Year in Review!

It has been a LONG year, yet it has sped by at ludicrous speed. Does that make sense? Most of you know the deal. Living with my mom, needing to somehow get back on our feet. We now find ourselves in WV, in my grandparents old house. We are settled in nicely. M is in school. T is working, I am trudging away with school. I love it here. Being here feels normal and right for me. T is still adjusting, but doing very well.

So I have to apologize. I promised everyone I would blog regularly, and I don't. You can thank Facebook for that! Hah. I am going to try to post each day (ha!) and I would like to post a picture a day too. I have attempted this before, and failed miserably, but we shall see how it goes. I have also decided that it has been way too long since I had my very own blog design, so I am thinking that is something that I need to do as well. I just use templates because they are easy peasy, and my creativity went out the door years ago.

So, some photos, yes?

We moved up here the day before Halloween. M was a witch, courtesy of my friend Penny, who brought the costume up for us to use!




We got to spend lots of time outside when we first got here. The weather was PERFECT!

















Then, we got our first snow!! M was just LOVING it!!








Then, it snowed again. And again. Aaand again. :)








Our humble abode...





Our neighbors... LOL.





Before we knew it, Christmas was upon us! We had Christmas Eve here, and Christmas day we were lazy. We went to my cousins for dinner. It was a really good few days, although I REALLY miss my mommy...


We also got legal. :)




Awww...





M and her cousins...



Petie and T ...






M got a sled from Santa. Best thing EVER. She had SO much fun!




She is such a ham, no?





And that is about where we are. Rebuilding. Living. Being happy. Adjusting.
So, blogging and photo daily..? Hah.. we shall see.

Happy New Year!!

I am not a religious person. I know the reason for the season and all that, but well, its never been about that for us. Christmas for us is about family and being together. I used to love buying gifts for my family members and friends. It bothers me that I cannot do that this year. I know that my friends and family understand and all. But I always took great joy in seeing their faces when they opened their gifts!

I know it should not be about that. But that is where a lot of the joy came from. Of course, GETTING is great too. But I liked the giving part best.

I have a pretty awesome family and I just miss those days of all being together at my Aunty Nancy's house.

I saw some guy on tv the other day berating some woman who wrote in to say that she could not afford to get her kids presents this year. The guy made some rather unsavory comments about this woman and it made me feel awful. We are going to be able to get M a few small things, but that is it. She will still be spoiled, as our friend J went all out crazy and got her a ton of stuff lol.

Thanks J.

I sure hope that next year is better for us financially.

I can say that I have a wish list... it is the same as last year. I want a Wii. And a Wii Fit.
I will be old and gray by the time I actually can afford one, but that is ok.

I have my family. Mom, M, T, and my extended family and friends. I have the BEST people in my life. So it is all good. All I want is for them to have a wonderful holiday, to stay safe and healthy, and to have much happiness...

Merry Merry!