Post Holiday Break

It is always nice to work the week between Christmas and New Years. There aren't many employees in the building and not too many people have needs. This year, working this week is especially nice since my boss is allowing me to work from home. (and in turn, I am allowing my employee to work from home as well.) If someone needs something, they know they can call my cell phone or ping me on Sametime (our Instant Messenger) if needed. I worked all day today, but it didn't seem urgent in any way and this is the most relaxed I've been in a long time. Megan is home from school so I get to spend time with her as well. Love my life right now.

Family

My oldest daughter did mom a favor this weekend and took the weekend off from work. This allowed us to pick her up late Friday afternoon in Madison, and get out of Dodge (so to speak) for a family weekend together. Since our youngest daughter had an egg drop challenge at school, we opted to pick her up after school. We drove to Madison straightaway, picked up daughter #1 and headed to Verona, Wisconsin. We rented a room at a new Holiday Inn Express. Nice place--new, modern and super nice staff. Ate supper at a brew pub...again, super nice staff, but the food sucked. Could not keep my eyes open and it was fairly early. The girls went swimming in the pool and Corey and I watched TV. A nice, relaxing evening. Today, we started the day at a holiday arts and crafts show in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin. I bought cat nip toy for Zorro, an ornament for the tree and the girls got tatted ornaments for the tree. I try and buy them both an ornament each year so when they move out on their own, they will have a tree full of ornaments. Since it was early, we then drove to Mineral Point, Wisconsin to tour the galleries in town. Drove down Shake Rag street (from the old iron ore mining history) and to a gallery outside of town. Drove all the way back home so Sarah can have one night at home. Christmas portraits tomorrow at JCPenney.