Happy New Year!

The holidays are finally over! I've been working so many hours lately that I really feel like they just flew by this year, but is's already time for the Christmas tree and the other decorations to come down. We had a very nice Christmas and are so fortunate that we are able to spend the holidays with my mom & dad & sister & her family. My mom and dad came to our house for Christmas Eve dinner (Mark decided to go "tropical" this year because I turned the heat up so much because I didn't want mom & dad to be cold). On Christmas Day, we drove out to my sister's house and had a really nice dinner and visit with everyone. Andrew even performed a piano recital for us!

We spent today pretty much doing nothing, except I was finally able to open up and "play" with some of my Christmas presents. I was totaly spoiled this year and got an Aerogarden, a CHI flat iron, and a Wii Fit in addition to a whole lot of other goodies. I think I'm really going to like having the Aerogarden and having flowers growing in the middle of winter! It came with an herb kit, but I'm going to plant an "English Cottage" garden in it for now, and it will have lavendar and snapdragons and all kinds of pretty flowers. The older I get, the more I dislike winter, even though everything is very pretty when there's a fresh snowfall.