Merry Christmas!

Greetings all! I think this year, I'll actually try to send out Christmas cards. Pretty ambituous goal for me, but what the heck, I'll give it a whirl. I think I'll enclose a link to this blog so my numerous friends can keep up with my terribly exciting life!
We got the tree up with Viv doing the decorating. She did a great job and the tree looks very pretty. This is in addition to her normal household duties of (self appointed) Supervisor of Kitchen Affairs. She arranges the dishwashing schedule and keeps a grocery list going, so she's pretty handy to have around. Bless her heart, she arranges my dishwashing days around my work days. Pretty cool kid. We tried to "fire" her tonight over a tardy posting of dishwashing days, but she refused to be fired and the rest of us realized that no one wanted the job anyway.
A.J. is watching for a guitar to buy after Christmas. He's been saving up money and has gotten good shopping information from Sky and Sage, so he should be ready to make a purchase soon. He's taking guitar at school and has gotten quite good in a short amt of time.
Both are doing great at school. Both are on the honor roll and Viv got a monthly award for scholastic excellence after her Social Studies teacher nominated her. They have a circle of friends and their middle school experience seems much less traumatic than I recall experiencing at West Jr. High. Much to my relief!
Dave is still writing and has a new book available via lulu.com. The book is autobiographical and deals with his family's traumatic experience in Japan. The book is called Abduction at Roswell and you can order it directly from lulu.com. It is a facinating read, even if you don't believe in aliens and such. So, feel free to order it and enjoy! Ha! Snuck a little advertising in there, didn't I? He's been doing lots of radio interviews with groups that are interested in aliens/abductions/etc. so that has kept him busy.
I'm still working night shifts in the Special Care Nursery here in Flagstaff. I don't enjoy staying up all night 3 nights a week, but the people on nights are great and I am making good friends here. (shout out to Cori...I know she reads this blog!) It feels good to feel some roots to this community growing. Now, if it were just less expensive to live here! Flagstaff in some ways believes itself to be Vail or something, so the prices remain too high for what is basically a small town in the mountains.
We have been trying to get to Washington D.C. for the inauguration, but I don't think that will happen. Have been unable to find accomodations without paying over $500 a night with a 3-4 night minimum. It would be a quirk if we manage to snag tickets to the swearing in, but can't find a place to stay, etc! I did finally break down and email John McCain to request tickets. That seemed mean, so I had to write the email several times til I got it right. Also asked our new Rep and the other senator for tickets. If I end up with 12 tickets maybe I'll sell them on ebay and be able to buy a house in Flagstaff after all! Just kidding. I think its illegal to sell the tickets.
I guess that's the news. Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a happy and wonderful 2009.