No, I'm Not Dead!

I know. You've missed me. A great deal has happened in the past few months. First, I moved. It was an adventure to say the least. We went to visit family in Ohio for a week. The other half had to go on to Virginia to begin his job, so I had the joy of driving 3 kids, 2 dogs, 1 cat and a Uhaul trailer to the new home by myself. I would like to say it was pain free, but no such luck! The dogs were uncooperative (let's play instead of peeing in the grassy areas), the cat complained and I was tired. The kids were fine. They watched episodes of Psych all the way to Virginia. Now, it was a beautiful drive, but the damn GPS took us such a stupid way. We're changing that.

I'm no longer living out of boxes, but we still do have boxes of stuff that I am slowly going through to see if we need it or just pitch it. Number 2 son did decide to move in with us after all. He discovered that living with the 'rents is cheaper and he gets better fed! Actually it's nice having him here. Number 1 son and wife visited us two weeks after we moved in. That was a very nice visit and he isn't that far away anymore. Number 1 daughter doesn't hate us as much, but she is the only one not settled in completely. She is determined to go back to OK for college. We'll see. Everyone else has adjusted. It's beginning to feel like home.

Christmas. My whole family came to visit. Eleven extra people. It was great seeing them all. It was chaotic at times, but all in all a great visit. We went to the Marine museum which is excellent. They went to DC for a day. I don't know if we will be going back in the summer or not. I really want to take a real vacation!!

So now today I will be taking down Christmas decorations and getting my sewing room together. I have many quilts and projects that I want to get started and/or done.

Hopefully I will get back to this blog and get back on my observations of life. Living in the DC area, I'm bound to find something to write about!!!

Later.