Man, I suck.

I'm sorry i haven't updated this thing in forever!!

Well, my excuse is pure busyness.

Christmas went well.. Teja and Emma got spoiled rotten, as per usual. lol Eric's Momma Jocelyn, and her bf Steve came down to stay with us for a few days, and that was nice! It was really nice not having to travel for the season, and still have family stuff going on. The girls loved their little dog Brutus, and Brutus loved my front window. lol

New years came and went without much fanfare.. I'm glad, Eric and I were perfectly happy to stay in, watch a movie, and do absolutely nothng all night. We went to bed not too far away from midnight actually. haha

Life is good.. Eric's new job is going well, and I'm looking for something part time that works with our schedule.

Teja is reading like such a pro. and Emma is seriously counting days until she too can go to school.. though she thinks she should be able to skip kindy and just go to grade 1 with Teja. haha

I'm trying to talk Eric into a puppy, but, well, we'll see. haha

Other then that, not much is going on.. Eric's Ma taught me how to make exploding boxes over christmas and now Kirstin and I are making a couple.. if they turn out, we're going to make a bunch to sell at craft shows next holiday season. I'm pretty excited about it. They are fun to make!

I'm not doing much knitting lately, a couple of hats, but thats pretty much it.. I've got some great yarn that is going to be a sweater for Emma I think, but I've yet to find a pattern I simply adore.

I need to get my sorry butt back to the gym, but, well.. I think everyone knows how that goes. haha

God what else? Not much really.. Another holiday the kid's didn't see their dad, and that struck me Christmas night and I was a bit glum about it. But I haven't heard anything from my lawyer or the courts saying he's filed anything, and I can't afford to keep trying until he shows he's more interested then before, so theres not much I can do. I don't even have a working phone number anymore for the girls to call him, and haven't since August. I don't know, I'm a bit out of energy for the situation at the moment, as I've tried, and nothings doing. If we could just talk about things, and agree we could just file with the courts ourselves, and not have any of this crap. But we can't.

oh, Teja's birthday is coming up, and she's going to be 6! Can you even believe it? I am NOT the mother of a 6 year old.. Six just seems so OLD! My how time flies!!! She wasted no time after christmas compiling a list for her birthday.. She'd like Skoot-a-loo (that my little pony thing on a skooter), and the movies Wall-e, and The Bee Movie. lol So, we'll see.. I had much grander ideas, but ya better get what the girl asks for!

She's so unbelievably smart though, like really.. She asked me the other day, If Santa and his elves make the toys, why all her presents has barcodes on them? hahaha ummmm.. someone needs to remember she's 5!!!! lol Aww well.. She's presh.

A few pics from Christmas coming up.. hopefully I'll update more often!

Teja's Christmas Concert (she's in the gold dress with the black - waving)



Eric and I - seriously defiant in the looking-at-the-camera skills



Teja and Emma with their Haul Christmas Morning