In case anyone has wondered if my dearest brother, William, is a trend setter...here is proff:

First time eating cereal--9/15/09

I saw an outfit today on the Babies R Us website that said "Someday I will get trashed at prom." I SO don't think that's funny. What kinda parent actually thinks it would be cool/funny for their kid to get trashed at prom? I kinda secretly hope that Katie would rather stay home and read or do a science experiment than go to some worthless prom. But that's just me. I'd rather her be on the chess team than a cheerleader.

My shower from my church is this weekend. It's a diaper & formula shower. I'm excited to get those things. They are NOT fun to buy. I would rather spend my $ on things like bows and all things pink. Her room is coming along perfectly. So much so that Vic walked in there tonight and said "she is going to grow up and HATE pink." I think it's just the opposite. She will LOVE it! Her signature colors will be blush and bashful! Not really, more of bubble gum and raspberry...with a little lime green!

Have I mentioned that I am addicted to Mafia Wars? I play it on my facebook, my myspace, and on Vic's facebook. I've been considering playing on Vic's myspace too, or making Katie a facebook so that I can play on hers. I don't know why I'm addicted to it. It's kind of like the Sims, only simpler and darker.

Welcome Katie Victoria! Birthdate: 5/19/09, home to us: 8/9/2009.

Vic has decided to go to seminary. It's not like it's sudden--the first time he talked to his dad about it was 1994. He mentions it about once of twice a year to me. We finally came to the conclusion that God is calling him and that's probably why he's not happy in any job, ever. I don't think God makes compromises "Ok, Vic, you wanta be an x-ray tech--never mind what I want--you do your thing..." We are now researching schools. There are lots of distance programs. There is also one at Southwestern in Ft. Worth that just has classes once a month. Another, Waylon, in Amarillo that he is looking at too. He is planning to do Christian Counseling--meaning he's not looking to preach as much as be a spiritual advisor. He's also interested in possibly being a chaplain for a hospital. SO, things are pretty exciting around here--this is such a huge, life changing decision for both of us!

We also had an IUI yesterday, so we could possibly be prego. Given our track record, probably not, but God is workin' in our lives right now...so maybe! :)

I got a new rocking chair for outside. As you can see from the not-so-pretty picture, I can sit indian-style in it (is that politically incorrect to call it that?). I LOVE IT. I just sat and rocked while Vic grilled us some chicken. First time in YEARS that I've sat outside and not imbibed anything other than some good ol' fashioned iced tea!

Have I mentioned that we are in the process of changing our eating habits? Probably not, but we are. More grilled, less butter, you know the drill. I'm feeling really motivated this time--like I ever do this--but anyway. I'm ready for a change. I'm not trying to be smaller as most people who make food changes, but I am trying to be healthier and if I happen to shrink, I'll live. I think I'm also going to bite the bullet and start swimming at the only indoor pool in town. I went and checked it out and it's a good size and not very busy. I've also been thinking we'll start walking some too--since my feet don't hurt anymore (because I had them lazered last summer!) and the same place that has the pool as an indoor track. Wouldn't want to get any sun, ya know!

Thirty-one. 31. It's really only a fun number if it's tied to Baskin Robbins. But anyway, it was a good lazy day--which is just what I needed! We slept late, grabbed lunch at Sonic, got ready, and headed to Amarillo. We had to get Vic's glasses adjusted, and I found some cute Earth shoes at Dillards that got to come home with me:


We went to look at headboards--we got new mattresses so now we have a spare set of (old) king mattresses. We are looking for an inexpensive headboard/frame for it. Didn't find much we liked that was not too expensive.

Then we went to Pei Wei for dinner. We were going to eat Japanese food, but it was SO busy that I didn't wanta wait. So we are going to go back on Monday night and eat there and continue looking for a bed. After some mongolian chicken, we went to Biti Pies and I had the best mini coconut cream pie! Here's a pic of it 1/2 eaten:

I also got a german chocolate cake to go too! Vic got a cherry pie and a chocolate one to go!

So now we are home and I'm looking for something to wear to church that would accentuate my new shoes! Thanks for all the birthday wishes it was a good day!

SO last Friday as I was in the truck driving to Denton, a shock of panic hit me as I remembered that I needed to take care of the ticket that I had gotten by June 7th. SO I called Vic, who at that minute was sitting in the Detroit airport. I reminded him about the ticket and told him that I got it in Panhandle, TX and needed him to call them and ask what I should do. Because, you see, the ticket is in my car which is at the Amarillo Airport and Vic has the keys. So he called. And then called me back and said they had no record of me. So then I told him to try White Deer, TX because maybe that's where I was...so we got off the phone again. He called me back and said I needed to call them. I did. They told me they would "make a note" that I had called and that I could mail it or bring in the $ this week.

