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Good morning, Y’all.

Ok, so it’s been almost a week again.  I’ve been a busy lady lately!  I thought I was done with everything, but NOT!!!!!  I keep finding things I need to do.

Micheal got me a sewing machine cabinet for an early Christmas present so I had to get busy cleaning out the spare bedroom so I had a place to put it.  And I had to get the rest of the packages mailed so they would be delivered before Christmas.

Today I’m gonna be shelling pecans and sometime in the next couple of days I need to make cookies for Micheal to take to work.  Oh, and I still need to go pick up Micheal’s present when it’s ready.

I still need to pick up a ham and some pie shells for our Christmas dinner.  Micheal’s gonna cook the ham in the smoker so I won’t have so much to cook.  I made him a couple of pecan pies for Thanksgiving (my first time making pecan pies) and they turned out pretty good.  I’m gonna make him peanut butter pies for Christmas.

We’re gonna be home alone for Christmas.  Micheal’s gonna have to work part of the holiday, but not Christmas day.  Working for a school district, there are some things he can’t do while the teachers, staff and students are there, like taking down the mail server or one of the other servers they frequently access.  So when the whole school is closed for a holiday, that’s the best time for him to get some things done.  He’ll be able to take some time off in the spring so we can do something.  So we’re spending Christmas here.

My Dad and stepmother are going to spend Christmas with her family in
Texas.  They left this morning.  Consequently, my family got together this past Saturday for an early Christmas.  Dad gave me a call while everybody was together so I could talk to everybody, since that’s practically the only time I get to talk to my older and youngest sisters.  I used to call them at least once a month, but they can’t be bothered to call me except on my birthday, so I got to the point that I just don’t bother.  Then my older sister moved and didn’t bother to let me know, much less give me her new address and phone number.  On top of that, her daughter got married last month and they didn’t bother to tell me, much less send me an invitation.  And when we go out there for a visit, those two sisters hardly bother to show up.  They usually manage to give me a couple of hours during the entire time we’re there.

Now the sister just younger than me…she’s a different story.  When we’re out there, she takes time off from work so she can spend more time with me.  And she and I call each other at least every other week.  She lets me know about everything that’s going on.  She’s how I found out about our niece’s wedding!  The only reason Dad didn’t tell me is because he assumed Diane or Jana sent me an invitation.  Boy was he pi$$ed when he found out they didn’t.

Ok, enough venting.  I need to get started shelling pecans.  I’m gonna roast some for Micheal to take to work.  And I need to get some other things done, including some more work on the spare bedroom, so I have a busy day ahead of me.

Oh, I’m doing ok with the diet.  I’m not losing, but I am holding my own.  So that’s a good thing.  But I’m not buckling down on it at the moment like I should be.  After the holidays are over, I’ll get back on it full force.

Y’all have a great day!

I know I have neglected my buddies, and I apologize for that.  I’ve just been so busy trying to get everything done – unpacking and organizing, Christmas shopping and such - that I haven’t even thought about much of anything else.  Practically every day I find that there’s something I have to go out to get so I’m on the run, and when I finally get some time to relax, I do exactly that.  And it’s been a while since I wrote a blog, but there hasn’t really been much to tell, but boy is there now!

Saturday I met Nikki.  And she is absolutely gorgeous, both inside and out!!!

Ok, let me start at the beginning.  Micheal and I drove down to Fort Lauderdale to visit some of his family who were there on vacation from California and
Nevada.  Since we were gonna be so close, we made arrangements to meet Nikki.

Saturday morning Nikki picked us up at our hotel and drove us down to

South
Beach.  She drove around and showed us some sights, then we walked around for a while and she took us to lunch.  Then it was back to the hotel.

Let me tell you, the time we spent was just too short, at least for me.  We talked and laughed the whole time we were together.  And I’m really glad we finally got a chance to meet.  In my opinion it cemented a friendship that I felt we’d already begun online.

Ok, that sounded a little weird!!!  But I think a lot of you will understand where I’m coming from and what I mean.  You can never have too many friends.  And Nikki and I have communicated online for months and gotten to know each other quite well.  Some people think it’s not possible to become friends with someone who you’ve never met, but I’m here to tell you that you can.  And then meeting them face-to-face can serve to cement that friendship.

As for what’s been going on in my life…

We’re finally getting settled in here in
Goose Creek.  Most of our house is in order.  I still have some things in my spare bedroom/sewing/craft room to unpack and get organized, but I’m working on that just a little bit at a time.  My early Christmas present from Micheal will be delivered in a couple of days so that will help.  He bought me a really nice sewing machine cabinet with lots of storage.   (My early Christmas present to him was a BBQ grill/smoker, which he used to smoke our Thanksgiving turkey.)

I got my corkboard and map hung on the wall and have all my keychains on it.  And yesterday I got to add
Florida.

I have all my Christmas shopping done, except the little things I’ll get to fill Micheal’s Christmas stocking.  I can pick that stuff up at the grocery store since I always fill his stocking with Reeses Pieces, a giant Hershey’s Kiss and other assorted goodies.  Other than that, all I need to do is wait for Micheal’s main present (a 1932 Conn C-Melody saxophone) to be finished so I can pick it up.  Tomorrow I’ll get all my Christmas cards and the presents for family put in the mail and then I can sit back and relax a bit.  I still have cookies to make for Micheal to take to work but I’m cheating on those.  I picked up the ready made dough so all I have to do is put them on a cookie sheet and then in the oven.

Diet wise I’m doing ok.  I’ve held my own during Thanksgiving and our trip to
Florida.  I’ve actually managed to lose a couple of pounds so I’m happy with that.  But I’m not going to obsess about it right now.  After Christmas I’m gonna buckle down and stick to the plan that my new doctor gave me.  I’ve not deviated from it much the past few weeks, but I need to stay with it 100% for me to get the full benefits from it. 

And that’s about it.  Nothing much has happened the past few weeks, but what has happened was great.

Now I’m off to get caught up on some blogs.