2009 Upon Us

Well, Christmas is over. The New Year is just a few days away. I actually have a New Year's resolution this year. I usually don't make them because I always disappoint myself! But this year's is very obtainable. When I get home, I am going to clean out EVERY SINGLE cabinet in my kitchen and get rid of A LOT of crap! I have new dishes, so I can get rid of the old. I'll also get rid of mugs, cups, bowls, glasses.....anything not needed! Then I'm going to clean out the food cabinets! So...that's my resolution, what's yours?

Dad has agreed to count calories the last few days I'm here. Actually, it's 13 days, that gives me almost 2 weeks, I think we can get 10 lbs off him by then! Then, hopefully Aunt Sue will take over from there.....AHEM, isn't that right? :)

We spent Christmas Eve at my brother's house eating good food, great desserts, and watched the kids sing karaoke. Here's a few pics from the night before Christmas, and all through John's house....






So, on to what Santa brought. Santa brought Jake a 2 1/2 ft tall Batman figure, a Star Wars Millenium Falcon (complete with lights, sounds, etc.), and a glow in the dark Space themed train set. We all had a great Christmas. Jake got more toys than I can list in one blog! Tom got a Garmin GPS and I got a Wii, Wii Fit, and then we went and got Mario Kart for Jake. Dad got a new light for his backyard grilling area. John got a really cool indoor shuffleboard (like the one at the supper club) for his game room.



Then Friday, we went to my Mom's family's get together. There we ate (AGAIN), let the kids play, and picked lemons from my Uncle Steve's lemon trees. And tonight, I made homemade lemonade, for my first time. It was yummy! But that sure was a lot of work for the amount of lemonade I got! LoL!






So anyways, Tom's driving one of dad's cars back to Russellville. He left Phoenix about 2 hours ago. He figures he'll be home around noon tomorrow. I hope everything goes ok and he makes it home safe!

But for now, Happy New Year everyone and I hope you all had a great Christmas!