Happy New Year....

I don't know what happened but in the past two days I've eaten soup twice. I had vegetable beef at Steak & Shake, and lima bean that my mom made and brought over today. I suppose I am a bit of a soupy girl. I used to love cream of mushroom as a kid. I remember coming home from church and making myself some....not because mom wouldn't do it for me....but because she would whisk all the lumps out. I loved the glops that didn't quite break apart. Of course it was Campbells....nothing else tasted quite the same. I also loved french onion soup. My sisters and I would make a piece of toast and float it on top of the soup, then put mozzarella cheese on top and microwave it until it got all stringy....mmmmm. We just loved that.

Our New Years eve was very quiet. I fell asleep watching the South Park marathon and John fell asleep watching....well, I'm not sure. He did, however, come in at midnight to tell me Happy New Year. Our neighbors were out, blowing horns and squirting silly string....which is now decorating the street in front of our house. Betsy said she had a nice time with her friends, and that the firework display downtown was awesome. Wee one said that they were jumping on the trampoline, tooting their horns and having a grand time at midnight. When I went to pick her up this morning I asked what time they went to bed. The older sister said, "Well, the movement in their room stopped around 4:30." LOL....when she came downstairs she looked like she was hungover....puffy eyes, still in her pj's....it was cute. She said they went to the barn to visit the horses (the mom and the daughter have one), and that was cool. Anyone want to take bets on how long it will be until I'm asked for riding lessons?

This morning we got up and went to early church....much to Betsy's chagrin, getting in at 1:00 am....then picked up wee one from her friend's house. Mom and Jody were here for a while....we had lunch and sat around eating since the "diets" all start tomorrow....yeah, sure they do. I will say though, I'm tired of my steady diet of Christmas cookies.

I did have a nice afternoon with my hubby though. He's been off for 10 days and it will be hard for him to go back to work tomorrow....so we ran to the store for toilet paper (that's not the romantic part), then went to Sonic for an orange cream slush for me, and a strawberry cream pie shake for him. We took them to the park and walked along the pier, then sat on the bench that looks over the marina. It was so beautiful in the afternoon sunlight....the boats and the water....and the weather has been gorgeous. Mid 70's with NO, ZERO, NADA humidity. We stayed for about 40 minutes, just enjoying the fresh air. Then we took a walk around the park, along the trails and near the pond....it was really nice. We haven't been doing much since, although we did watch The Wedding Singer. I just love that movie!

So, tomorrow things get back to normal....well, sort of since the kids dont' go back to school until Wednesday. I don't know why that is....but I'm sure I can find some cleaning and/or organizing for them to do. It's just the kind of loving mom I am....

Oh yes....my *dear friend Lori was *so kind to tag me this evening....*enter sarcasm here....so here is my very scaled down list of "quirks" that I have....

1. On the complete opposite end of the spectrum as Amy, I meticulously check the expiration dates on everything in my fridge. And just to be on the safe side....I throw them away 2 days before their "sell" by dates....

2. I have an obsession with the number "4". If you notice I like to use "...." a lot in my entries. You will never see 3 dots, nor 5 dots, but always 4. This holds true for exclamation points when I write "I love you!!!!" on anything for my family....(I'll bet you counted those, didn't you?)

3. I am obsessively clean about my e-mail box. I actually feel irritated when I know that there are e-mails that I either, a. haven't read or b. am not in the mood to read. Once I purge my mailbox I feel MUCH better. I'm the same way about my desk....I hate having clutter....and there is a lot of it right now! Grrrr....

4. I have to have at least 5 calendars in my house, and I can't change over to the next month or day (if it's a tear off calendar), until that exact date. I also have a tradition on New Year's day where I sit down with my old calendar, a pen and a highlighter, and go month by month writing down important dates....

5. My rings have to be lined up perfectly at all times. I hate it when the wedding band is askew, the mother's ring is to the side and the engagement ring has twisted completely around. I fiddle with them a lot....

Ahhhh, there we go. My top 5 quirks of the day....drove me crazy not to stop at 4!!!!