Merry Christmas

to all and to all a good night!

Let the Sun Shine In

While my brother and his family are dealing with the storm of the century in the Pacific Northwest, the weather here in middle Tennesse is picture perfect. It is strange that in December I am enjoying warm weather and sunshine and not dealing with snow or cold weather. I think I will enjoy my first Christmas in the south even if there isn't any snow!

Company Christmas Party

I had my company Christmas party on Friday night. The theme was Casino Night and it was a blast. My company gave everyone $15,000 to gamble (of course, not real money!). The object was to win as much money as you could because at the end of the night you cash in your chips to purchase raffle tickets from your winnings. For every $5,000 you get 1 raffle ticket so even if you are not a gambler you already get 3 raffle tickets. The big prizes were raffled off at the end of the night and there was no limit to how many prizes you can win. Plus every 20 minutes during the evening door prizes were given away and no gift was under $100! At the end of the night I won $111,000 playing Black Jack - total $126,000 worth of raffle tickets (25 tickets). Up until the raffle ticket drawing I hadn't won anything so I was hoping to win one of the big prizes at the end of the night. I ended up winning an iPod with some accessories! I was so excited to win something because I never do and I won something I can use. I like this company.