2008 Resolutions

I have never been very good with making New Year' s Resolution. When I did make them, they were usually too big, lofty and unattainable. As soon as I broke one, I would feel like a failure and totally give up. This year, I have decided to try just making a few small changes. In an effort to become healthier, I want to become a tea drinker. It is a cheap, non-fattening (I don't use milk or sugar in my tea), portable and socially acceptable habit. Whenever I feel like indulging in bad eating habits, I have decided to try making a cup of tea instead. Not a big resolution, but I decided to keep it simple just to see if it works. I am not good with dieting. It causes me to obsess about food too much.

I really don't like tea very much. I think I drank way too much herbal tea when I was pregnant and burned myself out on it. I much prefer a nice stronge cup of coffee. However, I know there must be good and flavorful ones out there, so I am going to take on the challenge to find some that I like. Feel free to join me on my "2008 Journey Into Teas". I am open to all suggestions of ones to try.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

I can be seen if you look closely. One of my Grandmother's stars is in the picture.

More Holiday Traditions

1.) The family still likes watching "A Christmas Story" every year. It is pretty goofy. Even though we have seen it many times now, it still always makes us laugh. We feel the same way about "Elf"' too.
 

2.) Schwerman Christmas Tree Farm is our favorite place to cut down our tree. It usually takes us about an hour to fine the "perfect" one.

3.) My Grandmother taught me how to make paper stars when I was a little girl. My Christmas tree is not complete unless it is decorated with those stars.

4.) We like to go the Candle Light Service for Christmas Eve at our church. This year we will attend services at The Brook at 5:00 pm.

5.) No holiday meal is complete with out the "Family Secret Squash Casserole" on the dinner table.

6.) On of our favorite holiday functions to attend is the HOTC Christmas party. It is a potluck dinner. We have some really great cooks at our club. So much food is brought in, that the tables look like they will collapse. Of course, this is one of Kenny's favorite events because it involves massive amounts of food. :-)

Christmas Family Traditions

My son came home from work the other night and said that he had a discussion with his co-workers as to what holiday traditions they had. When they asked Kenny, he said that we didn't have any. At first I felt like a negligent mother, but the more I thought about it, I realized that we have quite a few that we try to do every year. One of them is to take pictures with our dogs, boys and Santa. Here are few of those pictures:

(Look at Jenna sticking her tongue out.)

2007

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(I found this picture while looking for my Santa picutres. Yea, I know Santa is not in it, but I thought it was a nice one of me, the boys and Dixie.)

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Here are a couple of the older ones that I found. I have them scattered every where and really need to organize them into a collage. As you can see, Dixie has been with us for quite a while now:

2002

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2001

Huntsville Stars Baseball, Fireworks & Funny Pictures

I have known Sue almost my entire life. She is my oldest and dearest friend. She can always make me laugh, no matter where we are or what we are doing.

We have the cutest toes!!!