Hello Again!!

December was a crazy month around here.  My hubby started his MBA classes at the beginning of Dec. and with only one computer in the home it has been interesting!  Now we have two and I can get back to posting again.

The holidays were amazing this year.  Spending time with family took precedence and was especially poignant since it was the last Christmas that our family will see as we are now, since my brother and his wife are expecting the very first grandchild on my side!!  Right now the only "grand-kids" in the family are of the four-legged variety.  Two Vichla's (spelling?) and one Labrador! We took all three for a walk in the snow Christmas Eve and then on Christmas Day we took them to the local state park for a good, long and off-the-leash hike.  You have never seen three happier dogs.

This year was the first white Christmas I have seen in at least a decade.  It started snowing Christmas Eve just after everyone arrived and we woke up to a beautiful snow covered landscape Christmas morning.   One of our greatest traditions in my family is Christmas breakfast.  In fact we usually only have two meals on Christmas Day; breakfast and dinner.  The actual meal varies from year to year.  Traditionally it is sausage gravy, biscuits and eggs, other years we sub-out the biscuits for pancakes, but most often it is what everyone is in the mood for.  This year we had eggs scrambled with leftover ham and green peppers with cinnamon sticky buns.  Because of the timing of the holiday this year we had our big holiday meal on Christmas eve this year, since most of us had to work the day after Christmas.  Ham baked with pineapples and maraschino cherries, mashed whole potatoes and salad.  Of course there was pie; pumpkin, apple and pecan.  And egg-nogg...lots of egg-nogg.  There were Christmas cookies too!!  My mother's mother is famous for her christmas cookies.  As in: all out battles have been fought over the last remaining cookie of a certain variety. The Rum-balls are to die for and I will one day get that particular recipe....even if I have to beg!

Now we are into 2013.  The Mayan apocalypse didn't happen, the fiscal cliff has temporarily averted and all is beginning to move forward.  Yours truly is attacking this new year with vigor.  I will be having an interview next week and after consulting with family and friends I decided it was time for a new look.  So, two days ago I took the plunge and got a bob hair cut.  My hair wasn't super-long to begin with, but the ends were dry and damaged from some old highlights.  The new look is great!  The best part is that it is so easy to care for on a daily basis.  I have to get some pictures of it, after I clean out the holiday pictures from my camera......something I am procrastinating on, for no real reason.  Sounds like a good resolution for me to work on this year, right!?

There is much more to come, so stay tuned!!