Christmas Week Favourites

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I finally watched my first Christmas special this week. Let it be known that Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean is the movie that finally made me feel a twinge of holiday cheer. I know not everyone is a fan but the whole opening scene where Mr. Bean is playing with the nativity makes me giggle every time. 

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Our Christmas tree went up on Sunday and for the first year since Peyton was a kitten we put the nice ornaments on the tree! I'm not sure how many NASCAR and hunting ornaments are allowed on a tree before it becomes a Jeff Foxworthy joke, but I'm pretty sure we are at that threshold. I haven't gotten around to taking any proper photos so the oddly light iPhone photo is going to have to do for now.

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Yesterday I posted about my plan to combine One Little Word with my 52 in 52 list to tackle one word each week of 2017. I'm super excited about it, even though I'm not entirely sure how it will play out. I'm just excited about all the potential!

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I made Peanut Butter Balls for the first time...

Please tell me that there is some easier way to get the chocolate onto the peanut butter balls. Without exaggeration I was covered in peanut butter and chocolate from head to toe, along with the kitchen and pantry and everything in between. I used this recipe as a guideline, but I halved it. It turned out really good, they taste just like I wanted them to taste but they are not going to win any beauty contests. I'm thinking the secret might be to freeze the peanut butter balls and then cover them in chocolate? I rolled them and let them hang out in the fridge for an hour but it didn't seem to make that much of a difference. 

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I could have sworn I had a photo, but apparently not. Regardless, I'm devoting my last favourite of the week to Root Beer Floats. Root Beer was on sale this past week so I made it my 'I survived Christmas Grocery Shopping' treat. And then I got home and realized there was vanilla ice cream in the freezer. If I'm lucky enough to have kids someday I'm probably going to go ahead and convince them that Santa enjoys Root Beer Floats & Potato Chips more than milk & cookies. 

Linking up here. 

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Watching, Shopping & Partying

I don't have a lot of weekend excitement to share today but for the sake of blogging and documenting I'm sharing anyway. 

My Friday night looked like this:

Me, Peyton (that's the cat for those of you who might be new to these parts) and the second season of Grey's Anatomy. I went to bed fairly early because early Saturday morning I went to the city with my aunt, cousin and grandma to do some last minute Christmas shopping and visit another cousin. It was a whirlwind trip but I managed to hit all the main stores and finish my shopping expect for dad...but I'm still counting it as a win. 

Sunday we drove home and I made it just in time for our last Spark/Brownie meeting before Christmas break. The girls didn't have to wear their uniforms and most showed up in their Christmas dresses and sweaters and it was a whole lot of adorable. They decorated cookies, had a dance party and did Secret Santa. Which is everything any good Christmas party should be! 

We're supposed to get a snowstorm tonight and another on Thursday which should make for an interesting week, or at least a snowy one. 

Linking up with Biana.

Friday Coffee Chat

My Friday Five is a little heavier this week, I thought about not posting but in the spirit of keeping things real and genuine around here I'm going to go ahead a post. So let's pretend we're doing this over coffee. I'll have my usual with cream & sugar, or just sugar if there's no cream. 

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Yesterday I had an my interview for the full time camp job that I really want, I'll find out next week if I make it through to the second round of interviews. I think it went okay, but the only thing I know for sure is I am exhausted. I've spent the past nine months in this never ending cycle of searching, researching, writing, editing, e-mailing, interviewing and not being good enough. People have made full fledged human beings in the amount of time I've spent dedicated to securing a camp career. 

Also in the past nine months my three closest friends have secured jobs that they love, in the field they want to be in. Which means they don't/can't relate. And that's exhausting, because I don't want to be the Negative Nellie of the group or the underachiever so I keep repeating my standby mantra that everything happens for a reason and things will work out. 

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I have been on a serious Facebook break this week because there's a lot of provincial politics happening and I happen to fall on the unpopular opinion side of things. Nobody seems to be thinking with a clear head though and scrolling through people's Facebook rants and opinions was making me crazy. The upside of that is I've levelled up a whole bunch on Sky Burger. Still haven't picked up a book yet though, maybe that's a task for next week.

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It might sound cold hearted, but earlier this week I celebrated not celebrating a two year dating anniversary. A big catalyst for ending the relationship was more freedom to look for camp jobs and being six months on the other side of that and still not having anything to show is hard. The good news is there were lots of other reasons why the relationship needed to end and I haven't regretted my decision for a second. It would just be nice if I had something to show for this year. Instead I'm entering into the season of family gatherings single and unemployed. It's zeros all across the board and for a Type A like me that's a hard pill to swallow.

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I started watching Grey's Anatomy on Netflix this week.  

Even though the whole 'Pick me, choose me, love me' quote is meant to be about choosing between romantic interests that's essentially how I feel about the hiring process. I don't doubt my ability to do any of the jobs I've applied for, the problem is there are dozens of other people who have the same ability. I've never been someone bursting with self confidence, but I've always been confident about what I'm passionate about. Continuously being told that I'm not good enough for the thing I love most is the absolute worst. 

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I'm not the least bit excited about Christmas. I'm 90% finished all of my shopping and wrapping and I'm just ready to get it over with. I don't want to listen to any Christmas music or partake in any decorating. I want to watch Elf once because I think it's a great movie and that's kind of the extent of my Christmas Cheer. 

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Show & Tell Tuesday: Want, Need, Wear, Read

Want: I'm always happy with scrapbooking supplies or stationary, particularly I am eyeing stickers from the Etsy shop Abundance of Erica. In terms of less tangible things, I would really like a full time, year round, permanent camp job. 

Need: I have a really hard time with this category because honestly there's nothing I NEED. To me a need is something that I can't function without and I am functioning quite well. In the interest of preserving my photos I do need an external hard drive so I can back up my photos. 

Wear: Here's a fun fact about me, I take really good care of my things. I buy pretty plain/basic articles of clothing and don't often buy new stuff unless I absolutely love it or genuinely need it. Up until last week I was rocking the same three pairs of black yoga pants I've had since university (we're talking 5+ years here). And then two pairs ripped within two days. One had to go directly in the garbage, the other is acceptable for wearing around the house but is in rough shape. All that to say I'd like some black yoga pants. Technically, this might be more of a need but I'm opting for wear. 

Read: Simply Tuesday, The Wilder Life: Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie, The Tao of Martha. Or any of the other 200+ books on my Goodreads "To Read" list. I'd also like to have The Pioneer Woman's recipe books. 

I've been told I'm a very hard person to shop for, which could very well be the case but I happen to think I'm pretty easy to please. Give me a big bag of pretzels, a notebook and a new pen and I'm a happy person. What's on your list this year? Are you easy to buy for or do you fall into the hard to buy for category like me?

Linking up with Show & Tell Tuesday.

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