Hellooooo?!

Um. Yes, I'm here. I wish I could say either that I've been on a fabulous holiday, or that I've accomplished a ton of stuff, but.... Rather, I've been a slug. Terrible, yes?

Last week my hubby was away the whole time on a business trip. That completely threw me for a loop! The weather was crazy (hovered around 10 degrees for a while), and my power went out Monday morning a few minutes before friends arrived to celebrate St. Nicholas Day at our home. We quickly switched gears and met at her house (thanks, Char!), but I didn't end up getting any photos (for shame!). I didn't get to walk in the mornings with Russ gone (and not sure I wanted to walk in those temps!) and wasn't feeling well for a few days, anyway.

Thursday of that week, we were invited on a trolley ride through town with friends. We looked at Christmas lights, sang Christmas carols, and ended with Christmas goodies and hot chocolate! Unfortunately, I'm not so hot at low-light photography and so did not get any magical pictures to share, though we had a positively fabulous time.

We did make it to A Walk Through Bethlehem on Saturday, which was amazing, but I again didn't do so well on the low-light photography. I did get a few decent photos, so I'll try to share about that in a day or two. I was very impressed with the event!!

We are in the middle of finding a new church, which is really tough at this time of year. Not to mention that I've never been in this position before. We attended our past church for almost 25 years!! Needless to say, this has thrown off our Sunday rhythm.

I'm back to walking/running with my sister this week. Very hard to wake up so early after a week off, but it has felt great to get out in the fresh air and MOVE! Shannon and her hubby were so kind as to watch the boys Wednesday night so that Russ and I could get out for a date. It has been waaaaay too long since the last time. Dinner downtown at a beautiful local Italian restaurant and then around the corner to the restored old theater to watch Invictus. Ahhhhhhh!

I've posted about Christmas books, activities, and events for a few years already. For some reason, I just haven't felt like re-posting about the same things over and over again this year. I need to get a post up with links to some Christmas stuff I've shared in the past for those of you who haven't been around long enough to read about our holiday season.

Also, I've been mulling over my focus word for 2010. This past year, my word was LOVELY, and I think that it was a perfect fit. What will this coming new year bring? More about that in the week after Christmas.

Sorry for the wordy post with no photos, but I know some of you were wondering if I had dropped off the face of the earth. {Grin.} Just wanted to let you know that I'm still here and kicking, and I'll soon have more posts up for your, uh.... amusement? edification? something.

Have a terrific weekend!!