Blizzards - North Dakota Style!

Holy Cow!!  I'm sitting here in my warm toasting house darn glad that I'm not out in this howling wind.  It's got to be gusting over 50 mph out there right now!! 

I'm hoping that everyone is safe and sound at home, snuggled in, watching movies and drinking hot chocolate (with a little something something added in, know what I mean?!).

How the heck is everyone doing?  It's been sooo long since my last post.  When I took the last two weeks off from teaching yoga, it seems I took it off from everything - including my blogs! My bad!  I've been busy as all get out - not sure doing what, but I've been busy!!  :-)

Christmas was different for me this year.  It took me a long time to get in to the spirit of things; I'm not entirely sure why.  It really didn't find my heart to Christmas Eve day. When it did find my heart though, it filled it with warmth and love.   As is tradition, we spent Christmas Eve with my sister Peggy and her daughter Karen.  New to the mix was Blaine this year.  Terry and Marna traveled to Washington to be with Wendi over Christmas so Blaine was a bit of an orphan.  Their loss!  We had a BLAST with Blaine!!   He put a different spin on the night and we had a lot of fun. 

Of course, Blaine was loving every moment of attention that we were giving him...and we were loving him! 

Christmas Day was spent with Tom's family....a little more of a low-key affair, but certainly festive in it's own right!  We had a lovely dinner of Sirloin steaks prepared to perfection by Amy's boyfriend Jared...who also made this absolutely devine creation for dessert!  Oh my gosh!  I KNOW I gained 10 lbs.  Seriously... I KNOW I gained 10 lbs because I stepped on the scale on Sunday and had a heart attack.  Yikes!

Yes, my Christmas vacation (this week) has been spent at the gym.  That is, until yesterday.   See, over my festivities and eating, I broke my back molar on a piece of peanut brittle. Smooth move Sherry!  So, Monday they put a temporary crown on the tooth to get me through.  Yesterday they called and said it was ready and I could come in any time.  I went in as soon as they called cuz...guess what...I have an abcessed tooth (a DIFFERENT tooth!)  And boy does that puppy hurt like an S.O.B!!!!  I'm on antibiotics, but it's not kicking in as fast as I'd like it to!  I, unfortunately, didn't ask for pain killers ...but now I'm wishing that I had.  Owwww!!

So, here we are in the middle of a raging NoDak blizzard....my tooth (seems like ALL my teeth at this point) are hurting, I'm stuck at home, and decided that I should take advantage of the situation and do some things on the computer.  So far tonight I have 1) updated my FaceBook page, 2) uploaded pictures 3) updated both my blogs, and will 4) spend some time surfing.  

Now, I don't know if you all remember this or not...but last year, 2009,  my Christmas was interrupted by a three day storm.  My Christmas dinner was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.  This year, it's New Years that's going to be interrupted.   I do NOT like this trend at all!  Yes, hubster is over at the main farm with the cattle, making sure that they are fed and watered....IF he can get the tractors and machinery started in this storm.  I do not envy him at all.   Sooo..poor little ole me is home, tormenting my cat Boris and playing around trying to occupy myself.  Actually, it hasn't been too bad...   My dinner was a bowl of Cheerios and my dessert is Hot Chocolate!  Yum!!

Given that this is a two day - maybe three day - blizzard, I'm sure you'll be hearing from me again.  For now, I'm going to sign off and go chase Boris (the cat) around the house!  (hehehehe)