Wow Time Flies!

I can't believe how much time has passed since my last entry! Christmas was great as usual. Sandra, Roy and Luke came until Boxing day and then left.. my first year missing Luke's birthday. They won't be coming for Christmas next year which will be very sad for Luke.. he'll miss the presents but I think and hope, he'll miss the family more. Don't get me wrong.. he'll still get something for Christmas but I for one am not going to waste my money when I don't even get to see the kid open his gifts! And he's starting to get older, gifts aren't that important and he needs to learn that now so he doesn't expect it when he's older.

I'm getting really excited to go on my trip to San Diego with my mom in May. I'm making the plans next weekend. We're going for two weeks and will be going to Disneyland, California Adventure and Universal Studio's. We are going to rent a car for hopefully the whole trip so we'll be able to take mini trips around the San Diego area. I want to get some good shots of the area so that's my motivation as usual.

I'm also planning on a trip to Las Vegas with a friend of mine. I've never been before so I'm really looking forward to that. There are so many free things to do there! And there's lots to with animals so I'm psyched! Plus I recently went into a casino for the first time.. I loved the penny slots!!!

Well I hope everyone is in good health.. till I blog again...

Here are some pictures from Christmas..

Maddie and her new toy

Vern and his new toy Mom and her new hat!


Luke with his Dragonology book and Maddie in her new collar and new blanket gramma made her!
And after years of not having my picture taken.. I finally bit the bullet (so to say) and had a friend of mine take this.. I gave it to everyone at Christmas..

The season of colds!

Well it went around work and now I have it.. a cold.. I never get colds but alas it has hit me.. I missed a day and a bit last week and now came home early today to do paper work in the peace and serenity of my home and laptop. Thank you Lord for Chicken Noodle soup!! mmmmmmmmmm..

My Christmas shopping is done again.. but now I'm doing the adding touches to gifts.. I've bought a little something for all the kids on my caseload and now feel that I need gift bags for them all.. all 33 of them! That's a lot of wrapping and gift bags I must say! But I love Christmas so much and love giving so much more so its so worth it to me! Especially since my gift may be the only thing some of these kids get.. and my gift isn't much in the scheme of things but a lot of love goes with it so hopefully the kids realize that also.

Back to doing my paper work.. Merry Christmas and happy shopping!

Down, down, down...

Well.. the snow kept coming down this week.. my health went down a tad but the best 'downer' of all.. I lost 4 lbs!! I am getting closer and closer to my goal every week! So far a total of 15 inches and 20 lbs.. I'd like to loose another 20 lbs before my holiday next year and it would be nice to loose another 5 lbs by Christmas.. that may be difficult with all the wonderful food at this time of year!

Here's to another 'down' week!