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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.