Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas! I was able to come back home to Florida on Wednesday after an exhaustive "non-revenue" travel experience. Because of the horrid weather across the U.S., flights were cancelled and overloaded. Consequently I wound up in Ft. Lauderdale on Monday night and had to spend the night at the Courtyard Marriott - FLL Airport and catch a Continental Connection flight home on Tuesday morning. My sister cooked a wonderful meal today. We had a deep fried turkey, pork roast, turnip greens, green bean casserole, rice, dressing, deviled eggs, lima beans, crescent rolls and chocolate layer cake! Yum Yum Yum!

Okay, now on to Christmas. I asked for (and got!) something I always wanted from my childhood. Something that my Mom said she would make for me, but never got the chance to....a sock monkey. Now I thought everybody knew what a sock monkey was, but my sister didn't - she had to look it up online. Here's what they look like -
Now my friends (one in particular - you know who you are Brian) makes fun of me for asking for this gift. However, it was almost 1 year ago since my Mom passed away, so this was the year that I needed this sock money for many different reasons :) I got my sister and brother-in-law a camera and Z16 from Kodak, my oldest niece a necklace, my younger niece some earrings and my nephew a shirt.

My sister, brother in law and myself went and picked out some nice white Poinsettias to put at Mom and Dad's grave. DeAnna and I took them up there today after Christmas dinner. I guess I'll be down here until the weekend. My best friend wants me to go to Las Vegas with him to visit friends for New Years. I made my flight reservations the other day, so I guess I'll go.