So on Saturday I went up to the credit union in Denton (which is still where I bank) and got a money order. This morning I got up and took the U-haul trailer and turned it in (an adventure in and of itself...which included a puppy almost pulling my pants down) and headed to White Deer. I called the number and asked where they were located. She said "come to the only blinkin' light on the main road and turn left and it will be on the left hand side, you can't miss it." She was right:



I went into this lovely establishment and she asks my name. She pulls out an envelope with a STICKY NOTE on it that said "called in & will pay later." I give her my money order and she explains that in 30 days I need to write a letter that promises that I didn't get any more tickets from June 10th-July 10th and have it notarized. Then it won't go on my record. That's their version of deferred adjudication.

Living out here in the sticks is pretty funny. I can't imagine that Dallas Co. would ever request that someone write a letter that "promises" they didn't get anymore tickets...but whatever. They'll get their letter and I'll always know that I got to visit City Hall in White Deer, TX.

SO much has happened in the last week!

First, last Friday my principal and I discussed me staying. She said she would move me into special ed., which is where my heart is. We haven't sold the house and I don't have a job in DFW...and so I came home and didn't think much about it at first, because we had to go get Vic's mom at the airport. But, I called my dad and he said he thought we should stay...he said that a year from now the job and housing market will be much more stable and that having a job here is better than not having a job there.

So we prayed that God would help us make the RIGHT swift and easy decision. SO then, Saturday, we had lunch w/ the associate pastor at our church who is our age and we were talking to him about it and he was like "well, I'm a little biased, but I'll pray for yall" and I said "while you are at it, pray for us because we decided that we are going to start the adoption process" and he was SO EXCITED and was like "I'll write you a letter of recommendation...and we have people in the church that can help you...and there's this and that grant to help..." on and on and on...and then prayed with/for us right there in the sandwich place for "our baby" and right then I felt like that was God's way of telling us to stay here and when we got home Vic said that he felt the same way....

So, we have decided to stay in Pampa another year...which seems crazy....but DFW isn't going anywhere. And (I know this sounds crazy too!) I have felt all along that God brought us here for a baby...I thought it was because of the fertility Dr. at TTU that has been so great to work with...but maybe it's just to find our child that's being conceived by someone else!

Anyway, I'm sad to be gone from my family and friends even longer...but I am so excited about this whole adoption thing. I feel good about all the decisions. I'm also really relieved to be putting some eggs in another basket, so to speak, because I don't think just continuing with the fertility stuff was smart or sane for me/us. I love the idea of God bringing us a baby that needs a home...I would be so honored to be his/her mom.

One of my precious kids, Drew, gave me poodle shoes today! How fabulous!

We had a lazy Memorial Day weekend. I was off Fri & Mon...Fri for an unused snow day. Kim came and we did a whole lotta nothin. We did try some new recipes--Cheezy Chicken Brunch Casserole and a cream cheese parmesan dip. Both were tasty. Vic got our little fountain working. It was here when we moved it, but it didn't work. It didn't take him long at all to get it up and running because all that was wrong was that it's breaker was thrown! We sat outside most of the weekend and enjoyed some of Pampa's finest scenery...our fountain by the shed...

Why haven’t I blogged? No reason. There have been several things that I thought “hey, I should blog that…” But I haven’t.

There are 13 days of school left and I’m SO ready for it to be over! However, I am also a wee bit anxious about next year. I have had ONE interview that I got a letter from them that they had decided to hire from within. I’ve applied at 40-50 districts. I mean, really!? There isn’t someone that wants a special ed teacher w/ 4 years experience and an almost M.Ed.? We can’t really pick a place to move to until I have a job, so for now, we are stuck. Not that we’ve had tons of offers on our house…we’ve shown it quite a bit, but no offers. I keep telling myself that it will all happen in God’s time…but I don’t seem to be able to remember that when I’m waking up in the middle of the night thinking things like “what if my phone number is wrong on my resume?!” or “maybe my computer (at work) is blocked from sending these applications and I need to resend them from home…” SO, if you happen to know any random principals/administrators anywhere in the DFW area, you should email me and I’ll give you my resume and you can pass it along :)!

