Today we had a wonderful New Year's Day traditional dinner at Mom's and Daddy's.
And John made the most delicious dessert. It broke every New Year's Resolution there is :-)
It is called chocolate pizza...it was yummy!
After dinner David, Celia and I sat around and thought of the past year and made the ABC's of 2008...
A-is for straight A's....Celia works very hard to keep her grades up!
B-is for bolting...the dog's run out of the front door whenever someone comes in or out so...
we now have a chain to alert people when someone needs to open the door. A little inconvenient but better than them getting hit by a car!
C- is for cars...this year with the gas prices we sold two gas guzzlers and bought three with much better gas mileage! Now everyone has a car!
D-is for Daddy's recovery this year! It has been a little over one year since his surgery.
E-is for election...a GREAT disappointment! When will we have someone worth voting for?
F-is for fence...after waiting two years Luke and Josie finally got a fenced yard so they can run around off the leash!
G-is for gas prices...the gas bill was horrific this year. Thank goodness it has dropped for now!
H-is for ham radio...David got back into an old hobby of his. He is a licensed ham radio operator.
I-is for independence...or so they think...Jamie and Mikell turned 18 this year:)
J-is for Jamie's graduation from high school
K-is for Keeley's pregnant...can't wait to be a Great Aunt again!
L-is for Liam's first birthday and first steps
M-is for Mikell's graduation from high school
N-is for new house...Rachel and James bought their first house together
O-is for over seas...Kathy and her family went on a 2 week trip to Europe
P-is for puppies...two 95 and 85 pound Labs that are two years old but still act like they are 2 months old
Q-is for quilts of course and a new place to sew them.
Now I don't have to worry about the dogs or cats bothering things when I take a break sewing.
I have made a few things here...it was VERY nice!
R-is for Rachel's new ride....
S-is for South Beach...David's new way of eating (that's the polite way to say diet:)
He has lost right around 10 pounds so far! This will be a big part of 2009 I know!
T-is for trading...this year David had lots of fun on Craig's list trading a tractor for a four wheeler and a four wheeler for a scooter....
U- is for unusual exercise...Wii fit awesome interactive exercise. Who says video games are for couch potatoes?
V-is for vandalism...this year some punks came around and slashed a tire on three of our cars and cut the tops on our Jeep and Miata. With a new tire, new top, and a new paint job she is as good as new!
W-is for Will's truck...with money he saved and help from his Papa he was able to
buy his first truck!
X-is for eXcellent family gatherings! Every Sunday we all get together to have dinner, celebrate birthdays and just generally share what went on the past week or what is coming up!
Y-if for yard...last year at this time we were in the middle of having a new drain field put in which left us with a landscape that looked like the moon's surface. It has taken all year...and the yard is almost back!
Z- is for zoom! What this past year did!
Hope everyone had a good year last year and has a GREAT year to come!
Happy New Year everyone!
At first he was feeling kinda guilty.
