2015

It's already the middle of January, I can't believe how fast time flies. We had a good Christmas, everyone was happy and content. Our Christmas tree took a beating from the  3 cats. Emmy Lynn climbed the tree at least once a day and by the time we took it down it was in pretty bad shape lol. Melissa's birthday is coming up on the 19th. That's next Monday, it will be here before you know it. She'll be 22 and I'll just be old lol. Age sneaks up on you, it's there before you know it. 2015 has been good so far. Let's keep it that way :)

Dancing with the stars tour

Dancing With the Stars is going on tour this winter and I was lucky enough to get tickets. We have to go to Houston, that's as close as they're coming to San Antonio. That's not too bad. We'll stay the night, we already have our hotel reservations. They won't be in Houston until January 29th so I have something to look forward to. Mark Ballas (one of my favorite dancers) will be on the tour plus a lot of other fan favorites. Derek (my favorite dancer) won't be on this tour but hopefully he will go on tour this summer with his sister. We'll wait and see. I have pretty good seats and got them at a good price so all that's left is to have fun :)

Getting ready for Christmas

The kids got the Christmas tree up and decorated yesterday so now it's starting to look like Christmas. I think I'm done with my Christmas shopping.  I've lost track of how much I've bought for everyone so I need to start wrapping to see if I missed anything. The cats have been behaving and haven't knocked the tree over yet. Emmy Lynn did climb it once before the decorations were put on. She keeps a close eye on the tree but hasn't tried to climb it again. The babies don't seem to be phased by it. We put Christmas stockings up for the pets and the kids. We'll see what Santa will bring lol.

November is getting away from me

I can't believe how fast this month is going by. I haven't had much time for blogging. I've got all my Christmas shopping done so that's a relief. Now to get everything wrapped is another story. We have 3 cats who were too little to do much damage last year to our tree. This year will be interesting to see how many time the tree gets knocked over. Hopefully none lol. We plan on putting up the tree and decorating the weekend after Thanksgiving. Since it's been Christmas in the stores since September it takes some of the joy out of it. But I'm sure there will be plenty of good times spent with families.

Tonight we are going to Green's, a vegetarian restaurant. Archer is a vegan so we're limited in where we can go for family dinners. But we try every Sunday to get together for dinner and Green's is usually where we end up. They have great cupcakes by the way.

I'm off now to go do some odds and ends, and work on my hair. That's a whole other story lol. That's all for now :)

What a fun cruise

We returned from our cruise on Monday and we had a great time. Very relaxing and a lot of fun. I won $70 at bingo, that was fun. But we had spent $80 so we were a little in the hole lol. It was nice having room service every morning and just sitting down having a drink whenever you felt like it. We are looking forward to our next vacation which will probably be another cruise :)

Busy, busy, busy

I've been busy this week getting ready for the cruise and finishing up my Christmas shopping. I hit a few snags in the Christmas shopping but everything is worked out now. And for the cruise I just need to try on some outfits and pack. Looking forward to the cruise and to the holidays this year. Hopefully we will be able to visit with my sister over the holidays. I haven't seen her in a couple of months and I miss her. So things are looking good for now, except I'm so tired I can hardly keep my eyes open. Maybe a nap is in the cards today :)

Shopping for the cruise

Yesterday Melissa and I went shopping and had a nice lunch. I was shopping for some outfits to wear on the cruise we are taking in a couple of weeks. I found several nice shirts and a pair of pants that went with everything. Melissa found a nice outfit too. One of the shirts I didn't like after trying it on and the pants were a bit small. So today we are going back to exchange them and take the shirt back. She also found another sweater she liked so I'll probably get that for her when we exchange the pants. A very successful shopping trip. I just hope I can find the pants in the right size. She's sleeping until noon so we are not getting the early start like I wanted. I'll be calling her soon to wake her up, I'm just excited about the cruise and want everything to be perfect. I can't wait!

A new look

I finally got my hair colored and cut yesterday. Here are the results.

Peace

Catching up

Let's see, it's October 8th and I've already got my paperwork done for September. That's a good feeling. But I have plenty more to do, files to make up and go through all the stacks of paper that surround me. I always have good intentions of getting it done but have a hard time getting started. The motivation just isn't there, looks like I need a push to jump start me lol.

I went to the doctor today for my follow up visit. I wasn't looking forward to it but it wasn't so bad after I got there. My blood work looked pretty good and I didn't gain any weight. So I didn't get any bad news, my doctor said she was happy with my progress. Now I need to get back on my healthy diet and start walking and exercising again. I got off track when I was sick a couple of weeks ago. My legs, feet and hip are still sore from the walking tour we went on Saturday night. And my feet and ankles are still a little swollen. I'm hoping to be fully recovered soon. I'm anxious to start walking again. But my doctor said no stairs or walking up hill until my body recovers. I'm getting better every day so it won't be long. I just need to walk on level ground. That shouldn't be a problem. After the doctor I stopped at Ingram Mall to pick up a pair of pajamas I had ordered online. I love getting new pajamas lol.

That's all the news for today. I'm hoping to take some pictures to post soon.  But first I need to have my hair colored and cut :)