SO tonight I was scrounging for supper. There is nothing in the house and the only grocery store here is closed for Jesus, which is nice, but still...it's Easter and I'm not prepared. So I just started throwing what I had together...and I LOVED it--and surprisingly, Vic did too! So, not that I think any of you will use this recipe, this is where I'm going to store it!

1 lb lean ground beef (I prefer Laura's lean ground beef, 4% fat)
1 can refried beans (I use vegetarian ones!)
1 can of Rotel w/ juice
1 can of corn (drained)
about 1-2 cups of frozen mixed veggies: onion, bell pepper, celery, parsley (it comes already mixed)
3-4 garlic cloves, crushed
couple of shakes of red pepper flakes
5 flour tortillas (I used whole wheat)
2 cups of colby jack cheese

Brown the meat, drain any liquid, add garlic, red pepper flakes, Rotel, corn, and frozen veggies-stir together. In 9x13 put 2 tortillas, tear up 1/2 of another and fill in gaps. Scoop 1/2 of beans out of the can and spread them onto the tortillas. Cover w/ half of meat/veggie mixture. Cover w/ 1/2 of cheese. Repeat. Cook for 20 minutes on 350.

So a parent of a student in my room found two baby squirrels after a neighbor's tree was cut down. She saved them. She bottle fed them every four hours and now they've moved on to seeds and apples. They are about 6 or so weeks old now and she's had them over a month. I love them. I held one and all my kids pet them. SO cute!




Speaking of cute...He thinks he's smaller than he is. He tries to lay on things that he just doesn't fit on, but today he propped himself up on the lysol can. I love him too.





AND speaking of propping up, this is a portrait of Nancy and I drawn my one of my students today. Are my boobs really that saggy? And for the record, she's never seen me in a dress.

And Vic is 34 today. Happy Birfday! That sounds old. I remember my mom being 34. It's a good thing he's a cradle robber and that I'm still young....

I made my coworker/friend, Jill, a banana pudding for her birthday tomorrow. It's cute, see:

I got my husband w/ an April Fool's joke! So I sent him a text that said "Did you know that your ipod gets heavier when you add music to it???" and he replied with "How? Because you add electrons when you add data?"

Ha ha ha ha! I always hate AFD jokes, but this really amused me! He's such a nerd and that's why I love him!

So here it is, Thursday (actually, now it's early Friday, but whatever), and while it is blizzing in Pampa, I am in Corinth. NEVER again will I live in a town that does in deed have blizzards, but not the kind that I can get butterfingers added too.

You guessed it! FRIDAY! And the plot thickens....

Weather for Pampa, TX for the next few days...



Guess which day I have to drive to Dallas???

It's been 3 years since Mom died. It seems like yesterday, but also it feels like she's been gone forever. Bizarre. It's been ok though, I've been busy. I appreciate the people that remember--nice to know William and I aren't the only ones thinking about it.

We had a positive ovulation predictor kit test yesterday so today we had the 1st and hopefully only IUI (aka interuterine insemination aka the turkey baster procedure). I've been calling myself a big turkey all day. They took the "sample" from Vic, did a wash, and used a catheter to inject them directly into the uterus. It took about 30 seconds and then they had me lay pretty much upside down on a table for 15 minutes. The best part of the day was when they called me back from the lab to get the testtube of injectables. I walked back there and she said "ok, now put this in your bra to keep it warm. I said "I can't recall ever being told to put something in my bra like this before..." and she said "just dollars, right?" and I said, "Yes, but I quite that job years ago..." and she was STUNNED--I think she thought I was serious because she just looked down as I left.

The procedure went well though, she said that everything looked really good and there was no "resistance" to the catheter, whatever that means. Now starts the 2 week wait to know if it worked, and if not, we'll do it again next month!

Keep praying: fertilization, implantation, and then GROW!

One of my kids was reading out loud today and the word was Philippines and he said "Feel-a-penis" and had no clue. I tried not to chuckle, but it was difficult once I had the thought "What is he was the announcer for the Miss Universe pageant?"

"...and next up we have Ms. Feel-a-Penis to play us a tune on the flute..."

