Post Christmas Blah

Well, it is here. All the excitement and stress leading up to Christmas is over and I am left feeling a bit blah. I am glad to have the down time, but it just seems like everything is a mess (house, car, etc), I have a million things to return and/or exchange, all the decorations and the tree to take down and box up. Ugh!

We had a nice Christmas. The kids got way too many things, as usual. The day after Christmas, we got to go to the beach house that Steve's folks just bought and stay for two nights. It was pretty fun. I haven't been feeling well though, so I spent most of my time reading, or sleeping. If I didn't know better, I would think I was pregnant. I have been feeling so sick to my stomach constantly and my headaches are getting more and more frequent. Steve and Jake went geo-cahcing and found some fun things. Jake also collected shells. The weather was horrible. 80 mph winds and really heavy rains. It was miserable to be outside. Steve got his new lens for the camera (a 50mm 1.8 f stop), so, we went out in teh storm to take some pics. We hiked out to a lighthouse and it turned out to be a joke. The crappiest lighthouse we had ever seen. Poor Rachie was getting knocked over by the wind. She didn't like it much! We spent some time at the Tillamook cheese factory and that was fun. Rach kept running aorund saying, "Cheese! Cows! Moo!" over and over again. Silly kid! We ate lunch there (it was spendy and gross!) and then had ice cream. Yum! We came home last night and it was a bit scary going through the mountain passes, since there was about 8 inches of snow. Luckily, the snow plows had done a good job, and it was warm enough the the rain wasn't turning into ice.

This afternoon, I went with Christe and Melissa for our annual Christmas lunch and shopping trip. We decided that instead of buying xmas gifts for each other, we would go to lunch and shopping, each pay for our own food, and just have fun hanging out. It was fun! I got three new shirts at Lane Bryant for only 20 bucks total. I also got some nummies at Bath & Body Works and a new oil warmer at The Body Shop. We ate lunch at The Cheesecake Factory! I had a new thing...stuffed chicken tortillas or something like that. It was so good! I saved half for Steve and he liked it too.

I can hear the kids fighting again. I better go get them moving. They are supposed to be getting their jammies on and teeth brushed. I can't wait for them to be in bed so I can go to bed and read my book.

Have a wonderful evening!