Almost mid-way thru January...

I am posting this from work - yep, that's right, I am now having to work in Tallahassee! (Groan) It has not been too horribly bad. Thank goodness for the MANY hours of sick time and vacation I have banked. I am planning at least 3 days a month off and, I am sure, there will be others when I "catch a cold", have a "headache" or "don't feel well"! It is causing me to get back to my better time management skills and to appreciate Don and the girls more. They have all stepped up and are really being helpful with the morning things I've always been able to keep up with. Funny that I am now the 1st to leave the house in the mornings :)

P.S.

My biopsy results were benign and my colonoscopy/egd results show no polyps or gastric bleeding. AMEN for good news!

2009!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Claire is at all day choir rehearsal/pizza & skating party, Don is hunting (how unusual), Hannah is cleaning her room (even more unusual) and I have just finished setting up my new bank account/bill pay at TNB! We rang in the New Year with noise makers, fireworks, sparklers and party hats. We were all asleep by 1am and up by 8:30. Life goes on! We are planning a BIG year in '09. (Actually, I am planning a little year!) I am set to launch my program for weight reduction & lifestyle change on Monday, January 5th and have my goal set at reducing 25% of my body weight by December 31, 2009. This is going to be MY year! I am also starting my "Grace Journal" with Max Lucado, of course we are on target with FPU and Dave Ramsey and I am planning lots of time off and special days with the girls and Don. I have determined that 2009 will be positive, glowing and festive in whatever way I can make it so. May God be with me every step of the new year, that is my special prayer. :)

Merry Christmas and beyond

We had a quiet, wonderful, peaceful Christmas at home, just the 4 of us. We awoke early (6am), opened gifts, ate cinnamon rolls for breakfast, the girls played Nintendo games, Don went hunting and I just enjoyed the day. We are so truly and amazingly blessed with our health, our jobs, our home and our sweet children that nothing wrapped in bright paper or put in a stocking could have made the day any better. Having been given this gift of love from the Father so long ago that still brings joy and excitement 2000 years later on this special day (and every day in the heart of Christians) is just amazing and I am thankful for the gift of my salvation and the birth of my Savior who abundantly bestows his mercy and grace upon me and my family. Hallelujah! Christ the Savior is born!

T'was the Saturday before Christmas...

We were baking FOOLS today! We have enough Christmas cookies to ensure that Santa gains 25-lbs. at our house alone! All the presents are wrapped - they were bought by August! - and safely tucked under the tree. Now, I can breathe a sigh of relief and get ready for next week. It will be busy, just like this past week. The girls are out of school until Jan. 6th and I am sure we will be tripping to the mall to spend whatever money/VISA gift cards/etc. they get for Christmas. We are planning a quiet Christmas day here at home and a quiet New Year's Eve at church, until 10pm, and then home to ring in 2009. I have plans for it to be a GRAND year for the Sivyers!

'Tis the Season!

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December 9, 2008

I cannot believe that Christmas is only 16 days from now! We have our tree up and decorated - thanks to the girls for this! While Don and I worked on our December Budget, they played Christmas music and decorated the tree! It looks AWESOME! They can really pull together when the moment calls for cooperation!