Saturday morning, 4:51am

well good morning or afternoon or evening to anyone who happens to stop in to this post and look into a little corner of my small moments in life. well, Christmas is over, the small pile of wrapping paper in our house is in a plastic bag in the trash can, and the huge prime rib that John bought is almost all gone. We never set up a tree this year, cus we were busy with other stuff that HAD to be done, so I dont have to take it down. Thats ok, we had a poinsetta plant that was givin to us and that is what we used as our tree. This year, for the first time in I dont know how long, john told me what he really wanted. We each had a budget of the same amount, and guess what, he got everything he wanted and i stayed in my budget for the first time. I only wanted one thing, and i got that too. I was happy and so is john. Job well done to both of us.

I know that sounds like a quick little wrap up of the holiday, and it was, but that is pretty much how it went. it was different this year for us. none of our kids were home, so that whole big celebration thing we have had in the past just didnt happen this year. we are still enjoying our holiday, just in a quieter way. I baked. I made cookies and brought them to work. then i got home and made some more for the lady i drive to work with. I also made those nanaimo bars that Carol put on her page. I will never like them, cus coconut just isnt a part of the food list that I eat. I gave more than half the bars to my friend also, and her family loved them. John says they are a little rich, a once a year thing. thats good with me. gag, coconut. but he is happy.

 I felt a little like the luckyness of Em shopping when i found one of the items i bought for john on sale for 15.00 less. I took the receipt back, with the intention of getting my stud a stud finder for the next project we take on. well guess what, when they rang it up, it was the exact amount, down to the penny of the difference in the receipt return. How cool was that.

Do I have a little more of your time? its been so long since i was on here, i have some updating to do. Alex is joining the AirForce. He has run out of money from his student loans, due to retaking classes he failed to pass the first time around. We offered to help him so he could stay there, but he didnt want any more more of our help, he wants to fix this on his own. so, since he had intended to join anyway, he is just going to join earlier, and let the AF finish paying for it. that is a good thing for him to do. Im actually happy he decided to take on more responsibility in this matter. I have to look at it like a growing thing. and for him, an opportunity to see more and grow to be a more fulfilled person and adult. So he will be coming home the beginning of february until they take him the end of march. I will get to see him a little. Once again, my children are growing up.

Well, before you mistake this for an autobiography from me, I better go. But wait, one minute. I have a question. have any of you noticed a few changes in multiply. I no longer get all the notices telling me you and every other person on here has posted something. I dont necessarily need to know about all your friends posts, but i would still like to see if you have put up something new. I dont even get told if my page has been posted on. I better go check to see what my settings are on.

ok, so now i really am gonna change my font and size and get on with the day. we are leaving town this morning to go to the coast. we will be spending time with johns family and returning tomorrow. so have a great day and see ya all later.