Since you asked...

I've slacked off terribly, haven't I? I even got a nudge the other day... still didn't motivate me... (sorry Susanna!) :-P

I'll give it a shot tonight... As usual, quite random.

Christmas was good. Sheldon got home for just a couple of days. I wish it would have been longer, but he had to work. It had been months since I'd seen him, so I was very happy to have him home. :-) Rob's girlfriend Vanessa spent almost a week with us, and that was very nice. Having someone else around helped with the Christmas spirit. We went to my aunt & uncle's on Christmas Day, had a great time. The highway was icy so that was not fun... it was a little stressful.

Chantelle called on Christmas Eve and we all got a chance to talk with her. It was Christmas Day there, and her and Terry spent it with a friend and her family. The family even loaned them (and Terry's mom who was visiting from England) their beach house for a few days. Nice! There is a chance she may be home in a few months, but I'm not getting too optimistic just yet... ;-)

I didn't do a thing for New Year's Eve, but then I never do. :-P I did enjoy having a few days off over Christmas and New Year's.

I finished up this one course I've been taking, I wrote my final tonight. I'm pleased with how I did. I get my final grade for the course next week. I have a one-week break, and then start the next one. That one will involve more reading and assignments, so I need to be more disciplined. I am such a procrastinator!!!

I'm taking two weeks vacation in March -- I'm off to Arizona again. :-D Originally we were looking at February, and I had even found a great seat sale (I got an email notice one afternoon). By the time I checked again a few hours later, it was gone. I was quite bummed. For various reasons, we decided that March would work out better and in the end I got an even better price on my tickets than the earlier ones I'd looked at. Sweet! :-)

We lost an elderly man in our church this week. He had been in declining health for quite some time, and he was ready to go. We knew it was coming, we knew he was ready, but of course it's still sad. I will miss his wisdom, his caring ways, his sharp wit. Sam was a good man, a wonderful example of a husband and father. He is home now. (Another elderly man in the community died on the same day as well. They were friends, and Sam's family smilingly said that they were accompanying one another on their final journey... )

Sheldon's 19th birthday is coming up in just a couple of weeks... I don't have clue what to get him. The older they get, the harder they are to buy for it seems.

I'm addicted to Heroes. Yes, I'm a bit slow, but I didn't see it from the beginning the first season. I saw an episode part way into the series, and didn't want to start watching it then since I wouldn't have known what was happening. Chantelle kept telling me "You have to watch it!!!" So I waited, got the first season on DVD for Christmas, and had a Heroes-watching marathon. Then I watched the first 11 episodes of season 2 online. I'm all caught up. Now if only the writer's strike would end!!!

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Currently playing: Beautiful Life ~ Gui Borrato
Currently reading: The Dying Hour ~ Rick Mofina