on Friday, we went out to look for Christmas decorations and stuff cos wifey and me decided on a theme for our Christmas decorating for this year. We had a silver/blue theme last year and this year we wanted to do a red/gold theme but ended up going with something we call 'Winter Wonderland'. So, we were kinda looking for specific decorations and it wasn't easy but we found some stuff that would suit our theme just fine.

Oh, I even managed to get myself a digital camera (no, not the DSLR kind, though I wish it was). We were at one of the hypermarkets near my place and there was this digital camera sale going on and I decided to stop and check it out. I had no intention of buying one mind you, but it was so cheap that I couldn't not get one. Well, at least now I can stop taking pictures with my useless camera phone ... LOL!

Once we got home, wifey and me waited for the boy to sleep before starting our tree decorating cos if they were still awake, it would have been a riot and I would have been screaming at them not to touch this or that. My younger boy was just plain getting on both wifey's and my nerves all weekend. So, once they finally went to bed, we both snuck downstairs quietly and started working on the tree. We worked on it till about 3.00am and decided to call it a day cos we were both dead tired by then and I needed to get up real early and go get a few more Christmas decorations and head home before the Christmas shopping crowds come out.

But as bad luck would have it, on the way out, my just repaired car decided to crap out on me and I had to take it back to my mechanic with wifey and the kids in tow and wait it out till he finished fixing it, which set me back about 2 hours. But once it was fixed, we hurried to the malls to get those decorations we needed and head home to work on the tree some more. Halfway through the decorating, I had a brilliant flash for an idea (ok, ok, maybe not so brilliant ... LOL!) and grabbed wifey and headed out to get more props for my theme. That took another few hours at the malls again, got home and put my plan to work.

I'm happy to say that it's finally done, late last night and it looks pretty decent (can't beat my buddy Adrian's decor) but I'm pretty pleased with it. I actually managed to get everything I wanted and get it all into place just the way I envisioned it :D I'm still going to mess with it cos I'm never satisfied with stuff but it's basically 95% completed. I've been taking a lot of digital pictures (with my new camera of course ... LOL) and was contemplating posting the process of my decorations but I've decided to post the completed picture of my little 'Winter Wonderland' on Christmas eve, so look out for it ... hehehe ...

By Sunday night I was just to beat to do anything. I did manage to log on and answer some comments but that's about it. I was just too tired to do anything else after that. I just headed to bed and before you know it, Monday is here. But for once I've no issues with Monday. It's been a good day so far and what makes this Monday even better is the fact that tomorrow is a holiday for us here in Selangor ... woohoo! And wifey and me are going for more Christmas shopping tonight. Oh, I just love this season :D Ok, now I'm going to do some blog hopping cos I've got a lot of catching up to do ... see you all later folks!

Oh and Marzie, your mug has finally arrived. I practically grabbed the postman the moment he walked in the door. I think the poor fellow is probably too distressed to work now ... LOL!