WHAT A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Well, our Christmas was nice. We celebrated it a little earlier than normal because we were all so beat and plus Linda (my SIL) had to get things ready for our Christmas lunch/dinner at her house. We all celebrated at my house on Christmas eve and then with my brother and his family and in-laws at his house on Christmas day.

I got some really neat stuff. We kept things to a minimal this year. This is my loot.....

....... My brother-in-law Jesse did not disappoint this year and got me my perfume. That has become a tradition for him. My ex-husband used to buy me some type of expensive perfume every year and the first year that we were not together, Jesse stepped up to the plate and took over. He is the best. They broke the mold with him. So anyways, this year he got my Absolutely Irresistable by Givincy and notice that it is RED......I also got a new vampire series books "The House of Night Series". My sister could not believe that I asked for that. I got two calendars, of course one is the Twilight one, I got my annual Precious Moments dated Christmas figurine, lotions, pajamas, pens, "Horton Hears a Who" DVD and some pretty underwear and bras from Victoria Secret which I did not include in the picture.

Jeez I look tired....I was exhausted, I did not get to bed the night before until 3:30 in the morning and had to get up at 6:30 that same morning.....

Chloe had a blast and enjoyed posing for pics and watching everyone open their gifts .....

but she had more fun opening hers. She got a new outfit. It is so cute. She will be wearing it for New Years. I will post a pic. And here is the baby with her baby.....she still gets dolls for Christmas.....

Well, like I said, we spent Christmas Day at my brother's with his in-laws and that was fun. Here is a pic of Jesse and my Brother giving the meaning of FELIZ NAVIDAD......HAHAHA....

They are too funny......and they were sober....

Here I am with MaryAnn, still looking tired, and MaryAnn and my mom......

And I had to post this....This Jesse and Willow, his and MaryAnn's baby, taken at their house....she is as spoiled as Chloe......

You know what I just realized, it has been a year since I have been blogging....My first post was 12/28/07. Wow time goes by...and here we are getting ready for a new year...So who makes and keeps there resolutions? I make them sometimes but never keep them....I always have good intentions though......I just get so busy and caught up in everything....So let me see, I guess I can list a few things and see how it goes right?.....

1. Get healthier. I am not going to say that I am going to diet or whatever, because it never works. Instead, I will just concentrate on getting healthy, exercising more (I have no choice with school this semester) and keeping my diabetes under control.

2. Be better at keeping in touch with everyone....even if it is by blogging...that still counts. I have to realize that life is too short to take anything for granted. With all the scares we had this year with relatives being sick, it was too scary.

3. FINISH SCHOOL AND GRADUATE!!!!!!!!!!! YEA!!!!!!!

4. Try to save money.....although that may be hard now that my friends have got me hooked on knitting and I want to buy all the beautiful yarn like they do and I even joined the Woolgirl sock club.......Okay, so maybe I have to get ANOTHER job.....yep, that will take me up to four jobs...hahahaha....well, that will blow my fifth resolution immediately.

5. SLOW DOWN.....try not to work so hard (see #4 for the results of this one)....hahahahaha.....

Okay, that is enough silliness.....I just resolve to enjoy each and everyday and be happy and love everyone around me and make the best of everything.....

I hope you all have a great New Year!!! I know I will with friends like you in my life....

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!