Well, another busy week for me! I thought that once school was out I would be able to relax and take it easy. Chuck and I got new bowling balls for Christmas. We got them early though, I believe I got mine on Monday 12-21 and Chuck picked one out while we were there too. We got them at the pro shop in Girard, PA at the Westway lanes.

My new bowling ball is VERY different from my old one. It’s a finger tip ball and I am used to my fingers going all the way into my bowling ball. They guy that works there gives free lessons so I got some and Chuck got some and we bowled for a while. Like for 4 hours, LOL!!

So, Monday was; get up at 8am and have the boys to the dentist by 9am. They got their teeth cleaned and neither had any cavities. Then home for an hour and a half and then off to the dermatologist. I made 2 appointments in one day to get it over with.

But, we hit a few stores first and I got some shopping done at the mall. I had to buy some material for the quilts I was making the boys. Man, never wait till the week of Christmas to bust out 2 quilts!!

CJ thought he had a zit near his right eye, but come to find out it’s a cyst and they said they can remove it with electricity. We said okay, what they didn’t tell you is that it’s like putting a cigarette out on your face!!! He was in a LOT of pain!! Joe was good and mainly I just need their prescriptions refilled. I had planed to go to Wal*Mart right after and get all the food shopping done but since CJ was NOT feeling good we went right home.

Once home Chuck and I decided to run up to Girard and get my new bowling ball drilled and try it out. Like I said we were there for 4 hours! When I got home I sewed Joe’s quilt till 11pm and then crashed in bed.

Then on Tuesday we took the boys up there and they got lessons too and we bowled for another 3 hours. Then right after that we headed to Erie to finish up the Christmas shopping. We got home at 9pm. I was stressed out!! I HATE shopping!!! I forgot a few things but I can get those later. I worked on the quilts a bit more and crashed in bed.

Wednesday Chuck and I got up at 9am and left to finish the shopping that didn’t get done. As you remember I didn’t do the food shopping because of CJ’s face so we had to do that. I’m so glad Chuck went with me. We ended up needing 2 carts just for the food! We checked out and then went BACK in to finish up the Christmas shopping. After that, we went to Bob Evans for lunch. Chuck ordered breakfast and I had roast beef and noodles. Waitress was SO nice. The table behind us left $1 under the place mat for her! I HATE when people do that! Chuck left a $5 and then I wrote a note that said, “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Thanks for being so nice.” and I left another $5. :) Got home and had the boys help carry all that in and I got it all put away and then my phone went off. It was reminding me of the boys chiropractor appointment. So, Chuck took them up there while I cut out squares for CJ’s quilt. I sewed the rest of the day.

Thursday Chuck and I went to Girard to bowl some more, have to practice!! Then came home and I had SO much to do!!! I had to finish BOTH quilts, wrap ALL the presents, etc. I did get the quilts done by 11pm though, LOL!! Well, not all the way done, they need tied but close enough to wrap up and give them. Chuck found the backs, this VERY nice fuzzy micro stuff! They only had Kings so we go those. Had they had the smaller ones we could have spent less, oh well. Chuck helped me wrap up everything, Thank God!! We stacked everything under the TV. We had no tree this year and I meant to get a screen saver for the TV as a fireplace and a tree but didn’t have time to even get on the computer and find one! There was one at Wal*Mart but I didn’t feel like spending $13 for it! LOL!! Maybe I should have! Fell into bed at 11pm and watched 1 show and went to sleep.

Christmas Day! Got up at 9am, did presents. My camera is dead, I have no idea why but I think it has something to do with the auto focus, SUCKS!! So, I ran the camcorder and took some pictures with my phone. Oh well, at least it’s something! I got LOTS of nice stuff. My stuff always seems to be for the kitchen! LOL!! I got a new awesome bread machine, rice cooker/steamer, cookies sheets, cooling racks, spatulas, DVD/CD rom drive that hooks up to my laptop so I can copy DVD/CD’s, slippers, bowling shoes, bowling ball, bowling bag, and other stuff I can’t remember now! LOL!! The boys played video games and I watched movies and slept the day away! I did make a ham dinner though, we all really didn’t eat much. I was glad when it was bed time and the day was over.

Saturday I drug myself out of bed at 9am and then got the boys up and we all headed out. The boys have bowling league on Saturday’s and Chuck went with them to watch. I dropped them off and took Joe’s Xbox back and got another one, and got CJ 3 more video games, they were on sale, then went to Wal*Mart and got CJ the new Harry Potter movie and a notebook of graph paper.

Headed back and got the boys and Chuck and we got home and Chuck decided it was a good time to process all three deer we have. SO, we are chopping, grinding and freezing all the deer. We JUST got done and Chuck’s brother Dave comes over with Karen and the 3 kids. She is here from AZ with Brandy visiting. Dave hasn’t seen them in almost 2 years so it was nice. I kept cleaning, the kitchen was a MESS!! I got it all cleaned up and they had to leave. LOL! Oh well!

I then made Rose Marina salad real quick because I didn’t want to have to do it when I got back home. As soon as I was done with that, we left for our bowling league! I was exhausted!! This was position night and our team in #1 and we were bowling off the #2 for first place for this quarter! We WON!!!! YEAH!!!! We spanked them! LOL!!! We came into the league 6 weeks ago so a little over half way through and we brought them to 1st place! Chuck’s 203 average helps! LOL! Mine is 122! We got put on a team where 1 guy’s shift got changed to 2nd and one guys wife left him, so we were put there. The team we beat didn’t want “the new people” so gave us to them, LOL!! There loss! Got home at 10pm and fell into bed, TIRED!!

Sunday I got up 7:30am. I guess I couldn’t sleep. I got on the computer and actually chatted with Elizabeth for over an hour on IM. That was nice because I have been so busy I haven’t had time to turn my computer on. I then made a batch of cookies and we all got ready for Christmas at my sisters house! We left at 12:15pm and we had a great time! The food was good, the conversation was good, the presents were strange, LOL! Had fun! We stayed after everyone left and helped Kitty and Craig put their house back into order. We left at 5:30pm and headed to Girard for some bowling! LOL! Chuck bowled in a no-tap tournament and the boys and I bowled about 5 games. I my games were all over 150! Not bad! YEAH!! I’m getting used to my new bowling ball. Got home at 10pm, SIGH!! Long day!

Ry Guy!

Chuck, he was in charge of the punch!