Current Mood: cheerful & Loving

Christmas for all the kids was perfect. Jackson awoke to a brand new high powered telescope since he loves to look at the moon and stars. He also got may CSI kits to inhance his knowledge about solving crimes AND lots of Star Wars lego stuff. He was very pleased and excited. Santa wrote him a letter and told him he had been one of his favorite children and to always be good and mind his parents. This is the last year for Santa so…..(we’ll see) Jack seems to be ok with that. He’s growing up. And it’s sad that Santa wont be coming here again. Now it’s up to Mom and Dad to take charge. I hope I can fill his shoes. Little Cate went wild about her new Lil Mermaid kitchen with oven, sink and all that jazz. She also got a FurReal little Lamb that moves and she got a darling Ariel baby doll. Little Aiden got the cutest little hammer and when he hits the notes they play a song..he’s so adorable. I will post pictures soon. I got a snow globe and a picture of Cate from Destiny. But Brent got me a GPS system for my car and it really rocks!!! I love it. I got him a new cordless phone. He’s had a push button up by his bedside, the old kind for ever so I got him a new cordless, lots of clothes. Jackson got him a very precious gift. A pocket watch in a train motif and we will be getting it engraved soon. I could not get it engraved because it was Cmas time and no one could do it. After new years we’ll get it done.

Our little Romeo is doing great. He’s at that age where his teeth are all over the place. He will be 8 weeks old on Saturday. He’s such a good little puppy. I can’t wait until it gets warmer out so we can go on walks. I just love that baby pup. All the animals got gifts, mostlyl rawhide bones and little stuffed mice for the cats. What’s funny is I buy stuffed toys for Romeo and Doc comes up and just takes it away. We have had to have a serious talk with doc…LOL. My Emily will be here this weekend and she’s not going back to Texas. I am so thankful. I get my daughter back. I have prayed for this for so long. I pray about alot of things. Some things are still not quite right yet but it will work out.

From my best friend Dorothy I got the cutest Cmas scrap book for my Cmas pictures. It’s already got the graphics in it. Can you believe I did not take any pictures on Cmas day? I totally got wrapped up in everything. Thank goodness Destiny took some pictures. I’m going to put them on CD and take them to Walgreens today. She got Jackson the cutest, tiny digital camera. Oh btw, we gave our inlaws a new cell phone. One of those “togo” phones and I think they will actually use it. Lets see….what else. Well we had great food. I fixed spinach dip, I had a cheese and fruit tray, pototos augratin, stuffed mushrooms and they really ate it up. All in all it was a great time. Some times Cmas is hard for me. I miss my mother and it’s been 13 years since I lost her but I still miss her. Especiallly when I look at Destiny, I see so much of Mom in her. Her smile, her expressions. Makes me love her even more. There is snow on the ground and supposed to snow even more tonight. We have Karate at 6pm. Tonight is sparring night. I’m not fond of that part but so far he hasn’t been hurt. We keep our fingers crossed. Ok, going to upload some pictures now and let you see our Christmas. Love to all!!!

Yesterday we had Brent’s grandson Aiden’s birthday. My MIL came in and spoiled the whole thing, she was freaking out because there was a detour and she had to go around the block and then she blamed me for all this stuff about my daughter. We left. I have to (for my family) go out there on Cmas eve and see her on Cmas day but from that point on she will not be in my life again. Everything was fine as long as I stayed away from her. My stress level was fine, I didn’t get upset and I felt much better but I’ve let that slip and I’ve allowed myself to be taken in and around her and now, 2 days before Cmas I’m having panic attacks again. Yes, I know she will spoil our Christmas and yes I know she will cause me severe anxiety. My husband won’t do anything about it so it’s up to me. She is evil. I can’t believe this woman calls herself a Christian. It’s people like her that keep me out of church.

I’m so sorry I haven’t posted. First of all it wasn’t my fault. My host, TLC Solutions just up and decided one day they didn’t want to host anymore. So I was left out to dry. I had to rebuild everything and lost alot of data. It was a very bad business practice how they did it and anyway, I’m back and with Becky of Mystic Moon and very satisfied. Things are crazy around here right now. I need to get some pictures up and I finally got the blog ready for Christmas….better late than never. We are anxiously awaiting saturday because our new puppy, Romeo, 6 weeks old will be coming home. I’m so thrilled!!!!! He’s a Golden Retriever and so tiny. I will be posting pictures. So hello to all of you who have wondered where I am, I’m doing ok for now and will be back soon!!!!!