November and December have been flying by!

Well, the last couple weeks have just flown by. Just to get you up to speed on how the month has been, here is a quick overview:

The most important thing that has happened to us this month happened just a couple weeks ago on Monday. Deidra and I went to St. Louis to hit the hot tub and relax on Sunday cuz that next day was Deidra's state board exam. Poor girl, she was just sick for weeks up to that day. That morning she looked like she was going to puke! I had no worries, but the look on her face made me worry about her. Her test was 3 hours long but she finished it in little over 2. She was so happy when she left even though her test scores would not be available for days! That Thursday, the word came in....and BOOYA! There was much rejoicing throughout the land! Well in our house anyway. She passed with flying colors...and so as not to make any of her friends from school jealous who check out this blog...those of you who don't already know her score due to her not being able to keep it to herself..lets just say she passed with flying colors and had nothing to worry about. :) For those of you who have been keeping up with this for over 3 years...(didn't realize how many of you there were until the criticizing me for not blogging lately!) for over 3 years, this has been the goal in our lives. MISSION COMPLETE! One step closer to our next goal in line. Our new goal as of late...get the house ready for sale in the spring/summer.

The other thing that has happened around here lately was the HUGE ice storm that downed power lines, trees, and turned the lights off in much of the central part of the state. I have some pics which show the ice around our house, but unfortunately I didn't get any of the roads and other houses that were in really bad condition. We got lucky again..other than some branches falling onto our house and yard and bending of some trees, we didn't receive any real damage.

The snow that fell this last weekend was the first of the year...AND YES I got pictures of it! The pictures above are of the ice and the snow after. The pic of our fireplace just makes me feel cozy.

Well its off to work I go. Got my coffee and ipod. My two most wonderful things I take to work.

I promised myself I would blog later tonigh or tomorrow night with more info and pics of this last couple months, including our annual trip to Branson..so stay tuned!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!