January 20 Already?

Gosh, has it really been nearly a month since I last blogged? So what's been happening? Work is crazy busy and I am never bored. Christmas was great and thank you cards finally sent. Last weekend was our annual Mother/Daughter weekend getaway during the football playoff games. We went to Doheny Beach, which is near Dana Point and about 30 minutes north of where we live. We stayed in a lovely hotel that had two balconies that overlooked the ocean and it was really great. We read, we went to tea, I knitted, Ashley worked and did homework, we relaxed and just really enjoyed spending time with each other. We even missed Dan and called to see if he would join us, but he wanted to watch football and was enjoying himself and declined. Dan is home sick today and sounds horrible, but went to the dr. yesterday and got some meds. Lucy will be happy to sit at his feet as he wheezes and coughs. I am selfishly hoping that I don't catch it. We are having a huge amount of weather here this week from wind to rain to tornadoes. I hope I find a house landed on a witch sporting a pair of sparkly red shoes.

New Year's Day

Happy New Year!

Christmas trees: 2 (bought a 2nd artificial tree during Macy's sale)
Ornaments: too many to count (where are all the boxes?)
Football games: I'm so DONE with football by now!
Holiday candles half burned: 7
Daughters helping put Christmas decor away: 2
Resolutions: 5 and counting (1 is sew a minimum of one hour a day)
New diet cookbooks: 2 (see resolutions, again, sigh)
Quilts to finish: 5 (don't tell Dan!)
Ideas for new quilts: 3 (again, don't tell Dan!)
Sounds of Dan organizing holiday cleanup: priceless!
Hopes for 2009: too many to count!

All the best for a very Happy New Year!