2009 arrived rather quietly for us! after spending so much time away from home beginning with Thanksgiving and with family and friends, neil and i stayed home. new year's eve we went to a great Japanese steakhouse and pigged out. came back home, put on our fat pants and flopped our puffy bellies on the sofa and watched the ball drop on tv. then, went to bed! neil actually worked most of the weekend but at least he was in town. new year's day i did not get out of my pj's - which has been thoroughly planned out and anticipated. i did manage to put something in the crock pot for dinner though and do some random stuff around the apartment. i set up our Wii and when neil came home we played some bowling (yep - i spanked him!), a little golf, and pool. what fun! friday it was time for the tree and trimmings to come down. boy was that tree crispy! i made one last batch of Christmas punch, put my Muppets dvd in and got to work. it was all done by the time neil got home. we rematched on the Wii - and yep, i beat him again. (i'm sure the streak will be short lived!) saturday i did more stuff around the apartment. it's amazing just how busy i keep myself in this place. there's always something that needs reorganizing or whatever. i cleaned out the fridge, under the kitchen sink, steam cleaned a rug, did some dusting. i'm telling ya - i didn't leave the apartment for 3 days and i was constantly in motion. i finally ventured out on sunday. neil had to work some more so i took him to his shop and went to run some errands. we had a late lunch with clayton and janie. when i got home, i made Loaded Potato Soup - a Disney recipe - and it was yummy. we used our new soup bowls holly gave us - they are perfect!
and of course now i'm back at work. january is always a nightmare and this year i have the added task of getting neil's business stuff done. so basically, i will have no life for about 2 months!
neil headed back to florida monday morning. he's getting very close to finished with that job. he's down to ordering trees, plants, and sod and needs to do a few things to the waterfall. i would think he'd be all wrapped up by the end of the month (at least i hope so!!) he came back Tuesday, re-packed and he and clayton headed to Indianapolis for the ATA Tradeshow. they are trying to see if they can get in the business of making and selling deer blinds - and a few other things. the tradeshow is for wholesalers looking to buy product for their retails stores so this should determine if they pursue this thing or not. they've put a lot of work into it so i hope it pays off! i don't know squat about this stuff (big surprise) but these guys are all up in this hunting world and say it's just HUGE and folks will spend big money on the right stuff. neil is so creative; his mind i constantly thinking of stuff to do and how to turn this product and process (his faux rock stuff) into something lucrative. he's been working on it for over a decade so something just has to break for him soon.
i hope 2009 will be fabtastic for all of you! i also hope to spend more time with family and friends this year. time truly does seem to speed up with each passing year. may you all be blessed with happy moments in the new year!
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