Ok...already...

So here it is the beginning of yet another year... Gods where does the time go?

As to December... well I must say ..it was rather a roller coaster month..or more a teeter totter come to think of it..
Each up bit seemed to be quickly followed by a down..& we never really got a chance to catch our breath it seemed

Lets see..in condensed point form review..

-Finally after a whole lot of research , penny saving & adventures got my very first ever Brand New vehicle & got rid of my yucky old minivan YAY!

then only days later was parked out in front of the kids school for a early Christmas concert in the afternoon & came out to find that I had been sideswiped - FUN -NOT
then got to deal with our delightful ( read uncaring) insurance Co. ..gotta love ICBC those of you who know them!

-Next thanks to the wonders of connections thru Facebook ..finally had a chance to hook up with a friend I grew up with & had lost track of..for about 20yrs! - spent a wonderful evening with them & left with many promises of visits to come..

-got home to a message on our answering machine ..one of our other friends.Daryll..who you can check back & see from the Wedding last summer where Jamie was the best man..was apparently in the ICU... he'd had a Heart attack .. at 36!!

needless to say that lead to several tense days & much back & forth calls with his wife .. but in the end after an artieriogram & arthroplasty .. he was heading home to be home the weekend before Christmas..

-Somewhere in that time I was a good girl & went for my annual physical . where I was found to finally be having enough pain with my stupid foot to warrant yet another trip to a specialist .. Whoo Hoo!
something about eating Antiinflams enough to give me real problems with my stomach kinda spelled it out I guess
& Geee Golly I only have to wait until Feb..( which now doesn't seem so horrid .. but them seemed a lifetime away..*sigh*

What else? .. well darling daughter played the lead in the grade 7 Christmas production.. which she did a fabulous job at .. & as my Mom pointed out .. "she'll never be a famous singer dear, but BOY can she act! " ~lol~ it was a wonderful time! & I was so proud of her.. :)

Then finally the kids were off school only days before Christmas
I being generally burnt out .. had decided as I was gonna work all thru Xmas & New Yrs... with the exception of the 24 & 25th we were NOT doing any sort of party here.. we would go see people on my days off if we were up to seeing anyone more...
yea --except then one of the neigbours asked what we were doing the next eve ( Sat ) & we said nothing really on the plans.. & she asked if it would be a good time to get together? .. I said sure"c'mon over with the kids for a "glass of Christmas cheer" .
Well by the Am ..I was feeling guilty about not even sending a "perfunctory" invite to other neighbours .. even if I figured everyone would already have plans..

So sent the kids out in their Santa hats with a handful of candy canes .. "just tell them if they have nothing else to do later come by for a glass of Christmas Cheer" I said.."& if they can't come that's ok too ..& to Have a Good Christmas! "
... after an explanation to Steven that YES you could drink Cheer!.. off they went..

Well by the time all was said & done we had almost 30 people show up throughout the eve ! AKKKKK! oh well it was nice.. the older couple that had recently moved in next door got to meet some of the friends from our "old neigbourhood " ..& folks that hadn't seen each other much since summer- got to catch up!

-again the next day things came crashing ... my sister called in a state to say that one of her best friends out there in Alberta had gotten sick with a terrible Mono like virus ... & Died..
He was only 31! WTH!!

Needless to say that threw us into a whole different head space for a few days.. got thru the Juggling of kids for Christmas & the whole family dinners thing..

New Yrs ..yes I worked .. but then deciding life is too damn short .. got off at 11 & headed over to play catch up with friends for yes you guessed it .. more Christmas Cheer ~lol ~

So now it's the New Year..
Do I have any amazing plans or goals??
Honestly - Not sure just yet... Mostly going to try to live each day the best I can right now I think...