New Year's Eve

We made it through Christmas, or Christmases as the case may be. We got to spend time with both sides of the family and had a great time. We also went to see "Marley and Me" Saturday evening. Great movie, but I cried like a baby at the end. It didn't help that Mom & Dad have a yellow lab that looks identical to Marley and that she's getting old. I'm such a wimp!

Gary came home Sunday morning, but the girls and I stayed with my parents so Meme wouldn't have to come up here to watch the girls while I had an ultrasound on my knee Monday. As for that, the cyst is apparently still there. It's not nearly as large or painful as it had been, and I'm able to walk again without looking like an old woman. That's definitely a positive thing! I have an appointment on Monday with a specialist, so we'll see what he thinks I need to do or not do so I can return to normal.

I've spent all my time since we got home attempting to clean house. I can't wait to get the tree down and put away for another year. It's nice to have it up, but I'm always ready to get it put away when Christmas is over. Maybe then we'll have a place to put everything. The girls have been playing since we got home. It's just so much fun to have new things to play with, do, color, etc. :) Until we get the Christmas decorations down, though, we're going to have to live around them. My plan is to get everything put away tomorrow so Gary can help us get it back into the attic. Then I can run the sweeper, dust, and get things back to normal. I'm not sure he realizes that he's in for a day of honey-dos tomorrow. I'm not telling! :)