It's been awhile....

Wow, my last post was the end of August....  It is amazing how time has flown.  So much has happened both good and bad.

Our family vacation was one of the highlights of the last few months.  Christmas was amazing too.  I had worked a lot of overtime so we were able to get bills caught up and pay for Christmas and do it big this year.  We do it 'big' every year, but this year we did it big and didn't have to sacrifice in order to do it.  We also enjoyed the company of a few of our friends, our parents and my brother.  A house full of people and love.

Work became very challenging and a great stress-or for me.  But I claimed the challenge and owned it AND overcame it.  Work is now know going well.  My new team and I have gotten things figured out and have learned how to work together.  I am back to working a lot of overtime, and while it is still challenging, I am handling it fairly well.  I get tired and cranky, but over all my mood has been good.  I haven't had the trouble with the Jan/Feb blahs this year, but maybe that is just because I am too busy to notice the weather :)

Babies seem to be the popular thing this last month or so.  One of my best friend's daughter is pregnant and is due in August.  I am so excited and helping to get things together for the shower.  She is having a boy and has decided on a Monkey and Lime Green theme for the baby's room.  I made up the invites for the shower and have started to crochet a snowsuit for the baby.  It is supposed to look like a monkey when it is done and to add some fun to it, I made it a sock monkey with lime green stripes vs the red.  The hat is perfect!!  I can't wait for the whole thing to be finished!  AND to top it off this is the first time I crocheted since my breakdown.  I didn't think I would be able to do it, but I took the chance and it came back just like riding a bike!!

My sister-in-law is also pregnant and due the end of September early October.  I am so very excited for them, they have been trying for almost 8 years!!!!  They were in the last stages of adopting, basically getting ready to wait for a match when they found out they were pregnant.  I can;t wait to find out if I am having a niece or a nephew!!  I plan to crochet plenty of things for them  :)

The other baby on the way is my hubby's cousin.  She dropped the news shortly after I learned about my sister in law.  I am happy for her too!  She is pretty excited and has a lot of family support so things should go well for her.  She has to go back to school for her last year just after the baby is born, so that will be hard, but with family to help it will make things easier for her.

Well it is getting late.  I need to get some sleep, I have 5....yes 5.....12 hour shifts to work this week.  The first 4 are my regular shifts but I signed up for the 5th.  I know I will regret it until it is over!  But the pay check should be nice :)  LOL

I hope you are all healthy and happy.

Until next time......