Merry Christmas, Everybody!

Hard to believe the day's finally here. This year, we did so many holiday things leading up to the day that when it finally arrived and we'd thrown all of our parties, sent out the cards (a few weeks late) and wrapped all of the gifts (the night before - oy!), we didn't know what to do anymore. We were just thrilled to be together and not working!
Let's see. We drank coffee and read the paper. And just sat on the lanai and by the Christmas tree and in the family room and...relaxed. (Relax? What's that?!) We hadn't really enjoyed simply vegging in a long time. It seems we've been planning for one party or special occasion after another.

And if there's one thing we haven't done, it's golf. Hmmm... how can we rectify this? The kids are coming over at 4 p.m.

We hit the range. It felt great to swing the driver again. I couldn't get over how straight and far my drives were today. Off the grass, my irons were pretty pathetic as always. We followed it up with some putting which was, well, quite sad. But it was just the thing we needed.

When we returned home to a pouting pooch, we still felt like playing a little more hooky, so what better way than to watch a horrible television movie (on Lifetime of all things). Yep, we're definitely needing some serious veg time. Oh, it was the movie CHRISTMAS WEDDING with Sarah Paulson of "Studio 60" fame, Dean Cain (yep, Superman) and Betty's young boss on "Ugly Betty." Cornball city, but I watched...and surprisingly, Larry, too, for much of it. Then, he called his sis and escaped the predictable, give-me-a-break conclusion.

The kids came over to enjoy Christmas dinner and presents and because we had goofed off all day, we were running around getting stuff together in one hour. Gulp! No one said we were smart!

But the food was a hit and the presents were awesome all the way around.

It also was finally a chance to see the boys open up their photo albums we'd been working on since the summer. I'd say they were a success. I hope they'll appreciate them as much as I did when I turned 21 and my folks gave me a photo album of my life.


It was a wonderful day and unfortunately, it's back to the grind for three days before we can resume our weekend. But we sure had fun, spending some time with our favorite people.

Lar and I wish so badly we could hang out together in the morning, reading the paper, sipping coffee, just being here with each other and the pupster. Dex sure had a crazy couple of weeks greeting all these wonderful visitors. He loved the company and now he can enjoy the rewards.

The party's over. It's almost time to pack it up and welcome a new year.

Time to hit the hay, little one.