My trip to Detroit thankfully was uneventful. I was Abe's Secret Santa. He made it easy for me by requesting several baseball caps. He's a cap person. Trina wound up being my Secret Santa and she got me a three month subscription to Universal Yums. They send out a monthly box with treats from a different country. Dom discovered the company a few years back and we enjoyed a box or two from various countries. The box actually arrived at my home on the 24th (guess it was good that I stayed home a day) and I decided to take it with me. She also ordered Mariah Carey's 2020 autobiography that I had on my wish list. I started reading a bit about Mariah's early life. She's had it rough but she managed to use adversity to eventually make a name for herself.
Tasha brought over dinner for our Christmas meal that as always was delicious. We spent the evening watching trashy, badly acted Tubi movies.
Eugene and I hung out for a bit grabbing lunch at Sweetgreen restaurant, an organic outfit that serves environmentally sustainable meals. After lunch we went shopping at Nordstrom's (well I did...LOL). I picked up a new jacket for me and some shirts for Dom.
I decided to drive back home on Saturday after stopping by the cemetery to see Mama and Papa. Trina, Tasha, and I shipped in to get a bed of flowers for their tombstone and also a wreath for our "Grandma" and hubby as well as "Grandma's Dad" who we knew as "Uncle". I tried to look for "Uncle" where I thought he would be but had no luck finding him.
My Sunday was spent doing laundry in the morning and then a quick trip to Meijer's in the afternoon and a side trip to Chipolte's for our dinner.
I managed to irritate my nose this morning using the CPAP machine. I wound up going to the office even though I wished I could've stayed home. I found myself blowing my nose and sneezing all day. Fun times.
My New Year's Eve is going to be a quiet one. Dom and I will keep a low profile enjoying some steak and shrimp (well I will enjoy that). The plan is to ring in the New Year watching one of the countdowns and praying the crazy folks don't shoot bullets at our house.
It's so hard to believe 2024 is coming to an end. I will say that I am glad that I continued to blog about various events that have happened throughout the year. With this post I'll have made 50 entries which is 10 more than I made in 2023. The big highlight for me workwise was getting my promotion, which was my first promotion at a job since 2006. Work has been nutty as usual but I'm pushing my way through it best way I know how. I was happy that Dom and I managed to take a couple trips this year, one related to my work and the other related to his hobby. It is nice that we were able to travel together and try to enjoy life.
For 2025 I do hope I continue to work towards paying off our mortgage. At the same time I need to start thinking about getting another car. I hate the thought of a car note (it's been nice not having one for a couple years) but I know Dom has a hard time getting into my Passat. I'm thinking about the mini-SUV's like the Subaru Forester or the Mazda CX-5. There's a few other crossover SUV's that I'm looking at as well. I'm going to have to try to juggle that with getting the mortgage paid off. I hate to replace one bill with another but I know it's about time to think about it. I've been blessed that my Passat has been hanging in there since March 2014. Cars are so expensive these days as well. We shall see.
Perhaps my stock Blackberry may help me in achieving one or both of the financial goals. They've had some good news in recent weeks that seems to have helped the stock recover some. Their product QNX may finally be ready to start making the stock profitable again in 2025. They plan on featuring QNX heavily at the upcoming Las Vegas held Consumer Electronic Show on January 7, 2025. I'm very hopeful that things will be looking up there.
Here's to a happy, healthy 2025 for us even with the uncertainty of America's future.
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