Christmas in Arizona

The squirrel and I went to Arizona for a Christmas visit and have our own celebration there. We exchanged gifts and went shopping together, did some cooking and then, of course A had to get sick. I don't mean just any kind of sick, but really very sick. The last two days we were there we had to just stay around the house pretty much and watched movies together. I got to help my dad with his new digital camera, which was a really cool one. It's got a lot more bells and whistles than mine. Their house they're in now is a new one. They've got it all moved in and decorated so it was really very cozy. It had the touch of a model home, yet cozy too. I got to meet with an old friend for lunch and visit the bus yard I used to work at when we lived there. We went and ate at P.F. Chang's for lunch the day we got there. It was great, then off to the mall to walk around and just take in all the hustle and bustle. Also, trying to get the Christmas feeling going since it wasn't quite Christmas yet. The stay was a bit short, but we both really enjoyed ourselves and left feeling it had been a big success. The bummer part was that on the way back from PHX to our house, we got stuck in Dallas since the plane we were on left late out of PHX and American Airlines wasn't nice enough to wait for us to connect in Dallas to get home. It was the last flight out of Dallas to where we needed to go and the squirrel had a fever of about 103 by that time. I had to call and have G pick us up at the airport in Dallas which is at least 2 hours away. So, we waited for him for that 2 hours, then had to ride another 2 hours to get home. It was about 2:30a when we finally got in the door at home. But, home sweet home!

A quick Christmas in Texas post

Well, it's been a wonderful Christmas season. It's not completely over yet. Today, the 3 of us are going out to get firecrackers of sorts to set off tonight for our little festivities. These pictures were taken at my neice's house. Most of my husbands side of the family was here with an exception of his brother in Florida and his sister in Louisiana. We missed them being there, but wish them the best of everything for the coming year. I wanted to get a quick post in to show I am still around and we've been kind of busy with returning some of the gifts I got for G. I got him cowboy boots (ostrach ones). They are really hard to get the right size without the person being there. So then of course we had to get some boot cut jeans to go with them since his one pair of jeans looked funny. Then, of course you need a belt to hold up the pants that goes with the boots. Oh, and I almost forgot.... a nice long sleeved button up shirt to go with since all he had was work shirts. He made out pretty well for Christmas, and his birthday too which was yesterday... the 30th.
For his birthday, we went to Shogun's and it was delicious. It's a place where they cook the chinese food right in front of you! The cook we got was full of personality, so we just really had a blast. Then we went for a drink at TGI Friday's. I hope y'alls Christmas was great. I've got a little more to post for Christmas, but for now... chow.

I just thought this was thought provoking...

"Your true character is how you act when no one is looking". I just saw this neat little saying and wanted to share it with y'all. I know there's a lot of different sayings that make a really good statement and are very obvious in their point. This one however, to me struck a cord. I think since it's the New Year right around the corner, this is a good phrase to reflect on. Maybe you have something you think is important to reflect on in the New Year and would like to share it.
As the year comes to a close here in a few days, I am reminded how blessed I am.
I've been away from the blogging world for a while, but of course you know I haven't forgotten you- anyone. I've got some catching up to do reading your blogs, but look forward to doing that this weekend.
Let me know what you think about the phrase I came across. I know the New Year means a lot of different things to everyone, so I'd love to hear from you. I'm off to bed ... good night.

Would you believe this is the only picture we took?

Does anyone know how to lighten up the pictures after you've downloaded them from the digital camera to the computer? I would love to know how to do that. This was of course taken at night, in Natchochis, LA. Our little family of 3 went there for a couple of hours to walk around and look at the pretty Christmas lights, eat turkey legs like our squirrel is in the picture, cotton candy, and of course the famous meat pie. This was only about an hour or so from his parents house, so we went and stayed the night with them. We had a very nice visit with them. We go there at least every other month to visit and catch up on stuff. His Mom isn't feeling well at all. She's been sick with this and that for some time. She's been going through a bunch of tests for the health workers to figure out what's wrong with her. No one has found anything to make her feel as horrible as she has been feeling. Blood tests, MRI's, X-ray's, an angiogram, and lots of other fun tests that have done nothing but make her even more uncomfortable for a while after the procedure. I hate that word, "procedure", don't you? It's really just a nice word for "something really horrible that you should dread all night the night before you get it done",

So, Angelina is pregnant with Brad's baby?!?!? Whatever, I have to see it for myself. And, now to get even I guess--- Jen and "Slick" are going to plan to have a baby within the year also. Oh, and now Nicole Kidman is getting Tom Cruise back by marrying Keith Urban. I guess there have been worse crimes, but who ever heard of getting even by doing stuff like this? I guess they're getting even, it sure couldn't be because they love each other.

My little family has gotten rid of the puppy named, "Katie". We sold her, and went to this other town about 30 miles from our house to get another puppy. Katie was really just about the dumbest dog I'd ever met. She pee'd every time you even looked like you were coming her way to pet her or pick her up, or whatever. Plus, she was really rough with MY dog- Elvis. She'd bit and chew on him to 'play', but it left him with sores and scabs all over the place. Elvis is really way too nice. I would've eaten her for lunch by now, but he's a gentleman. Daisy- the puppy we have now (and will keep forever) is a border collie mix. I think she's mixed with an australian shepherd, but they never got a look at the "milk man". She is just the sweetest thing, with an awesome disposition. I know she'll learn fast, and really already is a great dog. We just have to do some fine tuning on her "house training". She's 4 months old and was born on Oct. 15th. Get this, my husband even likes her. We could've gotten her when I get back from AZ, but he said he doesn't mind watching her. He even sounded somewhat excited to get to do it. Daisy sits on his lap a lot and falls asleep.

I've been working every day for the past week at the Gap. It's good I guess because I'll have some money left over after Christmas. Lots of drama going on at the other job- the school bus job. It sucks, but I like the bus and the kids. Just not the people or "kind" of people I work with. I'll probably get all kinds of comments for that, but it really is awful the way these people act, and they're grown! So, I'm gonna go to bed now so I can pretend I'm going to sleep until my alarm goes off at about 4:30a to get us up and headed off to the airport. I'll keep up with the blog though probably while I'm there. Chow for now!