Happy 2010!!!

It's been a long time posting. We had a lovely Christmas with lots of family at our place. The Mister and I have two sets of parents each so there were FOUR sets of grandparents to enjoy DSD Syd. She was with us from the 18th-25 at 3:00 PM. This year was just magical for her. She's 7 and smart enough to know what tracking Santa on radar means so she truly enjoyed NORAD's web page and watching the movement of Santa and the Reindeer. They really do a great job with that every year. She was thrilled to see that Santa ate all but half of one cookie and drank his eggnog. Thrilled. No I mean it, she stuck that half cookie in all of our faces that morning to show us how he really had been here.

New Years was low-key just the way we like it. My Mom and step-dad were still here so we went out for dinner (holy busy Batman) and then dropped them off at home where they enjoyed a smidgen of Port and watched the neighborhood fireworks. The Mister and I left and went to a cigar friendly bar to have two drinks and catch up with each other before the New Year rolled in. I don't know about any of you but that Full Blue Moon made all residents in our household a bit squirly. :-)

New Years Day I woke up early and put Country Pork Ribs in the crock pot with sauerkraut and beer. They cooked all day (despite my disappointment in my Rival Crock pot boiling food on "Low" setting) and with a watchful eye, turned out just splendidly. I made smashed red potatoes and Black Eyed Pea Salad- Lower Alabama Caviar recipe from Lulu's in Orange Beach, AL. I found the recipe on yumsugar.com. Which looks like a cool website that I'll have to spend more time on later. The neighbors came over about 4:00, we ate a lot, drank sweet tea and played Wii the rest of the day and evening. The fun lasted until 9:30! I'm so glad they came over with their two kids; it was just so relaxing and nice. We'll miss them when we move, which we have to do in March.

Tomorrow I'm going to Unity for the burning bowl service. I think you put your fears, worries, etc. on paper and then toss them in a bowl and burn them up. I have a lot of things to send into the ether. Lots of loss in 2009- two pregnancies, three babies and my beloved Nana. I am done with it. Done. Done. Done. It's time for sadness to be replaced with joy, fear replaced by love and hope.

May 2010 bring you all everything that you need and want. Peace.