Picture this...late Friday night, pretty much the only car on the highway as I roll through White Deer, TX on my way to get Vic at the airport. I've been pulled over there before for speeding (got a warning), so I am cautious now. All of a sudden I start sneezing out of control, like 10 times in a row. Right then, cop lights appear in my rearview. I think "this bastard thinks I'm drunk, but really I'm just swerving because I'm allergic to pigs." I pull over. He sashays up to my window and says "Evenin' ma'am, where ya headed?" Me: "The airport to get my husband." Pig: "Is this your vehicle?" Me: "It is." Pig: "The reason I pulled you over is because your light on your licenses plate is out." Me: "Right. How was I supposed to know?" Pig: "That's why I'm just going to issue you a warning, I just need license and insurance." SO I hand him my license and search for my insurance. I hand it to him. It expired like the day before. Me: "I have insurance, I just haven't printed the new one." Pig: "I can look it up." Now Pig goes back to his car and a few minutes later returns with my warningS for the light and no insurance. He tells me that I don't have insurance. I start to argue, but then give up and leave.

I'm going about 60-65 on the edge of town, not even enough yet to set my cruise. Here comes the Easter Bunny. He throws himself at my car. I feel him bump under my car several times. At this moment I'm leaving William a message on his voicemail and I squeal "OH! I just killed a bunny!" And give a play by play. Sadness. I keep rolling, set my cruise on about 67-68.

Few more miles down the road, I'm still thinking about how the night couldn't be anymore torturous...and there in my rearview are frickin' COP LIGHTS! I'm being pulled over a second time! So Pig Dos sashays up to my car and says "Evenin' ma'am, are you in a hurry?" Me: "Well, yeah, I'm late to pick up my husband because your buddy just pulled me over for no license plate light about 15 minutes ago." Pig Dos: "The reason I pulled you over is because you are exceeding the speed limit." Me: "Oh yeah? How fast was I going?" Pig Dos: "I can't tell you or I'd have to give you a ticket." Me: (laughing) "Riiight. And I don't want that." (I mean is that "can't tell ya or hafta kill ya????" PG: "If I can just see your license." He takes my license and comes back with my warningS for speeding and for the frickin' light! (Like I could have gotten it fixed between the first and second warning!)

So I got 4 warnings from 2 Pigs in 24 mile markers AND killed the Easter Bunny.

Saturday's gotta be better. Vic and I head to Dalhart to visit (Dr. & Vic's best friend) Nathan's new baby Gracie Anne and for Nathan to try to figure out why I've had 3 antibiotic rounds & 2 steroid shots in 5 months AND for the last month used a steroid nose spray, allergy pills, and a nasal wash daily. ALL the while, continuing to have pastel shades of slim oozing from my face. He starts by shoving a 5 or so inch piece of cotton w/ deading stuff on it in my nose with tweezers. Lets that set there for a few, removes it and puts a tube in there w/ a camera on the end. Looks all around, shows Vic all this "disgusting crap" and says that I need a ct scan. He takes me to radiology and lets Ramaldo shoot my nog. Get the pics and says "Whoa, dude, you are freakishly deformed!" Seems the sinus cavities in your cheeks should be a big oven space, but mine are divided almost completely with a big piece of bone (looks like beaver's built a dam in there) AND the drainer holes out are in the wrong place--way too high, so it has to go against gravity to escape. That paired with a few large polyps, and it seems I need to have sinus surgery. SO, he's referring me to UT Southwestern in Dallas and I'm going to try to get my face fixed this summer. Neat. He prescribed me some good ol' Augmentin XR at 1000 mg 2x daily. They are the biggest horse pills! I have to take 2 at a time and thought you needed a visual:



Needless to say, Saturday was no better. Sunday I was lazy. This morning Vic's alarm went off at 2:30 so he could make his 5 a.m. flight outta Amarillo. SO, it's a little after 6 and I'm about to have a fancy dinner of cheese bagel bits and some carrots and go to bed!

I've already been to Amarillo once today (for a workshop) and now, at almost 10 p.m., I'm on my way again. I love that Vic has a job, but I hate taking him to and from the airport! It will be so much better once we move and he can take his own self! He seems to be liking the job, making a few friends. The last 3 weeks he's been in NC and for the next 3 he will be shadowing someone already doing the job he's training for. Next week he'll be in 'Jersey. I have to say, I'm more than a little jealous. I mean, that's Bon Jovi country. Where Tommy used to work on the docks and Gina worked the diner all day. The week of my spring break will be the first week he's back to classroom training in NC, so I'm gonna go hang out in Raleigh for a few days. Don't know what I'm gonna do, maybe explore a little, maybe be really really lazy. Both sound like viable options.

Today is day 2 of Clomid. Cross your fingers and pray for a baby. Next week I start the ovulation predictor kit and once I get a positive, we go in for a little IUI (turkey bastin) and then the wait begins! We've been at this so long that it doesn't even really seem possible that we are (hopefully) getting closer to being parents to someone who isn't fury!

