Happy New Year!

Okay, so I am a little late..... Three days ,13 hours and 52 minutes late. Don't check me on that, I couldn't even remember what day it was when I started. Luckily it is at the bottom of my screen. I received a comment from Saija wondering where I have been. It's nice to know that someone out there misses me! Thanks Saija!!! I have been thinking about blogging for the last two weeks but just couldn't find one spare moment! The dilemma is that once I sit down at the computer about one hour magically disappears. I just haven't even had one hour to spare.

Why, you ask?

Well, since you asked.... This is what I have been doing.......

Have you ever traveled through Texas? It is so incredibly varied in scenery. I am centrally located here in this great state, which is the best place to be. My favorite drive from here is south. The trees get bigger surrounded by all kinds of bodies of water. The scenery is breathtaking and the air is warm and still and eventually you run into the beach which is my absolute favorite place to be. (Sorry, no time to check my punctuation on that sentence)

Well, we drove the other direction - north for about 8 hours! The drive somehow seems to get easier every year thanks to a portable dvd player and game cube. The scenery was nice and white, but very flat, treeless, and extremely cold!!! Brrrrrrrrrr!

Then after we celebrated a wonderful white Christmas with my family we drove many more hours west to Santa Fe, New Mexico. If you haven't been there you need to - it is a really cool place! Santa Fe has become a very familiar place to us because we travel there at least every two years to ski for a few days. My mother is an expert New Mexico tourist, so I will get you in touch with her if you head that way! Not my favorite place to ski, but very convenient especially when I procrastinate and wait a week before to make reservations. I usually see someone I know every time we visit - not this year! I found out later one of my Bunko buddies was there the day before!

Traveling north is worth the drive, even though it is insanely boring! We always have such a great visit with my family and we always visit some of our very best friends - Kim and Clark! I have always been a stickler about keeping up with all my old friends, but it is even more important to me now. I guess because of my old age of (almost) 40! It just seems even more important now. It must be really important for me to write that sentence two times, huh? I never have time to visit all of my friends, but I wish I did! I am currently working on a post about Kim..... Stay tuned!

We finally got home Sunday night; unloaded the Odyssey, checked the mail, turned the toilets back on (long story), emptied the sour milk out of the fridge, and started laundry. Keegan had to wear his UT Rose Bowl shirt to school the next day! You know why if you watched the game!

Waking my boys up bright and early on Monday morning was a chore. Instead of lounging around the house drinking coffee and blogging, I had responsibilities to take care of at my church, which took me into last night. Anyway.... I still have the lights on the house, ornaments, ribbon, lights, lots of snowmen, and several baby Jesus' laying everywhere.... And I haven't even plugged my new digital camera into the computer so I can show you pictures of me and my guys on the slopes.

So........ Here I am.... My magical hour is ticking by...... I have to go back to my precious laundry and cluttered house!

New Years Resolution: No more cleaning, laundry, cooking, grocery shopping, and running errands! More running, shopping, eating out, blogging, taking pictures, and hanging out with my guys!

Bye... My time is up!

Question:
What is the point of the dryer buzzer? It drives me nuts and It doesn't motivate me to get up and get the clothes out! Luckily I can turn mine off! Thank goodness!

P.S. When is "blog" going to be on spell check?