Okay Okay Okay!!!!

So, after getting my butt chewed by SEVERAL family members at my Christmas party tonight, I am finally updating the blog. Nothing too exciting to update, unless you count the day after day repetition of the same-ole-same-ole, but at least my name won't be at the bottom of your "friends" list.

Unfortunately, I have no pics to post- here's the short version of the sad story. My hard drive toasted itself. (Those were the computer-geek's layman terms.) Some of my pics could be saved. Some could not. And by this, he meant the pics I took BEFORE 1982 were saved, the ones I took AFTER are gone, gone, gone. He tried everything he knew, and no luck. I gave it to another "computer geek" who also said the same- actually this is how he put it... "Well first of all, you know I really care about you, right? I am sorry, but... " Yep- gone, gone, gone. However, the good news is that we could send it off to a data recovery lab who charges $80 to recieve it from you and then they will kindly give you a quote of how much to ATTEMPT to recover your data. Could be $400 could be $2000. Soooo.... although we took some of the cutest pics for our family christmas card this year there will be no card, and no pics to post at the moment. Lesson-- BACK UP YOUR PICTURES!!! But- as I rebuild my file I will be better at posting. At least all the pics in my blog are saved, eh?

Well we've all been busy getting ready for Christmas- I can't believe it's here already! Didn't we just barely say "Holy Cow it's THANKSGIVING already!!!" The kids have all been busy doin' their own things- Marki is 14 now and is dancing her life away. Bailey is 12 and is wrestling with the best of the best. Caesy is 9 and also is obsessed with dancing and cheer, and is thrilled to have a break from school. I'm not sure, though, that we can survive a single day without her BFF Dacia. Kami is 8, she's clogging again this year, and has found a new love- art. She spends hours drawing. She's getting really good and will take after her dad. Hadlee is 6 and is trying her hand at cheer. She's also crazy about her BFF Sid, and spends many many hours with her. As for me and Jason- same-ole-same-ole. I'm still working my same job, in my same chair, at my same computer. Jason's still doing a little mud, when the weather permits, and has had the chance to sharpen his coyote hunting skills with the economy being as slow as it is. We've found a few new favorite spots to call and have had a little luck here and there. It's fun now that it's finally snowed to go out and look in the snow for tracks. I think it's cool to follow the tracks, and I am getting pretty good at checkin the track and being able to identify the animal who left them. We're in hot pursuit of a couple of bobcats, and hopefully I'll be able to fill a couple of my tags for them this year. (Yes, mom, I am still your daughter....)

I promise to be better at keeping updated. It was funny to go to the Christmas party tonight with so many cousins I haven't seen since the party last year and still feel like I knew what they all were up to. I could even name all the little kids. And, believe me, there were a few. So- there's a small update for ya- Amy, Camille, Aunt Josie, and Anne...
This one's for YOU!