It's been a while, so I'll just give a brief rundown of recent events.
Thanksgiving was great. My brother and nephews came in for several days. I made their favorites-mashed potatoes, homemade rolls, and monkey bread to name a few. We had special bonding time over a long lunch at Gatti's, with lots of tokens to spend, and then caught Fred Clause (which I highly recommend). We played Lights Off Golf, went to Jump 'n Jive, and the park. It was great fun. I just love getting to be the cool aunt.
The next week, I went to Austin with a good friend to attend the Assessment Conference. The conference was good, but the company was better. On one day, after our sessions were over, we headed to a fantastic mall and did a ton of Christmas shopping. I discovered the pinkest girliest store I've ever encountered called Libby Lu's. Perfect for all of my nieces.
The much anticipated 2008 District and Campus Testing Coordinator Manual arrived, and I've been busy reading, highlighting, and tabbing for an exciting new year of testing. OK, mostly I'm being sarcastic, but I have to admit there is the tiniest part of me that actually enjoys reading this stuff. Don't worry, I'm going to seek counseling.
I've been very busy being Santa's helper at my school; more to follow later on this one.
This past weekend, we went to Sudan for Click Christmas. My husband and I invited ourselves out a day early for a little extra visiting. We arrived hours before several inches of snow fell. It was beautiful. We had a nice visit with family and got some nice gifts. I especially enjoyed the impromptu piano recital from my niece and getting to do the honors of tucking her in for bed.
I am truly looking forward to a lazy Christmas break. For the first time since we've been married, we are neither going anywhere nor having anyone here for Christmas. We are not boycotting events or anything so dramatic, it just happened to work out this way. I'm envisioning movie watching, book reading, scrap booking, crocheting, sleeping in, drinking hot chocolate, and other such deliciously leisurely activities.
May all of your holidays be as sweet.
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