Last year, I gave you my "less" list.  This year, you get "more."  Here goes...1.  More loving.2.  More date nights.3.  More exercising.4.  More eating healthy.5.  More volunteering at the kids' school (Note:  this does not take effect until Fall '10!)6.  More praying.7.  More confessing.8.  More keeping in touch with friends.9.  More celebrating.10.  More 'thank youing.'Here's to more in 2010!

After cleaning out some photo files the last couple of days, I realized how much I didn't blog about this month!  Gee, why not? :-)Let's take it from the top.In early December, Scott and the girls ventured to "Santa in the Park" in our neighborhood.  It was complete with fire sirens - not sure what those have to do with Santa's arrival, but whatever.  They got some candy, hot chocolate, a tour of the firetruck and a visit with Santa. Sweet.Later, ...

Merry Christmas!

One may ask, 'Just what is it that those two things have in common that's so blogworthy?'  Well, I've interrupted your weekly top ten to dish on just that.This morning I had to go in for some fairly minor day surgery to remove some cysts.  Yeah, I know.  Fun times.  As luck would have it, one my sorority sisters and college roommates from my junior year, emailed and told me she would be in town and wanted to help out in ...

I hope I'm not the only one who's kids are bouncing off the walls.  'Tis the season, right?  As a friend says, I'll give 'em a mulligan here and there because of our fall, but really.  Boot camp has begun.  I'm almost 100% back (or at least trying to be).  Something's gotta change around these parts.We have an "Elf on the Shelf" here at our house, Sparkly, who reports back to Santa each night regarding the kids' behavior.  I love ...

Luke's journey continues tomorrow and it's a biggie.  A while back, a friend of ours sent her son into surgery for a cleft palate.  She remarked one day how the comment from an acquaintance really bothered her.  Following his surgery, the woman said to her, "Oh, he looks so much better!"  Angela's reply was, "I thought he was just as beautiful before the surgery."I suppose that's a little how I feel about tomorrow's surgery.  Excitement in that this surgery marks ...