Happy New Year to you, Happy New year to you, Happy New year dear bloggers ............ Happy New Year to you!!! Time for resolutions, and rearranging the furniture. I love the new year, maybe it's the feeling of a fresh start, or the possibility that anything can happen in the new year. It's also a time to reflect on the crap you've done over the last year. It's on the bigger and better things, hopefully. This past year of my life has been pretty pointless. It's been a time of transition, and time of change, and a time to stop, look around, and examine what life is all about. This has been my "sittin' spell" as I call it. It's been wonderful to be so close to my friends, to run to the creek for a beer or impromptu supper. Thus the title of the blog, "THE ROAD HOME. I wonder if Julia knew how signifacant that name would be in our quest to find the road that leads us home..........
I've spent a year only a few miles from my Cowboy Man, not a state away like the first year and a half of our relationship. It hasn't been a bad year, there have been good things about it. It's just that when you average the good and the bad, I'm rating it about a 4. No maybe a 5. This is the time of year that people start to think about changes, and I am among them. I keep thinking about running far away, to some place I've always wanted to live, New Orleans is one, I like Memphis or back to my home state of Texas. Lots of things on my mind, but the one that never changes is my love for the people that are important to me. Julia and Cowboy man. They are the go juice for my motivation most days. My goal this year is to be as significant to them as they have been to me, in whatever form that takes: being a better me, accomplishing a goal, or just calling on the phone to say hi.
More resolutions will follow, I'm sure. Like I said, lots on my mind right now. It doesn't help that Julia is out of town visiting her family for the holidays...it's quiet without her.

Such a busy time of year. Shit! Seems like there is always something to get done. Get those presents wrapped, send Christmas cards, attend any and all family dinners, try to squeeze in time with friends to remember why this time of year is so special, see the lights, go shopping. This post is really just a quick Merry Christmas to all our ROADHOME friends, hoping that in this busy season, you have time for a toast with the eggnog, or cider, or hell, straight whiskey, what ever induces the holiday spirit for you!

Is it really time of year again? Hot Abercrombie boys, here we come!!! (oooooo) Today I'm sporting my favorite AF t-shirt..the one that says "Raise your Spririts" with a large mug of beer on the front!!! Raise my spirits indeed. It seems like it's taking a little effort to get myself in the Chistmas spirit this year. I'm sure this is due to the fact that I haven't attended 50 Christmas parpades, or spent every waking minute helping some charity, and playing Christmas music like I have done every year before this, back when I was in radio. I have been playing Chistmas music, since about October, but that's always. I don't have decorations up yet, that should help make it feel like Christmas when I get around to that. It's is only December 2nd, so I think I'll be ok as far as the holiday spirit is concerned. I think I'll start decorating this weekend, and making a gift list. It seems like there's so much to get done, so many things to relish, and enjoy about this time of year, and I don't want to be too busy.
In that light, a top 10 for me as well, thing to do this holiday........
1. Pack a thermos of hot cocoa, grab my Cowboy Man and visit the City park, with all the Christmas lights
2. NOT have to see my mother (YAY)
3.make Christmas cookies
4. open presents with my Cowboy man
5. put a cheap Christmas wreath on the grille of my Jeep.
6. tie sex into the holiday somehow...bows, bells, something
7.sleep late and watch the Christmas parade, not cook Christmas dinner for my family
8. Hopefully, catch some Christmas singers
9. SLED IN THE JEEPS (if we get snow obviously)
10. Watch "The Grinch" with hot cocoa, the good one, the cartoon
Happy Holidays

You are right, I am at a point where I need to take a breather and when that comes I blog. I must say that right now I'm happier than I've ever been. The man is good, the family is awesome, the friends are moving to bigger and better place, I can feel it. Even the kids are behaving. Its kind of scary. I feel like something disasterous is going to happen to ruin one part of it. I guess eventually it will, I just hope this lasts. I get to wondering why things are so good right now? I know I don't deserve this. I know many many more people that deserve happiness and ease and they aren't getting it. Why am I? I should just shut the fuck up and enjoy it. Yeah, I'm working on it.

I'm sitting in MY store right now, enjoying the Christmas decorations and the books and the chocolates and fresh cinnamon bread I made today and it still doesn't seem real. I'm not the least bit prepared for the holiday season like I normally am, but I did start watching Christmas movies in October, that should count for something, right? I've just been so incredibly busy. I've worked my ass off for three months straight and now I don't quite know what to do with spare time.

Oh yeah, I just remembered. I want to go sledding with the jeeps!!! In the pasture with a car hood, or anything else we can find. I want to drink spiked hot cocoa. I want hot toddies and hot sex in the same hour. Ymmm....Sex. I want to sit with a glass of wine and stare at Christmas tree lights. I want to wrap presents for my dearest friends and watch with intent, faces of happiness when they finally open them. I want candle lit church services that nearly bring you to tears. I want to suprise my Mom by showing up for my families celebration Christmas Eve. I want to watch the small town parade in front of my store and kids running around. I don't know how many of these I will get to, but I will look forward to them all the same.

Here are some things that I AM doing this season and some of my other favorite things.

10. Teaching my husband how to ski this year at a resort.
9. Having lots of sex at said resort.
8. Finding the perfect present for Chesa.
7. Serving Hot Cocoa with peppermint sticks.
6. Seeing the gazebo next to my store lit up with Christmas lights.
5. NOT being with my In-laws Christmas Eve OR Christmas Day!!!!!!!!!
4. Getting to see actual snow this Christmas.
3. Getting and giving St. Nick presents and candy.
2. Watching PH (Chesa's Lova) open a cow blow up doll - yes, that kind of blow up doll.
1. My fave - dragging Chesa hard core Christmas shopping and going into Abercrombie & Fitch to check out all the cute little college boys that work there and buying our annual tacky t-shirts.

It's oh so FAB!!! And so we lost the comments....we'll just have to start them to talking again. Guess that means we'll have to stay busy talking too. That shouldn't be too hard, as both Julia and I are finally at a point where we can take a breather, and stand still in one place for a while. Not setting up camp, we've both got too many things to get done, but a moment to add blogness back to our lives.
Ready or not, the Christmas season is here. To help with that holiday cheer, I'll have peppermint schnapps in a mug, with just a hint of hot chocolate!!! That outta do it! Gotta run for now, but much love and Christmas music!!
toodles