Ok, off to the car. BTW, I really miss XM radio.

I live in a place where this is a normal street sign. But only for 3-4 more months.

SO today Vic texted me to ask me if I spent $200 someodd dollars at "Snapfish." Which I have now discovered is some photo site. The answer was NO, besides the fact that I have never used the credit card it was charged to, I would never spend 200+ on pictures. Of what, Nancy? Myself? NO. So he called the credit card co. and they got it taken care of. But now there is a $220 charge to FTD!!! What the hell kinda criminal steals a credit card number and then sends flowers with it?! I mean, what has this world come to? Anyway, they knew it wasn't us and have closed the account but are letting pending payments come through to try and figure out who is using it. I can't help imagining the senerio....Criminal: "Hey baby, did you get the flower I sent you?" Hoodrat: "What flowers?...oh, and the po-lease came by here looking for you this morning...."

SO I was just sitting in the living room, with the furry ones, and one of my big pictures that was hung on 2 nails came off one nail. It freaked Carson real bad. It was weird. I couldn't get it back up there so I just took it down. This is why I don't like Vic to be gone. I have a husband. He should be here to figure out why the picture came off because it's too heavy and awkward for me to do alone. And Nancy has no thumbs to help.

Vic got the job! He starts Feb 2nd. After that, I will be alone all week and some weekends. Please, anyone, come visit me...

Bernadette can't come until next weekend. It's nice to have company to look forward to.

Two LONG blogs in one day. That's what happens when I'm left alone overnight! I posted this to facebook, but thought that I'd preserve it here as well.

16 Random Things About Me

1. I have NO musical ability at all, but sing to my husband, poodle, and kitties on a daily basis--mostly in the morning when I'm getting ready for work. Typically familiar songs that I've changed to words too. Few others ever hear me do it.

2. I have an unnatural fear of snow. It is not beautiful in any form or fashion.

3. I am happy being fat. I believe in being as healthy as possible at whatever size you are. I believe that sizeism is a rampant form of legal discrimination. For more information, you should go to http://www.naafaonline.com.

4. I love big machines. Cranes, earth movers, trenchers, excavators, tunnel boring machines, even big tractors and cotton harvesters! I'm especially fascinated with this one: http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/extreme/excavators.html

5. After loosing my Mom and my Mema 18 months apart, I realize how blessed I have been. I will be eternally thankful to have been adored by them--the love they gave me is not comparable to anything I've ever experienced.

6. Teaching Special Ed is what God called me to do. I've learned to see strengths and run with them--hopefully fast enough to hurdle the weaknesses. In the beginning, I loved my kids for what they were not; but I discovered very quickly that I love them for what they are.

7. I want so very bad to be crafty. I love to make stuff. But everything I know how to do, and that's not much, is stuff I have taught myself. Someday I want to take lessons to learn to sew, paint, arrange flowers, and decorate cakes...just to name a few.

8. All girls catholic boarding school saved my life. I was headed in so many bad directions, but I traded a reckless year in Hobbs, NM for an extraordinary opportunity in Monterey, CA at Santa Catalina. Before that I didn't know that 1. Some people were NOT Christian 2. Gay People were not mythological creatures and 3. I like Opera.

9. I may live in Texas, and grew up only 5 minutes away from the TX boarder, but I do not understand how Texan's got to be so arrogant. Don't get me wrong, I like it here...but every state has great things.

10. I was a vegetarian for several years until I met Vic. I miss it, but he's a serious carnivore and for us to coexist I eat: chicken, turkey, and some beef. Occasionally I eat bacon if it is mixed into something. I REFUSE to eat anything that has EVER lived in water or is still attached to a bone.

11. Las Vegas is one of my favorite places on earth, but I don't gamble. Vegas is the best place in the world to people watch, window shop, eat in fabulous restaurants, AND go to incredible shows. I've seen "O" several times and always cry.

12. I used to play the Sims. I'd play for hours and hours. Sometimes when I was in college I'd play for 8-10 hours at a time. One day a counselor friend of mine said "Stop it! You are playing God and you like it too much!" She was right and I stopped. Cold turkey.

13. I'm a picker. I pick at everything. It's gross and I know it.

14. I love quotes. I keep a quote book. A well placed quote often amuses me more than original thought. I suppose that I like the idea of learning from someone else's experiences.

15. I don't like the way I look without glasses. Though I don't see as well out of contacts, it's really more about vanity.

