the sunday after..

well we survived the christmas days! i went to travis and cheryl jones house for xmas eve. they and their three kids, ryan, josie and jake had the jones family xmas. they have made me an honary member. mom judy jones was there...my tropical travel buddy. penny and john lawrence with their kids shauna and tyler...penny and i are pals and mexican food aficionado. jennifer and paul lovelace too. they are all siblings. they took me in after dale left. i had a great time eating shrimp and exchanging gifts.

i got home about 930 and the garage door wouldn't open but about 3 feet. in my finest xmas attire i crawl under the door to discover the spring on the garage door had broken. the biggest storm in 20 years had started. cory was off at nadines house having the other xmas. at about 4am cory called to say he was stuck in the snow on a main road 10 blocks from the house. he had stopped by to see his longtime pal, jon bury. the wind was howling and the windchill was very low. no AAA card in his wallet. i hear the door open about 430 and a guy heading home stopped by and helped them move the car onto a side street and brot them home. the nice guy works at olive garden. so at 430 we had the stockings down and started our xmas.

the tree is magnificent. i have ornaments from all the travels and adventures. cory's preschool ornaments have their own quadrant. i look at the tree and remember going to san juan capistrano with patty and the little boys when cory was 6 or 7. we took the train from santa ana and had a great adventure. there is an ornament from catalina. it has Rosie's at the end of the pleasure pier. i remember going there as a child with the johnsons and with marty just last spring. there are some from BVI and my trips with judy, hawaiian shirts and ones from rome, paris, london, venice and all over.

the dogs have been having a great time in the snow. between 7-10 inches. the most snow in ages and it came off and on for 3 days. it took about 4 hours for me to blow the snow off the driveway and sidewalks. then we got another 2 inches. maybe i can even get a pic or two!

happy new year to all!