Welcome, 2005...

First and foremost, Happy New Year to all of you in J-Land.  I do hope that 2005 bring everyone happiness, health and plenty of joy.  May you get all you deserve and wish for in this new year...

Yesterday we took down almost every bit of our Christmas decorations.  The Hubby still has to take down his Department 56 Snow Village, but that will have to wait until he has the time.  He goes back to work this evening... WOO HOO.  After 5 days home, its about time (haha...).  We also cleaned, cleaned and cleaned some more.  Now our house looks bigger than we remember it being and a whole lot less cluttered.  Its funny how Christmas decorations can do that.

We had a really great night last night.  My family (mom, dad, bro and his gf) came over for a wonderful dinner made mostly by the Hubby.  We enjoyed a yummy bean dip and artichoke dip before our dinner of pot roast, mashed potatos, and veggies.

Everyone seemed to fill up :D

After dinner we played a really fun game, "Seen It".  The Hubby and I were almost going to win, but nope, the Brother and his GF beat us to it... Lol.  Oh well.  It was fun and gave us plenty of laughs.

Everyone left around 945pm.  We were all tired... And didn't think either I or Rowan would make it to mid-night.  Haha.  But that all changed when we heard this big crash.

We didn't know if it came from inside the house or outside, so of course, Hubby slipped into Cop-Mode.  After checking the inside of the house, he made his way to the back yard where he found a busted alcohol bottle.  Yep, someone threw a bottle into our back yard where it shattered into a million little pieces.  ::Thanks Jerks::

We didn't know if it was just random or that someone could have been doing it because he is a cop (he has a take home car in our garage that people can see)... So, we decided to call the Sheriff's Department and have them come out.  We knew there wasn't anything they could do, but we wanted them to know it happened and possiblypatrol the neighborhood a little more that night.

So, thankfully the bottle didn't do any damage to our house (ie broken windows), but it did give us some extra umph and we were all awake when the ball dropped at mid-night... Happy New Year!!

Tonight I'm making dinner for my Mom's birthday.  Just something simple (a pasta dinner) plus a homemade birthday cake.  German Chocolate... her fave.  It will just be my mom, dad, bro and his gf... Plus Rowan and I.  Should be really nice. 

Happy Birthday Mommy... Love You!!

Well, I don't really think there is much else to say right now.  Its been pretty quiet.  Oh yes, today I start my 31st week of pregnancy.  Woo Hoo.  That means only 8 more weeks until Mr. Zachary will arrive.  That reminds me... Fixing up and cleaning bedrooms are on my list of things to do tomorrow.  Yippee. 

I hope everyone had a safe New Years Eve and enjoys their first day of 2005!

::Smiles and Hugs::