BIRTHDAYS, FUN AT WORK & A NIGHT OUT...

No.....we did NOT fall off the face of the earth! We are still here, working, living life and having fun. During our absence, I was enjoying life at the office with Dawn & Stacey, my co-workers. They are great pals and a lot of fun to work with!'

During the course of the month we celebrated Alexis'(John's granddaugher) and Beth's (my daughter) birthdays. For Lexie, we all went out to dinner at Big Boy's, then came back to our house for cake, ice cream and presents. She liked the jeans and top that we got for her, but she REALLY loved the Hannah Montana doll! For Beth's birthday, I had her and her family over for spaghetti dinner (her favorite) and, once again...cake, ice cream and presents. Beth especially loved the 2nd season Muppets DVD that we got for her. Since she loves family pictures, we also gave her a family photo album. After all the celebrating, we all enjoyed playing "Caranium Pop 5"...a great game that I would highly recommend!

This past Friday night we got together with Sandy & Al and Jimmy & Shelley and went to Mac Ray's where we enjoyed a wonderful dinner followed by the "Rat Pack" show. It was a live show by two guys who sang all of the old songs of the Rat Pack as well as some rock & roll and country songs. The entertainment was great and Shelley's special brownie mousse parfait was a wonderful finish to a delicious dinner. Saturday night John and I went to the movies with Sandy and Al to see "The Bucket List". It was a very good movie, though a little more sad than I had anticipated.

So, that's it for this week. Hope you enjoy the pictures and we look forward to the next time!

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HOLIDAZE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Finally....holidays are over and we have once again settled back into somewhat of a routine. Our holidays were all good. There was lots of food, presents, lots of food, family, lots of food, friends, and lots of FOOD! I swore that I would never need to eat again until Easter....but, of course, that resolution was short-lived! Thus, the reason for resolution #2....BEGIN THE DIET! So far, I have lost ONE WHOLE POUND! Woo Hoo! Don't laugh....just how is YOUR diet going??

Seriously, it was great to be able to spend time with so many of our family and friends through the holidays. You all helped to make them special. I apologize for not having any pictures posted. It's not that we didn't take any...we took zillions...but we had them put on a cd and haven't been able to find it!(Guess that means I should clean house!) So between that and the fact that I left our camera at my friend's (Terry) house, I guess it means that all you have is just a boring blog to read for this week. But I guess that's OK since it has been kind of a "slow news week" anyway! lol

So, I hope all of you have a good rest of the week and that you have great success with those diets! And remember, John and I would love to hear from you and to know if you read the blog or not....so, if you DO visit our blog, and you don't find it too boring, please leave us your comments by clicking on the "comments" link at the end of each entry. It is just another way that helps us feel like we're keeping in touch with everyone. So Happy New Year! We love you!