#91 - See a play.

Over the weekend, my mom, grandma, mother-in-law, & I enjoyed a Ladies Day Out. We had a great time at Olive Garden for lunch and then headed to the Indiana Repertory Theatre to see A Christmas Carol.



My Grandma, me, Mom, & Mother-in-law before we headed into the theatre to find out seats.



Some Christmas Carolers before the show.



The beautiful IRT.



Mom & Grandma in their seats awaiting the start of the show!



The snowy stage!

It was a wonderful show - the cast was superb! My mom has now created a list of other plays she would like to see in the near future. ;)

Holiday Gifts for Work

Happy Holidays from my work-job! :)

I stumbled over these old photos from the 1st Holiday Party that I was part of at my current job. You know the Party Planning Committee on The Office? Yeah, it was kind of like that but kind of not. Either way, we definitely had some par-tay planners in our office (still do).



Below is our baby Christmas tree that we no longer have room for in our office. Unfortunately, we have run out of space to put one up since we have a few more employees than we did 3 years ago. This pic made me smile - it was so much fun to take half of the day to decorate the tree (but not very cost-effective, I know.) I find these things as more of a morale booster in the long run.

Back to the ol' Holiday Party - please note the glassware, cloth napkins & real silverware below. Seriously, we do not joke around for Holiday parties. No paper or plastic here!

Ah, now to my gifts for my co-workers. This was last year's: M&M Cookies in a Jar (pictured), Brownies in a Jar & Holiday Scones in a Jar (pictured). I also made mini muffin loaves of Cinnamon Streusel bread as an additional gift to my bosses. It was a huge hit! What do you think?

*Ah-dor-able*

So now on to this year's holiday treat for my co-workers...goodie boxes :) Due to my unexpected encounter with food poisoning over the past weekend, my original plans for baking homemade holiday treats to fill these adorable boxes was set aside. So last night, I ran to our local CVS and cleaned out their Christmas candy section.

Aren't I cute?

I know, I know. I'm a Beachbody Coach - what am I doing giving these people sweets? Aren't you supposed to be filling it w/ protein bars and Shakeology? All good questions and yes, you caught me. I totally panicked! I knew I had to fill these babies up and air alone wasn't going to do that! But I must share this, I did bring a yummy veggie tray w/ turkey bites and low-fat cheese as an appetizer. Does that make up for it at all? :)

So there's my update about Holiday Christmas parties...Oh and here's what our tables look like this year:

Notice the lack of glassware and real silverware...my how times (& the economy) have changed. It's ok though - it'll still be an enjoyable time nonetheless! :)

PS: My stomach seems to be 99% ready for normal food but I am pretending I'm only 50% ready so I don't over eat this year. :)

Till next time!
~Beth

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from the Swissy Household! :)

These pics are from a few "Christmases" ago but I have forgotten to upload this year's tree pics to this computer. :) Either way, I figured you would get the idea.

This year's "fun" thing about having a Christmas tree & Mr. Rusty cat...is that he likes to get on his hind legs and look up the middle of the tree. We only notice this because the tree starts moving and we just see Rusty's tail sticking out. Yeah, not. cool. So while I was recovering from my lovely stomach bug yesterday (a blessing & a curse actually - weekend was horrible but it's helping w/ portion control, I guess?), the hubster was using our trusty spray bottle to stop him from shaking the tree. Needless to say, it was quite comical. Rusty also likes to "sink his teeth" into the gifts as well. His own Hallmark stamp, if you will. Can you tell he's our entertainment in the house? Rob and I are way boring without this feline. I think that's part of the reason why our friends come around as often as they do. ;)

So Christmas is now...10 days away? Is that true? It's the busiest mailing day of the year & I think I'm (almost) done w/ all our Christmas shopping. As for Christmas baking, way behind this year, which is totally not like me. We added some new traditions though earlier this month so I think that is why I'm running a little behind.

One of those fun events was the MPCC Christmas Tea:

Our Table

The Lovely Ladies :)

I took many pics of other tables around us that I liked for inspiration for next year. I won't, however, be making 6 dozen cookies again. That was 6 dozen too many since I took them all home w/ me. Lesson learned. :) I'm looking forward to the after Christmas sales even more now! We're going to have a rockin' table next year!

Let's see - other things? Well, I got new glasses:

Before

After

A little more "spunky", I think. Rob thinks I should work in an art gallery now. Only one co-worker noticed the new specs, which I find funny because they look "so different" to me (and to Rob) but everyone else either think they look the same or...they couldn't careless. :)

I don't have any recent pics of this, but I've been scrapbooking too! A group of lovely ladies (that just keeps on growing!) get together monthly to scrapbook together - it's been great so far! I'm really enjoying it :) Looking forward to the January get-together!

Also, if you have a minute (or 5), PLEASE check out my good friend, Melissa's blog. She's on my Beachbody Team & she is a joy to work (out) with :) All-around fab person!

So that's me for the moment.

Happy Holidays!!
~Beth :)