And that was not the sound of cymbals being hit together. No, it was my husband as he rolled the 4-Runner over, not once, but TWICE! Good thing he and his passenger was wearing their seatbelts. Other than being pretty sore, bruised and slightly lacerated, they are fine. My 4-Runner on the other hand....well, we are waiting to hear what the insurance adjuster has to say. We are thanking Him that the girls were not along for the ride!!
Who was that fluffy man? Why it must have been Santa Claus!! We are in our new home and Santa managed to squeeze down the chimney to deliver presents to all the good girls and boys. It was a pretty marvelous feat for the guy, especially as our furniture had only been unloaded at the same house Christmas Eve morning!
The movers were set to arrive at 10AM on Saturday morning. Saturday morning, Mark and I woke to the sound of wind whipping around our house. After catching a quick report of the weather we called the movers and asked them if they could delay our move by one day. Fortunately, it was not a problem for them to come down Sunday morning to load. It worked out great! The girls were at church and by the time they came home, most of the furniture had been loaded. The girls had a picnic in the dining room as the table was packed away. 
Monday, Christmas Eve day, the movers were at our new home bright and early. The girls worried many times to themselves and us while the movers were unloading our things, "Will Santa know that we have moved?" "Will Santa bring our presents to the new house?"
After the girls FINALLY went to bed, the jolly fat man came along and put a tree up and many presents under the tree. ZoraLin and Kendalan came up the stairs very soon after and saw the tree and presents. They were both excited, but were very willing to go back to bed when Mommy told them that Santa may "Come back and get the presents if he knows that there are little girls who are up!"
Christmas morning the girls came jumping into our bed yelling "Mommy, Daddy Santa has been here!" Santa saved the day! Now if he would just come back and help Mommy and Daddy put everything away in our new house!! 
We were supposed to move today. Mother Nature had other plans and she brought blizzard conditions to our neck of the woods. We woke to the sound of the wind whistling around the house carrying snow and bitter cold. We called the movers at 6:30am and asked them if we could delay our move for a day. We did not want to be responsible for any injury that may occur to them if they would have an accident on the way here and I wasn't too happy with the thought that our furniture could land in the ditch if their truck slid off the road after they loaded it. They phoned tonight and said that they were glad we had called them off this morning! We are hoping that they will be able to make it here tomorrow morning now. The snow has stopped and the sun came out late this afternoon, but the wind has continued to blow.
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AMAZINGLY SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES
1. If you are choking on an ice cube simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat. Presto! The blockage will instantly remove itself.
2. Avoid cutting yourself slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold while you chop.
3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by using the sink.
4. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use a timer.
5. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough.
7. You only need two tools in life - WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.
8. Remember: Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.
For anyone who is interested....you can read it here;
http://www.journeytome.com/
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Password: glory
Don't have time right now, but will figure out later how to post the link. I have done it before I just don't remember how right now. I guess it is my Halftimers kicking in!
Okay....I figured it out! :) Enjoy!
I gave up making New Year's resolutions many years ago. That is because I usually broke them very quickly after January 1st! I will make one this year to post more frequently to our blog. 
Life is very busy with four! Throw in a couple of holidays, school, work, prior commitments and MOVING to the mix and BAM! Life goes on! I started a new job in September, traveled to China in October, we took possession of our new house in late October and we have been busy slowly moving. We hope to have everything moved by the end of December. The girls will start January 3rd at their new school. We know it will not be easy for them, but we have weighed the cons and pros carefully and feel that this is the best for our family. I hope that the girls will learn to understand because right now we are ripping them from their friends! We are sad to leave all the friends that we have made in the three years here too, but we are really looking forward to all the things that our new home and area have available.
We are hoping to put the girls in dance, gymnastics and/or karate. That is something that I wished for as a little girl. In the *remote* area where I grew up, there wasn't much available, so I rode my bike, my horses and grew up the old fashioned way. Maybe I am reliving my childhood through the girls?!
