Update

I know I haven't posted in a while, but it's been a crazy month. December always seems to be a crazy month and things just kind of get away from me. However, while not amusing, here's what's been happening.

1. I now have a new water heater. It took almost three weeks, but they finally managed to put one in. The new water heater was installed the same day Kenny returned from Dallas. Coincidence, I think not!

2. Interesting holiday ornaments. We recently had our Title I Parent meeting. Since I hate talking in front of large groups, and I especially hate talking to parents (I know, kind of weird since I'm a teacher- that's kind of where that phobia began!), I ended up staying with the kids and setting up one of the activity stations to keep them busy. I made dog biscuit ornaments with the kids. Naturally, I made up one before hand for them to use as a guide, but as kids will do, they "didn't need no stinkin' guide". I have never seen more one-eyed reindeer in my life. Christmas trees across Union, MO are decorated with cyclops reindeer. Strangely enough, they were kind of cute. One of my students gave me a truly creative, many-eyed reindeer. I'm calling it the Reindeer of God, since it has so many googly eyes it is all-seeing!

3. My early Christmas gift from Kenny was a new Ipod. WOO HOO! I have wanted one for years, but as you all know, I'm too cheap to buy one for myself. He assures me that it didn't cost too much money since he bought it at the Apple Outlet store and plus he's been saving up to buy me one. As he told me though, it's kind of a Christmas present for the both of us since we'll both enjoy taking it on trips instead of CD cases. He gave it to me earlier in the week because he thought it would probably take me that long to figure out how to work the gadget. Unfortunately, I'm not very technologically adept, so I'm still working on it. However, I have discovered that I need to update my USB port card. So, like an idiot, I'm going to Best Buy today, read off the paper what Alice (our family computer whiz) told me to write down and buy, and then hopefully install it without blowing up my computer. She swears it's so easy a monkey could do it blindfolded. We'll see!

4. Today, I get to visit with my friend Clint, whom I haven't seen in a while. Tomorrow I head home to Malden to spend the Christmas holiday with my family. Then on Thursday, I'm headed to North Carolina to spend a week with Sebrina and Joe. I'll have the digital camera with me to hopefully take pictures of the crazy places I see. This time I'll try not to delete the pictures I take, as I did with the turkey pictures at Thanksgiving! One day I'll have a handle on technology!

In any case, if I blow myself up replacing the card on the computer or I run out of time before I leave, here's wishing you a Merry Christmas!