HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope this finds all my faithful readers well and happy! Celebrating the new year? I am sitting at home, blogging instead of party-ing! I am SUCH a light weight now. No pun intended! Mike and I leave for Vegas to see Rach and Zach on New Years Day for a five day visit. Blue Man group, Hoover Dam tour, maybe even a music show!

All my beautiful children, grandchildren,brother and sister, nieces and nephews,all the in laws, friends and co-workers...Thank You for being so supportive of me. Especially the last year, during my time off work and during my gastric bypass surgery. My wish for my self was to make myself healthy and to basically feel better. I am well on the way. My neck injury is not resolved, but it is manageable. I am currently down 60lbs, and feel so free. It is not but half of what I want to lose, but I am moving around and look so much better. (My old closes are SO big...I can't believe that they ever fit!)

Well...it's almost midnight, so I will wrap up so I can kiss my honey goodnight!

I pray that your hopes and dreams for 2009 come true. My hope is to be even closer to my family. Hugs and kisses to all...Cindy Loo Hoo

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Christmas is upon us. All the decorating, wrapping and food prepping...all used up in a minute! All that is left are the memories of the time spent with family and friends. Our family "traditions" seem to change every year! But that keeps it exciting - right? But we always seem to make it thru. We all send our love and good wishes to everyone for the New Year. We will be in Vegas with Rachal and Zach, seeing the BLUE MAN GROUP, visiting with Zachs Mom and Step-dad, seeing the sites. Never forget to appreciate and validate the ones you care about!

WHERE IS MY CHRISTMAS SPIRIT?

I can't seem to get it in gear...BAH HUM-BUG! I have stayed at home from work for the last couple of days, due to the Post Office not following my doctors' restrictions.The head-ache is back and the lack of sleep from same. So I am just feeling a little blue. And I thought maybe by putting it down in writing would get it off my chest. The stress from going in to work everyday knowing that they will once again ignore my limitations, (NOT mental!), is wearing away at me. I just get so tired of fighting for someone to just do the right thing. And because I DON'T fight them about it EVERY day, they think they can roll over me. The grievance I filed in the past for my COP is supposedly settled, and I have written a letter to the claims examiner about my station not following my job duty restrictions, and hopefully will have an interview with EEOC by the end of this week. I also have a appt. with my doctor to discuss what I can do thru them( and to get something for the sleeplessness). My days should be filled with thoughts of Christmas(I AM still shopping on line) and waiting to see my kids and grand-kids again. BUT........tommorrow is another day!

BUSY-BUSY-AND BUSY!

WELL...I am doing ALOT of shopping on-line, but still don't have it all! And my magical wrapping gnomes have not appeared as of yet! My Christmas tree is not entirely decorated, my cards NOR stockings are hung and I have a busy weekend ! Two, count'em two house warming/Christmas partys AND a monthly meet-up with my high school classmates. Oh, and I must go look at a litter of weenie dog puppies for Rachal! I really feel lucky to have all this going on in my life. It means that I have many people that I care about having a full and happy life. And somewhere in all this I need to take my Bubba and wife out for a nice dinner. (How does sushi sound? Or a nice steak? You know I am mostly along just to watch everyone else eat!)
If this is my last blog before Christmas, I hope all my readers have as much as you need and some of what you want. Merry Christmas!

VISITING WITH MORE FAMILY

This weekend, starting on Friday nite, was spent visiting with my sister, Claudia, and brother-in-law, Jimmy. The drove in from Louisanna to see Mike and I, plus my brother, Billy,his wife Betsey, girls MaryAnn and Andrea, son-in-law Aaron(yes, they are THE Cott's) and the grandson, Ryan. Jimmy was showing off his new EBAY purchase...a GREAT BIG diesel Chevy Silverado! Very Nice! He also did some shopping for Claudia(NOT on Ebay), a big juicy bauble! Nice work Jimmy!
It was great to visit with my Bubba and Sis. They always make me feel so loved. The conversations we all had! WOW! The nieces are super smart AND entertaining. It's hard to believe they are ADULTS! That makes ME old! (That was the theme of many talks we had..how our perception of "old" has changed the older we get!) HUH!
We ate too much; had too many margaritas; talked about old times-old houses we lived in-new happenings in all our lives; and watched a little football. All crammed in to a 24 hour period. Claudia and Bets were going to church and shopping on Sunday...sorry I missed it. Mike had to get back home to do the Christmas lights and you all know I have to supervise!
Tonight will be spent on getting the Christmas Cards addressed and stamped for send out tommorrow while we watch more football. Go 'Boys.
FYI...the new Cowboy stadium in Arlington is GINORMOUS! (too bad WE will never be able to afford tickets to that thing!)
Til next time, don't forget to love on all your family every chance you get. Communicate,validate,appreciate!

TURKEY DAY!

We made it thru the day with no melt downs, OR tears! Almost everyone showed up for the pictures. Everyone lived thru my "tribute" speech. The turkey was moist and there was plenty of food left over. We had a nice visit with Rachal and Zach AND Nina and Ehren. As everyone saw in the previous blog, Madi carried Ehren around when she could get him away from everyone else! They were so cute together. All in all ,the day was a great success. My speech would not download in full, but the gist of it was that I was proud to part of all their lives. I told them that my Daddy and Mom, Mikes dad, Hank and Mom Marilyn, had done the best they could as parents and that I hoped we could say the same some day. All the "kids" are in their 20's this year-(21-29) and I wanted us all to remember this year, so our Christmas cards will be our family photo.

The last part of my speech applies to everyone, too. We all need to remember we have things to be thankful for, but most of all is ..EACH OTHER! SO...todays blog is about ME telling all readers how much I need, love, and appreciate each and every single one of you. And I'm sorry if I don't show it! XOXOXO