Long Time, No Blog!

Hi everyone! I know you thought I must have been kidnapped. I assure you everytime something happens in my life I think, "that would blog", but I live in the land of "dial-up" and my computer has been on the fritz. Anyway, glad to be back girls!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas holiday. Christmas is always a time when I sit back and marvel at the blessings that God has bestowed upon me with family and friends. Don't get me wrong, it was as frantic as always, but in those brief moments of sanity we are reminded of the "TRUE" reason for the season. As I wrapped the gifts so frantically preparing for that special day I was reminded of that dear and precious gift that was wrapped up for me and you on that special day so very long ago. Only that present wasn't wrapped in beautiful paper and sparkling bows, but in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. It is truly a humbling thought!
December was busy as usual, but I accomplished alot. I got to go on a shopping trip with my best friend Jill (we never get to do that), I lived through dropping my first born off at the band hall and watching her march in her first parade, I made fingerfoods by the multitude, I hosted a wedding shower, I made both of Baleigh's programs and managed to get both either videoed or pictured, I traveled to MSU with my GNO girls and supported our friend Marina in marrying off her daughter and the list goes on....
What is it about December and January that makes you think you can conquer the world. Do any of you experience this? I always begin these months determined to conquer the feats that I didn't in the years before. I have already begun the ritual of cleaning out and up! Of course I am thinking of how I am going to get those "many" extra pounds off! Ha! Ha!Etc. Etc. I just wish I could keep the determination throughout the year that I have when each year begins!
Okay, I am rambling and it is getting late! Another resolution, blog shorter, but more often! Ha! Ha! God's Blessings, Beth