Merry Season's Greetings, etc.

Merry Christmas, Season's Greetings and Happy Holidays! Oh...and almost Happy New Year! There I think I covered them all :).

Well, as ususal, I have been slacking on my posts again. A friend got me into Facebook, and I find I am on there more then anything. So, I will try to catch this and get up to date again...

For an early Christmas gift, I took Joe up North to Hinckley to see Terry Fator on Dec. 20th. Of course, the morning we left, we got a good snow storm. The driving up was not bad, and it was really pretty to look at.

View from our hotel room


Terry was AMAZING! He was the winner of the second season of America's Got Talent, and he starts his 5 year run in Las Vegas in February at the Mirage. We are planning to see him again! For those who don't know who he is, he is a Ventriloquist/Impersonator. Check out his website at www.terryfator.com to learn more.


Christmas with my family is alway a treat! With 16 people just in my family, it is a crowd. My youngest nephew Bradley is 5 ½, and just too funny. His stack of gifts was as tall as he was, and when it was his turn to open, he would take his gift to the middle of the room so ALL could watch him open.



Dad with his new hat



My friend Denise was able to join us this year. She was in Iraw for 18 months, and was there for Christmas last year. She has been in the Army since we graduated high school back in 1986. SHe figures 2 to 3 more years and she will be done, but would not turn down a chance to go back to duty again if needed.




Well that is all for now. Please have a safe and Happy New Year. Joe and I will be celebrating our 6 year anniversary on New Year's Day. We like to recreate our first date every year, so it is nice to know I always have something fun planned.

Until next time!

Lori

Brrrrrrrrrrr.......

Welcome to a typical Minnesota winter day! This whole past week has been in the 20's, and we finally got a break today with temps in the low to mid 30's. Woooohooooo!

Well as you can see, I have been slacking again on my posts (nothing new- but it is the holiday and I work retail- enough said ;)). Joe had the flu earlier this week, so we have been working on getting though that. This past Thursday we went to a concert that I had won tickets to. Ks95 radio station sponsered the live 95 concert with 5 music acts- Ryan Star, Matt White, Eric Hutchinson, Missy Higgins and O.A.R. Man, what a show! The theatre it was at sucked as there was no seating, so we stood for over 4 hours, but it was worth it. The music was great, and we even got to meet a few of the acts.

One other thing we have done recently was attend the Hollidazzle parade. What is that, you may ask??? It is where we "true" Minnesotan's go and freeze our butts off by standing outside in the winter to see a parade. And of course, we had to pick one of the coldest nights to go see it. It was all good, until a float stalled in front of us for about 20 minutes. I wasn't so worried about me, but there were maybe 15 little kids on this float dressed as animals probably on the verge of freezing. Once they got the float moving, we say about 3 more floats before we gave up and went inside to shop. I have pics I will have to post of us all bundled up....too funny!

That is all I have for now. I have more shopping to do, and not a lot of time to do it.

Until next time!
TTFN



Lori