Yesterday was our 31st wedding anniversary. Sadly, David has been out of town this week on business but he had these gorgeous flowers delivered: I wish you could see them in person because the picture doesn’t do them justice. Plus, they smell fantastic! As much as I’d rather have him with me this week, I…
Happy New Year!
We had an absolute blast this New Year’s Eve! Several weeks ago David decided to buy the whole family tickets to The Flaming Lips New Year’s Eve concert in Oklahoma City, plus hotel rooms so we could all spend the night afterwards. We’ve been long-time fans. Chris has been to several of their concerts and…
Christmas Pictures…
I didn’t take nearly as many Christmas pictures this year as I usually do. I’m especially sad that our church Christmas Eve service had to be canceled due to “Oklahoma Blizzard ’09” because we have a long tradition of taking a family photo after the service while we are all dressed up. Ah, well…perhaps we…
Menu Plan Monday…
Click graphic above for more menu ideas. I bravely stepped on the scale this morning. I knew it would be bad but figured it was time to face the music following the Christmas feasting. Yeah. About what I expected. Back to daily treadmill and Wii Fit time, as well as more moderate eating. Sigh… Monday:…
The Advent Conspiracy…
I prefer to hold off on most Christmas stuff until after Thanksgiving. I like my holidays one at at time and it’s too easy to let the glitter of Christmas overwhelm the simplicity of Thanksgiving. For that reason, I don’t decorate before Thanksgiving. Well, I mean, I don’t put up Christmas decorations. I do have…
Best Birthday Ever!
My birthdays have always been rather low-key affairs…cake and ice cream with cousins when I was a kid, dinner out with family as an adult. Sometimes David and I also go away for a night which is always nice. This year was different, though. It started out with the usual dinner at a restaurant with…