December

December came and is now going just as I thought it would, very quickly! It is crazy how in a seemingly brief moment the year has past and we are starting all over! It takes me by surprise every time.

My December was different this year. We spent the month working a lot. We had moved our office to a new location the week before Thanksgiving and then the freeze hit! We knew it would. We hadn't hardly gotten a portion of the move completed before the rush. It made things much more difficult! Mine and Scott's office is still in disarray and in need of lots of hours of organization! It has me wondering if it will ever get done.

Our Work Christmas party was early in the month and thank heavens it was because as it were, only a few of our helpers and none of our crew chiefs were able to make it. The ward party was different this year. I was asked along with two other ladies to sing a beautiful song. There were a few other groups who did musical numbers. It was short and I guess sweet enough. I'm not really feeling the ward bonding lately. So I was indifferent about it all.

We decided the week before Christmas would be a good time to go to Arizona. So we spent a warmish week there, enjoying family, Stephanie's baby and being close enough to visit grandma several times. The baby, Savanna is quite a sweet calm little soul. She really is a joy. Baillie just loves her to death. I love that age of 11 when girls just want to love on babies. It is so sweet. And Savanna is a good one to love on! I truly haven't met a more loving baby in a long time. We spent time with Audry-Camille Sophia too. The kids met her for the first time and that was exciting. She is a cute little thing with lots of energy.

I was also so happy to be able to spend time with my grandma. She is now in a "home" and being taken care of fairly well by the people there. Her memory loss is very apparent now, it makes me sad and I feel a little lost. I just expect her to be sharp and quick. Sometimes she didn't even know who I was at first and I had to help her remember me. She is happy and she seems like she is the same, but after spending just a few moments with her it is easy to see she is not. She asks the same questions over again after only having asked it a few minutes earlier. And this happened the entire time we were there. She spoke of things that weren't there, like stairs in the house. And she spoke nonsense, like her "sons" being dead, when really only one is dead. I don't know how quickly this dementia will progress, but I hope it isn't too quick. Her body is healthy and I think she still has a few years to be around us.

Then home we came with only a day to spare before the jolly fat man was to come. Things were wrapped and taken care of before hand so there wasn't really a lot to be done. I bought some food and a couple of last minute things on Christmas eve and still had time to make sugar cookie dough and prepare for the day in front of us. It turned out really nice, our Christmas. Not too big, not too small and gratitude was shared. We are blessed with

So I sit here at the computer on my blog that has been left alone way too much this year and I wonder how the next year will go. I want to blog. My brain thinks in facebook status'. It's strange. I think it's because I feel like I have a lot to say. But I don't post those thoughts. They just eventually go away. If I were to blog them instead, or even just a portion of them I think I would learn something about myself. I'm gonna try. I've said this before. I didn't do it. I don't have a lot of confidence in myself, but it doesn't hurt to make the attempt.

I'm hoping for a peaceful end to the year 2010. Only one more week.