Happy Holidays... in January.

Hope everyone had wonderful winter holidays! It's been three weeks since my last post and a lot has happened, but here's a short run down.

Christmas was great. We stuck to our guns this year and went easy on the gifts (although we still probably did more than we could have afforded to). Halsey got what he wanted more than anything-- a remote control spider. We spent 8 days in Kansas with Jason's family. We ate the Anchor Inn (the BEST Mexican food eva) twice; did some shopping at a SuperTarget (of which I am supremely jealous); I fell in love with a pair of Joseph Seidel red mary janes that I would never buy because they cost $130; listened to The Kings and the Sons of Midas (two separate bands-- Jason's dad's band and Jason and his brothers band), and helped to design a wedding quilt that J's mom is going to make for us. Although I do adore his family, it was good to get home to our cozy little house. Unfortunately, when we came back, our cat ran away and our financial world just about fell apart.

I'll spare you the details, but it was a rough week. There were some highlights, though. I was able to prepay a ticket and avoid going to court on Friday morning. We've figured out a way to get through the next few weeks and the best part of all-- Sawyer came home. I will sleep much easier tonight.

And speaking of sleep, I should get to bed. It's 10:00 and way past my bedtime (when did I get so old? and why don't I write more often and something more thoughtful than just the day-to-day ramblings? I'll promise to try and do better!)