A Christmas to Remember

Wow, a lot has happened in my life since my last post. I continued to put in 12 hour days the rest of that first week after the acquisition. Then just one week after the acquisiton date, I fell and broke my arm. My right arm no less. It was after the community band Christmas Concert and I was going to put my chair, stand, and horn away. I had them all in my hands and turned - I was closer to the top step than I thought and went down hard and fast. Boy did that change things for me. Especially at work. I had to be creative and figure out ways to get things done. It was so busy and I was so frustrated as things were taking me 3 and 4 times longer than they should have to get done. By the time I would get home from work, I would be in tears. Tears of frustration and release of stress. It is a good thing I got my Christas shopping done before the acquisition, or I probably would not have been able to get done.

Then on the 18th Randi and the kids came home. What a blessing that was. Randi helped me a lot. So nice to have Logan and Lauren around. On the 23rd Denver and Danielle and Travis came home. That was also very nice. I was just overwhelmed with joy at having all of the family here. by the 24th the blizzard started. We were without electricity for 14 hours. So for Christmas Eve supper we ended up having turkey sandwiches and chips. Christmas day the elecricity finally came on again, but it was still snowing and windy. We ended up getting 18 to 20 inches of snow. Christmas Day was really fun though. Opening gifts with the kids was hillarious. Finally on Sunday Denver and Danielle were able to get home. By Sunday night Becky and Dennis were here. It was good to see them, but I was worried that I wouldn't be able to cook and clean for everyone. Well, it was a blessing that Randi was still here she and Becky did so much especially since I had to work the entire time they were all here. New Year's Eve was fun with everyone here. I think I finally relaxed after 3 weeks of stress at work and the frustrations of dealing with my arm. Anyway, then last night it got down to -25. Thank goodness everyone's cars started this morning. Becky and Dennis took off around 8:00 a.m. and Randi, Travis and the kids left after lunch. Now it is so lonely here. I have cried most of the afternoon. Well, I better keep cleaning and putting stuff away.