Thankful

I'm thankful this evening for many things. These are in no particular order-I tend to be very stream of consciousness.

My MacBook, which is now back in MY possession. We had been separated so long (um, a week and a half?) that I was beginning to learn to deal without it. However, having it back means I get to blog again. Yippee.

My family. We had a great Christmas together. Two days of it in fact. Yesterday was more low-key and today brought lots of people together.
Mom, dad, brother, sister-in-law, nephew, hubby, moi, aunt d, uncle j, uncle t, cousins t, l, h, j and nieces and nephews k, j, e, c, e, and most importantly my spunky grandmother who recently turned 96. She rocks.

My presents! A new skillet, stew pot, pyrex measuring bowls and storage bowls, kitchen towels, cookbook...see the theme yet? I can't wait to get them into the kitchen and go to town with them.

And even more fantabulous-it's my blog, I get to make up words-was the huge present my parents got the kids. Airfare and hotel to the Grand Canyon as a family this spring. Wow!!! The hubs and I never got to take a honeymoon so we're thinking this will be more than enough to make up for that.

I'm starting a special fund for this venture because I think we owe them a super nice dinner or two hundred for this.

And last, but not least, for tonight is the Shred video I purchased via Amazon this evening. It's about time I got off my lazy duff and was proud of this bod again. Oh wait, was I ever? Well, it's about time.

The Busiest Week of the Year

It seemed as though I was on a roll. Really, lots of posts. Then what happened? Not only did we slide into the busiest week of the year-Christmas approaching and school about to dismiss for Winter Break-but then the unthinkable happened.

Long story short. We love our iMac. We love it so much we talked my parents into getting one. And guess what? They've had problems from day one. Sooo, a year later the thing finally, basically, stopped working. And my husband, who every time he looked at their computer seemed to harm it more, felt really guilty. So when all four of us met at the Apple store yesterday I very begrudgingly handed over my MacBook to my mom so they wouldn't have to go without a computer for too much longer.

I think I'm having withdrawals. Seriously. I miss my MacBook. Really.

That's so sad, isn't it?

I'll be back soon.