We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season! I can hardly believe it is 2010 already! I can remember back in 1991-ish, when they announced Atlanta would have the Olympics in 1996 and it seemed so crazy say 1996! The bonus being that I would have just turned 21 - whooo hoooo! And now, here we are 10 years into the new millennium.
It has been a good 10 years. Both my children were born in this decade and we are all healthy! I could not ask for anything more. You certainly cannot put a dollar amount on that. Looking forward, in the next decade. . . both children will get their driver's licenses, Madeline will graduate high school, and I will turn 40 years old!!!!! (not really that BIG of a deal tho. . . right?)
We rounded out 2009 with a plentiful Christmas. As most of you know, I was laid off in February 2009, BIG adjustment to the family income (in the negative, yikes). But with careful planning and focusing on togetherness this holiday season, we still had an amazing Christmas! I loved it when I asked the children this morning what their favorite presents were and got some suprprising answers . . .after Madeline named her laptop, the Wii, and Cameron said his TV. But in a close second, they said "We got some really cool books!" I LOVE IT!!! Matt and I worry about education frequently and what we can do to get them the best one possible and how we can augment the education they are receiving. And with children so happy to read, I am thankful! I know that will bode well for them in their futures. Matt granted my only Christmas wish with a ticket to visit my friend in Bali. That will be quite the adventure! And I was able to surprise Matt with tickets to the Outback Bowl to see his beloved Auburn Tigers beat Northwestern (barely, it was a nail biter).
And here we are, Day 4 of the New Year. The house is quiet (except for Tucker snoring on the couch) since the children are back in school and Matt is back to work. I plan to summit Mt. Laundry today and dig out the Christmas Graveyard that rests in my living room. I truly wish I could keep my tree up ALL year! OR . . .maybe I will just crawl back under my WARM covers and take the day OFF!!!
Happy New Year to you and yours.
With Love,
Debbie
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