First off, apologies for not keeping up with all of you and your blog posts. It’s been a rough week and a half, both for me and my husband. We’ve both been sick with the same thing, and I don’t think that has ever happened in our history together. It’s usually one or the other of us; the healthy one usually takes care of the sick one. This time, though, we both had bronchitis and sinusitis at the same time. It kicked our butts but good. I feel like I’m still recovering, what with feeling so tired all the time and all. And the cough persists, though not quite as gut-wrenching.

Second, thank you all for stopping by my little corner of the blogosphere. Welcome first-timers and enjoy!

It was so disappointing being sick last week as we were due to spend the day on the 9th with my Dad and his wife for a family Christmas dinner. My family still lives in northern Illinois, so it meant traveling for us. I don’t mind at all; in fact, I love a good road trip. But I was too sick and had to spend the entire time in our hotel room. I had not been fever-free for 24 hours at that point. The trip up there and coming home were miserable. I wanted to stay home, but I was voted down as my family didn’t want me left alone and without a vehicle. So, that happened.

The silver lining is that I will be well for Christmas, and I will see my Dad in a month as he travels to Florida. They will stop here on the way down as is their habit.

I’m so ready for Christmas! This is my favorite holiday by far. It always seems to take forever to get here, but then flies by so fast you almost would miss it if you weren’t looking. I keep my tree and decorations up well into January. It’s just so hard to let go of that Christmas feeling. I do get the post-holiday blues, how about you?

That’s all for now. Come on back as I share some holiday favorites of mine!