Hi Everybody
Karen it's good that you are on the mend but just continue to take things easy. I know DH felt tired for a long time too. Sounds like you had a nice Christmas too. You are right, having children around at Christmas makes things even more special. I know that this year, is the last year our 9 yr. old grandson will believe there is a Santa out there that brings gifts to ALL the children everywhere in the world. He is hanging on to that story just by his finger tips. I think he "WANTS" it to be true but in his heart of hearts knows it isn't.
He questioned our son this year and I forget now what our son told him. I do know when he started to ask the questions my DIL very quickly left the room.......I knew that gal was smart.
The Princess on the other hand (she is 7 yrs old) claims she actually heard Santa come into the house, and says when he opened the door the "chirper" on the security system went off.
When she was leaving here on Christmas Eve she asked if she could take one of the Diet Cokes home with her because she wanted to leave it for Santa. She said she was going to leave him milk and cookies but (at this point she lowered her voice) she said, he was getting a little bit too fat and thought a Diet Coke would be better for him.
Maria the pictures from the wedding are lovely and it sure looks like you had a nice day for it. You looked especially nice in your red dress.
I had to go to the doctor's today for my annual physical. I must have been nuts when I made the appointment for 2 days after Christmas. Well when the nurse weighed me....she said, "oh I see you have put on a few pounds since last year". When the doctor came into the room I told him I knew I had gained weight and we didn't really have to talk about it. He just laughed and said ok. He has given me a drug called "Inderal" to take, to try to prevent the migraine headaches that I get. Have any of you ever taken it? I take Imitrex when I have the headache, but I get them fairly often, and it would be nice to just not get them. The Imitrex does the trick though.
It's getting late, so I will say good-night.
On Christmas day we went to son/dil house for Christmas dinner and everything was excellent. My dil set a beautiful table and you could tell she had worked so hard to make everything special. It was too!! My son made Emeril's Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee for dessert and I have to tell you I think that kid of mine missed his calling. It was excellent. When we got home I seached the net to see just how many calories that dessert would be. I looked at a couple and I figure about 560 calories and 56 g. fat per serving. Our son had recently bought a small little torch so he was able to torch the tops of the dessert. It was PERFECT. The only thing was, I could feel my arteries hardening as I sat there eating. This morning we all went to the Community Club to see our young grandson play hockey and then took the family out for brunch. The Princess spent the rest of the afternoon here with us and our grandson went home with his parents as a friend was coming over and they were working on building a "fort" in the back yard. Our son has now picked the little one up, and DH and I will have only a very VERY light dinner tonight. I see my doctor tomorrow at 3:00 for my annual physical and I know he will not be pleased that I am heavier this year then last year, (well I'm not so tickled pink about it either). 
I don't know what possessed me to make the appointment for 2 days after Christmas. YIKES.
Trust me that plan doesn't work. 
Hi everyone
