Happy holidays to my Xanga buddies!

I just got home from breakfast and gift opening at my parents’ house.  I have enough time for a quick nap and packing (yes, packing) before I have to return to help with dinner.  Tomorrow I leave for San Francisco and Grass Valley to visit my father and my stepmom’s side of the family.  It’s so nice to think that after my return, I’ll still have more than a week of vacation left. Woohoo! I’ll update then … hopefully with pictures taken with my new digital camera.    Until then, I wish all of you a merry and bright (and safe) holiday! 


And to Liz .
.. I’ve been thinking of you lots … and you have a big fat email coming soon.


There is a new protected post … you know the drill.

And now that I have hopefully gotten the whining out of my system, I promise shining, happy posts in the days ahead. 



Things I am grateful for today:

1.  modified school days on Thursdays and Fridays
2.  a 5.92% pay raise!
3.  my cozy down comforter
4.  I’m almost done with my Christmas shopping … woohoo!
5.  McDonald’s strawberry sundaes
6.  good friends … both old and new