For My 3 Followers

Even though I just saw you guys over Christmas, I figure I owe it to all my undeclared followers to rededicate myself to keeping the fascinating news of my life up-to-date.

I got a job; however, I'm not sure if I'm suppose to post the name on my personal blog so let's just call it...a dress shop.  I'm a part time employee.  I got the job purely by accident, but that's a good thing since I needed to get a job.  I still need to find something with benefits.  As to the question of what I want to be when I grow up, I still haven't figured it out.  I'm not sure, but I think I might be like a novel with no plot.  Hopefully, it's more like an intriguing best seller with an unexpected plot twist.

Went home for Christmas.  We weren't sure we would be able to leave Billings because of the weather, and when we got home the snow followed us.  I haven't seen snow like that in Texas at Christmas in a very long time.  The last white one I remember was back in elementary when Jess and I got new bikes for Christmas.  It was cold out and icy when we met up on the corner between our two mobile homes.

I had a wonderful visit with my family, even if it did start out stuck in a snow bank. My Pop, brother-in-law Luke, and Kevo had to dig out the abandoned truck on Christmas afternoon.    My sister, Michelle and I had a late night bull session.  It was great to spend time alone together.  My mom couldn't sleep and got up to hang out with us, but I soon passed out mid-conversation on the couch. Santa was very generous to me and my family.  He brought me lots of bakeware, smelly goods, coupons, pj's, ornaments, margarita recipes, a scarf from Scotland (Thanks Katie, my neck is no longer naked) and some beautiful bobbles.  OH! and a seahorse shirt!

I'm thankful that I got to see my soul blistas, Jessica, Rachel, Aaron and new baby Wyatt.  I'm grateful that they could take time out of their busy holiday schedule to spend time with me.  It was the best present ever - knowing that our friendship was mutually important.  Your friends are the family you choose, and I would choose those guys again and agian.

I'm also glad that I got to meet Bryan's (Jessica's fiancee) friends; eventhough, I just hope they did not judge me for  my going..being put..to bed early.  Too much Holiday Cheer I guess.

The next day, I got to see my big sister and first follower, Janet Jackson. No not The Janet Jackson, but you can still call her Miss Jackson if your nasty.  I didn't get to see my niece, nephew or their kids, but Jazzy JJ got me up to speed.  I was glad to hear that Stephanie got a new job and is doing well.  I think the change will be good for her and I wish her all the best.  Love you Steph! My nephew Thomas has a Lady Friend.  Too bad I didn't get to meet her.  Probably would have scared her off anyway.

I didn't get to see any of my brothers, but Gary in Arizona sent me a Christams email.  We share a love of music.  He is actually talented and I just like to listen and sing off key.  I've already used some of the itunes gift he sent me to replenish my Reckless Kelly songs I lost when the old laptop died.  Thanks Brother :)

Let's see what else?  Oh, yeah Kevin and I were able to spend a few moments at Raphael's with Steve and Cindy Schoenke, Shelly and Colleen and a few drinks.  Saturday night we spent dinner with the kids, and had way tooooooo much food at the Shogun.  We met up with Jodee and Tryg at the Gaylord Texan and went to listen to M80 at the Glass Cactus.   They were the best 80's cover band I've ever seen.  Sadly Kev and I couldn't stay too long we had to be up at 3:30, but we stayed until 11 because you just can't leave early when Jodee and Tryg are around.

3:30 came so early.  Kevin and I both fell asleep on the plane, or planes I should say.  We had a layover in Phoenix.  It was SNAFU we had to find a bus to take us to another terminal, but the first bus literally took us 200 yards then kicked us out saying "Next stop, parking lot."  We had to go have another round of security. (SECURITY) After all this, we had another layover in Denver.  Despite all the switch-a-roos we landed in Billings at 12:30.  We were both bone tired but managed to make an awesome stew and stay semi-concious until about 8:30. 

Whew, it was a Christmas Hurricane, and now I'm ready to settle down into a normal routine and better myself for the New Year.  I've got some serious work to do if I'm going to be smokin' hot for my birthday.

So long friends.  Sorry for the lapse.  I won't say it won't happen again, but for a while I'll try to be a better blogger.

Scotland

I've been back from our Scotland trip for almost a week, and I just haven't had the energy to post about our trip.

I still don't think I have the words to describe the rugged beauty of the highlands where we stayed the first few nights of our trip.  The Capital of Edinburgh, where we spent the most of our time, was an amazing city.  I felt as if I had been thrown back in time.  The people of Scotland, those we encountered, were warm and inviting. 

Here are a few pictures.  I'll have to brush off the cobwebs and relate some of the more interesting aspects of our trip later.