Merry Christmas!!!!!

DECEMBER

December proved to be a busy month between treatments being every week and the holidays and other obligations.  Brady my youngest son is a member of the Bach Festival Youth Choir and had several performances during the month, which really helped to get us in the holiday spirit.  The first performance was actually at the Festival of the Trees in November.  The second one was Christmas in the Park, in Winter Park.  We had a great time at that one, despite the VERY cold weather.  We got blankets, wine and some food to eat and enjoyed the time with my friend Kelly, Jenn, Mehmet and Burak, as well as my brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Pam.  Oh and I can't forget Jenn's little guy Slade.  I don't have any pics of the concert in the park, but below is a pic from the Festival of the Trees, its of Brady and his best friend Abby, Kelly's daughter.

After a busy few weeks the week before Christmas seem to be peaceful and take its time getting there.  I was uber prepared for Christmas, all the shopping was done mostly online a month before, so I tried to enjoy the time with the kids and make the most of it.  It was also a little boring as my friend Kelly was in Turkey for two weeks.  I usually talk with Kelly most every day and that wasn't possible being half a world away.  Once Kelly returned on the 22nd everything seemed normal again, and then time flew.  Christmas eve was a busy day, we went to Kelly's to exchange gifts and see our friends and then off to my Mom's to spend some time with Grammy and Pop Pop.  We then rush home to do some cooking for Pam, Jim and Matt who came over for the evening.  Christmas day started out great, the boys seem to be pleased with all the loot they got and were surprised at the Ipod touches.  The whole day seemed to be great until about 4:30, then it hit me.  I got a slight "chemo fever" and was down for the count. Pat and the boys had dinner without me and I slept through till the next morning.

HERE'S HOPING 2011 WILL BE BETTER

December being over seemed to bring with it the hope that 2010 was gone and hopefully was bad news that came with it.  I started out 2011 with a slumber party, yep, a slumber party.  Though I was having some side effects, I was invited to spend new years eve with my friends Kelly and Jenn for a slumber party at Jenn's house.  Jenn was more than accommodating and we had a blast.  I rather enjoyed watching everyone get tipsy and silly.  While over at Jenn's house I called my brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Pam, who live around the block from Jenn.  Jim and Pam didn't have plans, so they came over and added to the fun.  We had food and drinks and the kids played and danced and I had a nice night.  At 12 we hooped and hollered and shot off fireworks. A good time was had by all.  We woke up the next morning and it was better than a bed and breakfast. Jenn had LOTS of yummy things to eat.  Eventually, we gathered up and headed home.