Once upon a time...

Or Auld Lang Syne, as the season will have it.

Once upon a recent time we drove down, down, down to Kentucky for an uncomfortable and unhappy visit with the Appalachian branch of the Ameliabee family. We did get to see my sister-in-law, who finally seems happy and balanced. We also go to see my mother-in-law who would test the patience of Job, and certainly tested mine. There was alot of other stuff you don't want to hear about--but suffice it to say that we were glad to put that trip in the rearview mirror.

We spent Christmas Day with our friends and their little ones, which was fun and frenetic as only Christmas with a two year old can be.
We also spent New Years eve with them, and played charades. I hadn't played charades for a long, long time and had forgotten just how fun it was! All I can say is...Sooz does a mean plague of locusts. And a pretty good Ren and Stimpy too!

To top off the holidays, I received the gift I'd been longing for from Mr. Ameliabee. No, silly...not a diamond ring or a Lexus with a bow on top. Seriously, I would kill Mr. Ameliabee if he bought a car without telling me first. Kill him.

So...it wasn't a car. It was a Chia Pet. A Chia Cow, complete with udders. Click here to see some photos...

The New Year is here, and I suppose time for some resolutions. I'd make one about posting to the blog more, but I don't want to give you an asthma attack from laughing too hard.

If it helps, several times I day I compose blog entries in my head, but since I can't stick a wire in my ear and download directly to the computer, there they stay.

I haven't been entirely lazy though, there are quite a few new photos in the flickr gallery. Check em out!

I feel the Advil PM kicking in and so will sign off...and drink a cup of kindness, to Once Upon a Time.