Since Christmas Eve

Well, let's see. Since I last wrote, we had Christmas day at Chance's dad's house. Taylor got to go with us this year. She had a good time with her cousins. The sister-in-law's were both sick, so I hung with the guys and my mother-in-law. This year, I got some cool presents. I got a new skirt and top set - (my sister-in-law has been teasing me for months about it cuz she heard it had tassles!). But it was actually ok - has fringe at the bottom of the skirt - it goes to my ankles. Will look cool with my new boots I hope to get. And I got a pretty nice ceramic bowl for my kitchen and another sweater. After all the presents and food, we played games. Dave brought a new Pirates of the Caribbean dice game. It was rather fun. We played many rounds and I actually won a few. After we beat Amanda, Dave's 16 year old daughter, she gave up and I was left playing with Chance, his Dad, and the other two brothers. Couldn't believe I actually hung in there - they are sharks when it comes to games!!! It was a fun time.

Tuesday was our 8 year anniversary. Can you believe that? Wow - seems like yesterday. Taylor was at her mother's and Tristan stayed the night with mom and dad. We stayed in the Sheraton in bricktown. We saw Pursuit of Happyness with Wil Smith. OMG - it was such a good movie. A little slow at first but I have to say, that man deserves where he is today. Not many people would have made it through what he did. I bawled and bawled. Don't get me wrong ... it isn't all sad. You actually cry when the good stuff happens too. Afterwards I stopped in the ladies room and as I was in the stall, I overheard one lady say to another, "I know what movie you just got out of!" Everyone was all red eyed. If you don't see it in the theatre, rent it. It's a true story and it makes you very thankful for what you have and for your family and friends. And it teaches you to have faith in yourself and your abilities...to never give up on your dreams. After the movie, we hung out at the Hall of Fame bar and grill for a while. It was early. Watched some football. Then we went to dinner at Othello's. That was some good food. We told them it was our anniversary and they helped us pick a good bottle of champagne. We went back to the hotel and had a nice complimentary breakfast yesterday. They have really renovated that hotel. All in all, we had a nice stay. It was nice to have some time to ourselves too.

We were pretty tired yesterday. Neither of us slept well for some reason, so we stayed at home. Today the boys had haircuts and I made Chance take me to Factory Direct so I could get this $8.95 coat rack I've seen on TV. I need it for my office at work. While we were there, he began looking at dining room tables. We've been needing a smaller one and non-fabric chairs. Well he decided to go ahead and bite the bullet. So I not only got a coat rack, I got a new dining room table. Woo hoo - it looks so much better! And my new ceramic bowl goes really well on it. It is the first non-hand-me-down table for both of us. Now I need to find someone who might want this other table and chairs. Beth comes to mind...

Tomorrow, Mom and Dad are coming over. I'm taking her to Dustee's to spend her new gift card and so I can spend some of my Christmas money too. I think Dad is staying here with the boys so he can see Tristan's new PS2 and games.

I hope to get my hair highlighted again on Saturday. My sister-in-law does it and she has been sick. And we will probably go hang out with them on New Year's Eve so the kids can play and we can play games or something. I guess the only day that nothing is planned is Monday. Then it's back to work for the second most horrible month of the year. I hate working screwy hours. It gets our routine all freaky and makes me cranky. But I am thankful for the time off I get each year. So I will endure and remind myself how nice the holidays were.

Oh and another good thing that happened...I received some pictures of Sami and Levi and Randy and Susan in the mail. That was nice. Haven't had pictures of those guys in several years. Reminded me we so need to have some new family pics made.

Well that's all for now. I'm getting tired and think I wanna read or snooze. Not sure which will win out. Later dudes!