Sunday: THE SUN IS OUT!! WOW!!!!!

WOW....to awaken with the sun streaming into the bedroom was a BIG lift for me!!! I have been soooo sick of the gray and dismal days lately, that even Christmas was not as cheery as usual. Seems the older I become, the more that I need the sunlight to jump start this sagging hulk of Me.......haha. And today, the jump start was a strong one.....WOW....soooo great to see that ball of fire again.

Again....the house was full of children and grandchildren this morning, with the little ones up and going before any of the rest of us managed to gree that sun! After a "do it yourself" breakfast, we talked and discussed the various winter plans for our family: from we seniors leaving for the Rio Grande Valley this week, to our daughter and family's ski trips being planned, to Jeremy's cancellation of his trip to Tulum, Mexico this week....to his rescheduling the week to include Miami Beach....the following week to Key West...and then a quick trip to California. Of course, I have a trip to Washington D.C. to attend the Inaugural events and ceremony ........and these were only the plans for all of us for the month of January!!! Hopefully, our trips might allow us to meet here and there from time to time.

Jeremy left for the 11 hour drive down to Mobile, Alabama, to the home of the young lady he has been seeing for many months now. Becky and Rachel soon left for Cape Girardeau....and then shortly after noon, Dr. Jeni/Darrel and family left for home. And WOW.....the stick and brick was really, really quite.....hmmmmm,.....almost eeeeeerrrryyyy feeling.

The 1st Lady and I left then to go spend the afternoon visiting Mike, and returned earlier this evening. We have adjusted our departure plans for the Rio Grande Valley on the border of Texas and Mexico. We have more things left to do to get the stick and brick ready for hibernation under the constant eyes of our every going alarm system, as well as getting TheHowserHouse on-wheels ready.......we just didn't get enough done while the family were all here. Soooo, our plans are now for our departure to be on Wednesday......arriving at Llano Grande RV Resort and Golf Club on Friday afternoon. Soooo, the next two days will be in the "finish getting ready" mode.

And sooooo, the Holidays have ended for us.....and it is time to warm up and get back to our second home in the tip of Texas. And.....as usual,........without a doubt.......

LIFE IS INCREDIBLY GREAT!!!!!.....And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!