Has it really been so long?

I was surprised to see that I haven't written ANYTHING since b/4 T'giving! WOW! I guess I have just been busy! I would've thought that being home from Thanksgiving through New Year's would have given me ample time to update friends on my comings & goings...Guess not!


The holidays were great...I got an ipod from my bro...something I never would have thought to purchase for myself but which I have thoroughly enjoyed! Probably the best thing I got this year. The girls had so much fun, too. This was Nattie's first year to be old enough to get the concept of presents and Santa Claus, etc. Mom's tree was beautiful...I scoured craft stores for things and we made all of the decorations for it except the two I purchased for Isa and Nattie this year.


We (my sibs, parents, and I) didn't all get along throughout the entire holiday, but it was mostly due to the fact that my sis sits on her butt while everyone else cooked, cleaned up, decorated, AND watched her kids. Sometimes I think it would be a lot easier without her just being there and being in the way all the time. But not only does she DO nothing, she constantly criticizes what others are doing for her. She is the ultimate, ungrateful human slug.

Guess what? I have moved!!! My brother bought a house in Alto, Texas. It is 30 minutes, door-to-door, from my parents' house. He asked me to live here with him, and I had been renting a little cabin out in the woods until I decided what I was going to do (move to LA, stay in Palestine) and I didn't like being out there by myself so I was driving all the way to my mom's just about every day. My bro didn't want to live by himself, either, so it worked out well for us both, and it's a 3 bedroom house, we both work out of town but not necessarily at the same times, so though I have been home from the New Orleans area for a week and a half now, I have only spoken to him on the phone, since he's out in California working right now. It's really like having my own place without all the headache. And I am ENJOYING it b/c I have friendly neighbors and license to decorate at will.

It was weird, tho, b/c while we were moving our stuff in, I got a call out for a job and had to leave my room in a big pile of boxes. Matt left a few days after I did, so though we have been here since the 4th of January, it's only been lived in for a couple of weeks!