Resurfacing

These past two weeks have been so crammed full of stuff [mostly work] that I feel I've been living under a rock.

A brief synopsis:

- My group at work which is already at full capacity with 13 members, is now operating with only 9, 2 of which are brand new... it's been a fun two weeks. I shouldn't complain too much though, today they took us to The Keg to thank us for all of our hard work. I ordered the Filet Mignon. I figured I deserved it. :)

- Fanyi's wedding is on Friday, which means Kev & I are both taking the afternoon off work to attend, from all indications it looks to be one hell of a party. I still haven't got her a wedding gift as yet, I'm thinking something from Canadian Tire's camping dept, but we'll see.

- Biscuits is doing well, some days he ignores us, others he's craving attention. He's still very messy but I think I've gotten used to it.

- I went on my first serious garage sale expedition on Saturday with Aaron and Kev. And by serious I mean I got there early. I scored a gift wrapping organization kit that I'd been wanting, two very rustic looking candles and a box of magnetic poetry for our fridge. No luck in the plant pots or garden tools dept but there's always next Saturday. :)

- Went on a Home Depot expedition on Sunday, and saved over $60 in the process using the new homeowner coupon I got in the mail. :)

- Dropped by Ruth and Dave's new place on Sunday after hitting Home Depot, they landed a lovely little nest egg and I think they're going to have many lovely moments and memories there. :)

- Went to visit Gran on Sunday after we left Ruth and Dave's place, she'd ask for our help hanging her bathroom curtain and a few ornaments that she wanted for the walls, we hung out for a bit and then brought her over to my folks for dinner, altogether a pleasant evening, as it usually is when I hang out with Gran. :)

- Helped Stefan with the write up for his birthday invitations, as I expected he loved the fact that they were saxaphone shaped - I still can't believe, however, that he turns 13 in a few weeks. *wistful sigh*

- We're having a Thanksgiving service for our new place on Saturday of this week, this only got decided yesterday, thankfully my uncle is a pastor [and is somewhat accomodating] so it looks like I might actually be able to pull it off even with short/late notice.
Ideally I wanted to do it on Thanksgiving weekend itself but with work being the way it is right now, I'm having a hard time trying to plan anything ahead of a few days. We've decided to keep it very intimate with family only attending, the housewarming will be sometime in November [very likely the 4th] and that will be for all of our friends and extended family - the 4th is still tentative, I have to see what my work schedule shapes up to be closer to the date.

- As a continuation from the above point, I've got to start thinking about what to serve for dinner after the TG service. Right now I'm drawing a blank. :)

That's about it from the last week or two. Gonna go check and respond to some emails now, hopefully things will settle down at work soon and I can get back to my usual routine.