16. I think my mom was a hippie. She taught me to never wear uncomfortable shoes or clothes, shaving your legs is only a suggestion, make-up is overrated, and that tie dye is beautiful.



“This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” ~Winston Churchill

...Ok, maybe it is the end. ~ME ;)

The Sonic in Pamp-town takes no less than 20 minutes, ever, so I pretty much refuse to go there. My favorite place to get drinks is at "Easy's Pop Shop" but it's a long way from my house (you know, like 4-5 minutes, on the other side of town!) So, I went to Chicken Express for a happy hour drink today, it also lasts until 4:30 which is later than the others. I said "I need an extra-large sweet tea." They brought out a 1/2 gallon cup with a handle like a bucket. I laughed, but secretly I was excited, especially since sweet tea is good the next day if ya put it in the fridge. It's the little things, ya know?

Vic is currently in air to Raleigh, NC for a job interview, though the job is based in TX. It's for a medical software co. and the job is an instructor. Like when a hospital buys their software, he'd go train them to use it. He's already made it through the first 2 rounds of interviews. I really hope he gets it. He desperately wants a job he likes, and I really think this one has potential! He's shy to most, but he's a ham in front of a crowd. He's also very detail orientated, so he's good at teaching things because he remembers the little things. For the interview tomorrow he has to give a presentation. He's been working on it for the last few days. He decided to do "How to Iron a Shirt." It's just to show how he is getting up in front of people. I was shocked that other than just being informative, it's actually quite amusing. He found great pics for his power point and fun facts like that Martha Stewart prefers to iron on the square end of the board rather than the pointy end. It was also good to find out that the 5 people interviewing him are women, so maybe he will score some brownie points for being such a good ironer! Anyway, hope for the best--it sure would be nice to move back to DFW for a job and not just because I'm homesick!

My dear friend Bernadette is coming from Lubbock to stay with us tomorrow. She and I met in kind of a neat way. She's a year older than me and we went to the same Jr. High. It was my first year (7th grade) and I knew who she was, but we had never met. One fall weekend I was in Ruidosa at my grandparents cabin, which had a public stream running through the backyard. I was inside and my grandma came around the corner with Bernadette and I was so shocked that I couldn't even really say anything. Turns out, she and her dad were walking along the stream and started talking to my grandparents who always sat on the deck, they figured out they were all from Hobbs, and that B and I went to school together, so Mema brought her in. We hung out for awhile and exchanged numbers and have been friends ever since.

We don't talk all the time, and in all honesty, she should probably hate me. I was mean to her for a few years. Why was I mean, you ask? Because she has a very strong, outspoken personality that most people are intimidated by. I have always found it rather refreshing and kind of endearing--she has this fiery passion and you always know where she stands. But most of my friends didn't know how to take her, so I was only friends with her on my terms during those really neat high school years so as not to "annoy" any of my other friends. Meaning, I hung out with her just the two of us and actually excluded her on many occasions. Anyway, I have always regretted how I treated her, it's very shameful, because she is a true friend in every since of the word. I'm also not that kind of person, but I think because I trusted her friendship so much, I abused it. So I'm really lucky to still have it. Anyway, I'm excited she is coming--we haven't hung out in years.

I was going to blog about our days in Albuquerque and then our time in DFW for Christmas and New Years...but William's computer said something about "cookies" and I never got it to work, and now it seems like it's been to long to REALLY go into details, so here is my summary:

Albuquerque was cold. The family drank way more than either side of my family ever did at holidays, which made things rather entertaining to sit back and watch. The father-in-law has a new wife that was a little uncomfortable about spending time with the mother-in-law, but over all it was fine. I actually enjoyed my time there. DFW was warm, except in William's house where he had a halogen torch lamp sitting nest to the thermostat keeping it a balmy 67, according to the lying thermostat box. I, who sleeps with a fan on every night, was so cold I was miserable! Had dinner w/ 30ish Matthews Clan Members which was cool. New Year's Eve was spent w/ William, Heather, Vic, Kim, & John Snuffleupagus. Drank a little, ate a little, and went to bed shortly after 12. Did enjoy a round of Quelf which is a damn funny game!

So I've been back to school a week and am already ready for Spring Break. Really I'm just ready to move back home! I also have had green snot for about 3 weeks now. Thought it was going away w/ the Neti Pot & Mucinex, but today I think I may have to go to the Dr. next week...when I get back to DFW I'm getting back on allergy shots!

Most exciting thing to happen this week: got new tires today. Good times.