It seems as of late that I am away from my computer a lot more, so I thought I would not only wish everyone a Happy New Year today, but also to wish everyone a Happy Everything!

That way I am covered for the whole year, LOL.

Seriously though, thanks to all of you for making this past year of blogging a blast. I look forward to this new year, making new bloggy buddies, and SEEING YOU ALL AT BLOGHER ‘09!!! Yes, I am definitely going! WOOT WOOT!

Having my parents in town has certainly kept us busy lately.  Christmas was wonderful, and I hope everyone’s holiday was what they hoped it would be.  My boys, especially Brad, really began to understand Christmas this year.  It was so cute when he came down the steps in the early morning to see that Santa had eaten all of the cookies and drank all the milk that he left for him the night before.  This year was the first year where we celebrated both Christmas traditions - Wigilia, which is the traditional Polish Christmas Eve vigil, we had been celebrating ever since Brad was born, but this year we added the whole Santa Claus Christmas tradition.  It was so much fun to do both, that I think we will continue this as our family’s tradition from now on.

Anyhow, now with the craziness gone, I have so much catching up to do - laundry to finish, decorations to take down, bills to pay, posts to write, blogs to read, etc… and not in that order either. My parents are still in town for another week, so I plan to maximize their time with the boys, as they only get to see them two or three times a year.

So, for now I hope everyone has a great New Year!  I’ll be around, but maybe not on the computer as much for the next week or so.

Gimme a break.  No really, please. I am so sick of being sick AGAIN!

For the past week we have been reliving the illness which struck us on Thanksgiving.  You’d think with my quitting smoking nearly two months ago that I’d be less susceptible to the seasonal crap going around right now.  All I have to say is that I hope we get some kick-ass immunity from all this sickness this year so that next year we can be looking back on this laughing. A mom can only hope!

I can’t blame preschool this time around for our bout with the sickies, but rather the hospital where I worked extra last week seems to have been the culprit.  My couch has been my best friend, and it has taken all of my will power just to drag myself up to my bedroom to sleep for the night.  Eddie has been a miserable wreck, which means we have regressed back to the nights of waking every two hours.

“This too shall pass” has become my mantra.

Hey, on a good note I found a $20 bill in my wallet today that I didn’t know I had.  Covers the cost of all the medicine I bought yesterday.

Mama so needs a vacation right now. Somewhere warm, tropical, and quiet. Who’s with me?