Update!

It's been a long time since i last posted. I have either been busy, or just did not have it in me to get my thoughts out in some type of order that would make sense enough to write.

Let's see... since we last met ...

Princess received her award from the J'town Optimist Club. It was a nice time. They served a spaghetti dinner before the ceremony. Mammaw went with us and we were all very proud of her. She also got another report card with all A's. I always talk about how great she is... i guess i should also say that she's been grounded twice for not wearing her retainers (which means no phone!!! OMG! no texting!). Yeah, probably not a big deal to most people, but she only needs to wear them for 4 months, then only at night. And after what we spent on her teeth!!!!, she's gonna wear 'em!!

Her 8th grade class has accepted USA Cares as the charity they will support for this year. They are first doing a veterans tree. They are selling red, white and blue ornaments for a dollar to the 6th, 7th & 8th grades and all the money will go toward USA Cares. In the 2 weeks before Winter Break, they will be collecting goods to fill backpacks with to send to USA Cares' Operation Backpack and Operation Brave Boxer. I'm so proud of them!

Diva Tot got really sick and ended up in the hospital. It was all i needed! She was so sick and so scared of everyone and everything about being in there, but luckily, she is well now, and hopefully i will never have to experience that again. It was scary for me, i can't imagine what her little 2 year old mind was thinking.

All this was happening while Conni was trying to get her house packed and the truck loaded to move to Florida. Yes, she's gone. I have cried and cried about it, and still, sometimes find myself moping around the house because she's not here. Maybe more on that later.

Little Man is back to playing only basketball. His nights and weekends are filled with chasing that big orange ball up and down the court, all the while trying not to smack some snot-nosed kids with an attitude problem in the nose... or at least make it look like an accident. And, like the tree in the forest falling (does it make noise?)... if the ref's back is to you, and you commit a foul, did the foul really happen? I digress... he's much more level headed than i am!

Thanksgiving was spent at my mom's this year. We had a great time. Visited my granny and my uncle and cousin. My other aunt and uncle came down and had dinner with us at Mom's. It was very relaxing and enjoyable.

i'm not feeling very poetic, so i am sure this post sounds like a bunch of ramblings... but soon i will post more.