Christmas is over

We had a wonderful Christmas. Our two children and their spouses and our Grandson Alex all spent the night Christmas eve. So it was the first Christmas in ages we have all been together. Lyle and I got about 1 and 1/2 hours sleep, and( I had a cold so I think it didn't help me much, I have continued being sick ever since, today is the 28th. I have showered today, and that was good. I feel a little bit better.)
We gave our kids, essentials this Christmas, some food, laundry stuff, TP, Papertowels, etc. The funny part was Deidra said Christmas Eve if we were giving her Food Storage she was going to be mad....guess she got bit in the but for that comment. LOL.....she said she loved it becuz it wasn't traditional food storage...it was more customized by the things they use and need. Still it made it fun to know she had said that and wah lah...she was right....
We went to Aunt Tanyas for Breakfast Christmas morning and saw a lot of the Harper family, and were able to celebrate with them. Then we napped and went to Jolene's for dessert with the Goodman side of the family. Not too many showed up but we always love seeing our nieces and nephews and brothers and sisters. It was great to see Alan's family as well. They feel like our family too. I couldn't have chosen a better sister.
I will download pictures and expand this week more. Hope whomever reads this had a wonderful Christmas also....and starts the new year out with hope and faith...for a great new year!

December 6th, 2008

I am up and atom, sort of ..it's 8:20 Saturday morning, and I am not even dressed. I have been visiting the emails, facebook, and now the blogs...
We had our weight loss group yesterday, my little sister is the only person who lost weight, and the rest of us all added to our lovely figures...lol...good thing we check in so we are at least aware of what we are doing, not that I am doing fabulous, but it might help me not gain too much back.
I didn't get much done yesterday, we went through the cargo container, our version of a storage room, and looked for the missing Christmas items...and we found most of them, and a bunch of other stuff to look through. I have a bunch of cow figurines and frogs that I have collected through the years that I will be listing on Craigs list soon. I figure that is better than my poor family inheriting the worry. Back to Christmas, I apparently have lost several things, like my Grandmother crocheted me a tree skirt...it's missing, we have ornaments that have vanished off the face of the earth.
Then, of course, I was so on the ball that last year, as in 2007 I knew I had my day group bunko at my house for Christmas, and so I went to "Cracker Barell" for lunch with family and friends and I found the cutest Christmas mugs for like 75 cents a piece and thought these will be the perfect parting gift...yes, you are right they have dissapeared out of the cargo container also. I thought I was so clever, I marked the box, 2008 Christmas bunko prizes...and now - poof- they are gone...that means I get to go shopping and well, how will I ever find a cool deal like that now....sad isn't it.
I still am working on decorating, I have piles on my counter, on my table, on the floor, in my room....ahhhhhhhhhh! The mess is HUGE...so I guess I should get busy...it's just hard to look at without getting overwhelmed.....alas this is Christmas....(sounds like a song) Anyway, it will be great when it is done...so here I go...I will let you know if I ever finish...

December 4th, 2008

Okay, I am such a moron...I can't remember how to get into my blog for the life of me...I know bookmark it...sometimes I am soooo slow!
I have been a little down and so I haven't written...but today I am getting around to decorating and am so excited. Our family went and cut down trees on Saturday after Thanksgiving. We had a lot of fun, it was Amron & Brooke, Lyle and I, and Betty Jo..she's our niece/daughter...she doesn't live with us, but is very close and so she is like a daughter. We had so much fun, it was a long day, it took us about 4 hours to pick up 6 trees....crazy times....and cold. The girls ended up spending most of the day in the pick up...until we couldn't "hold" it any longer and had to make yellow snow and freeze our backsides off...Haha ... (I heard that Jolene) Even that ended up great...we found the last tree that way...
I need to get busy, but I am doing great, and excited to have Christmas...and spend time with family and friends...that's all for now...