Winter Blah!!

So-it is truly winter-even in the South! We had our first real dose of winter weather this week here in the south. Lucky for us-we no longer live in Jonesboro-not so great for Sara and Chris!! They have been without power since Tuesday night-hopefully it will be restored tomorrow. They were lucky in that they have a gas wall heater and stove, so they have been able to rough it out. No work or school though-just candlelight and conversation-they both said they are ready to have electricity again! We just had a dusting of snow and no ice here in Memphis-just enough to slow things down for a day.
Otherwise things are going well. I REALLY like my new boss and the store is really starting to look great! We will be hosting a meeting with the regional staff in Febuary so I've been working hard to get as much done as possible. We are still getting lots of comments from customers on the transformation and sales are good compared to some of the other markets.
We enjoyed a visit with Jessica over the weekend of David's birthday. She surprised him when she walked in the door with his sister Nancy and her daughter Megan when they met us for dinner. They had a good time shopping together since I had to work!
Hope that all of you are staying warm and dry! Love you!

shame on me...

So yea I've been neglegent in my postings. Glad to hear everyone had a great Christmas. I hope the new year started off right for everyone. I wanted to send a quick post to thank Uncle David, Aunt Carolyn and Hannah for th Home Depot gift card I am going to put it to good use either towards wood for Bryan to build a bench for the entry way or to get a new kitchen faucet. And to Samuel (and Emily) Bryan really enjoyed the hand stitched Santa decoration and we have the picture Sam colored for us on the fridge.

Thanks again!!!!!!!!

Online media networking

Hey everyone! Firstly, it was great to see the fam in Quincy! Short, but sweet. What's new? I start a biology class next week, brushing up for a possible future Ph.D. (why not?). I just went to an audition (just to observe) last night for a show I will be helping costume at The Theatre Guild of Webster Groves. It's about 5 girls who are all bridesmaids, so they are going to need a good seamstress for alterations (that would be me). I think I'm auditioning for some one acts later this month, but with my class, I don't know if I'll be able to swing the schedule. Clayton Community Theatre also just decided we are doing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in June, and I am the costume head for that. Totally awesome!! But I'm a wee bit afraid, because of the magnitude of the show. There will be a bunch of fantasy costumes and kids and whatnot. It'll be fun, but crazy! So theatre stuff is back on. Oh, I'm ushering for a show this weekend, too, and going afterwards to do "research" at a wine bar. (My friend is thinking about having her wedding rehearsal dinner there so we have to check it out, naturally.) I've decided I'm going to try and save up this year to go back to NYC to see Avenue Q and the Little Mermaid, since I didn't get to see them last time. Hopefully my job holds out, and I can make it. Anyone want to go with? :) Finally, I joined LinkedIn today after some hesitation. I swear, I appreciate the usefulness and entertainment of online media networking BUT with myspace, facebook, blogger, yahoo groups, twitter, linkedin, google mail, hotmail, goodreads, etc., it's a little exhausting keeping track of everything. Whew. Anyways, that's it for now. Bye, ya'll!

Move over Shawn Johnson!

Just a quick update on our favorite little tumbler's meet this weekend. After moving up two weeks ago on ALL THREE events (Yikes!), she made herself proud with two 5th's & a 7th. Suddenly she's gone from a slow methodical floor routine to running down the rod floor full speed to do a round off and four back handsprings- boom, boom, boom, boom. We were simply amazed. Wow!

Group Shot--everybody smile!

Utah Christmas

Our internet connection has been patchy lately, so we have not had much luck posting. We had a wonderful christmas, despite both David and I having bad colds. We all got together on Christmas Eve for an early dinner of roast beef and present opening. The radio controlled cars were a huge hit, and Sherry, you should have seen Hannah's face when she opened the Peas in a Pod necklace. We so appreciate your thoughtfulness with every gift. But Grandma, next time there are batteries "from Santa" under the tree, you need to be around to explain how he knew they would be needed, how the package got there early, etc. These are very bright kids. 

We had snow, snow, and more snow through the holiday. Hannah and I got to ski on New Year's Eve and it was fantastic. As usual, my only goal was to keep up with her. We skied like maniacs from 9:30 to 1:30, stopped for lunch and then realized that our legs has turned to rubber. Going up and down the stairs at the cabin that night sounded like this, "Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow." We had great friends to share the evening with and were, to be honest, happy to see 2008 come to an end. Here's wishing all of you a wonderful 2009. We look forward to our times together. 

P.S. Dale, I still owe you a lesson on attaching photos. Give me a call. It's really easy! 

Busy as usual

Glad to hear everyone so far had a good Christmas. Rocky and I really enjoyed our time down in Memphis and was sad to see it come to an end. It was a lot of fun to spend time with everyone down south, however Rocky and I cut our trip a little short and came home Sunday afternoon instead of Monday morning. (Rocky and I are also lucky to have had our last day of work be the 23rd, Rocky was home by 11 am that morning and I was off at 2:30 so we didn't have a late trip and don't have to be back until the 5th) So...Rocky and I have been working diligently on some of our remodeling projects. I'll try and remember to take some pictures, it's hard tracking down a camera these days, I left mine in Taylorville on the 14th and so am without it until they deliver it to me on Saturday. The big projects for this week are the laundry room, kitchen, and FINALLY the downstairs bathroom. It's only Tuesday and I think you can already see a huge improvement. It's like a different house, out with the old lady antiques and lace and in with the much newer and shinier! Well it's getting very late (midnight) and I've got to get up early in the morning for my umpteenth trip to Lowes and Wal-Mart for this week and then back to work!!
See most all of you this weekend....