What a week it was. For the majority of the week, my week was filled with supervising lil Mis Lili Marie (Kristi provided her the middle name as well as her first name ) Lili is one day shy of being 3 months old. Crystal and she do play together though there are many times where Crystal, the mature 7 year old she is, looks at her with complete exhaustion in her eyes. Lili may start thinking her name is "Lili NO" lol.

Anyhoo......Kristi was invited to spend the night at my cousin Lisa's home Friday night. Lisa picked her up. Kristi had a terrific time with her cousins Tori and Becca. On Saturday, Kristi attended a Christmas Party with them. The party was with a group of volunteers that Lisa and her hubby Chuck are affiliated with - a disaster shelter. Kristi did call me frequently as she was concerned that I'd be ok. She was gone over 24 hours - all went well on the home-front tho I started missing my babbling teenager lol. Not used to THAT MUCH peace and quiet. The "girls" helped occupy my time and I had funny stories to later relate (hey - my damaged brain easily recalled what occurred - go figure).

When Kristi returned home, she and Becca carried in bags of items we had needed from Target (Lisa was amazed at how well Kristi could budget and still get what was needed - good training ). When Lisa and Chuck came to the door, Chuck walked in trying to hide that he was carrying a box behind his back. He plopped it down on the floor quite ceremoniously :yikes: .....the shelter group had "adopted us" and chipped in and purchased us a Christmas Tree, lights, Angel Tree topper, garland, and ornaments to replace what we had to leave behind when we relocated. I cried :Sob: tears of happiness. My dear Bro had not yet scrounged up a tree and the fixins and now it wasn't necessary. :ChristmasTree: Lisa had also taken Kristi Christmas shopping so she could get some small gifts for the family. Everyone has told us not to worry about gifts but it bothered us that they we'd have gifts to open but nothing to give in return. After Lisa and family left Saturday evening, we put the tree together and even decorated it. Kristi was exhausted(not much sleep lol) but she said it was worth it to stay up and help get our home decked out. So.....now we're ready.

On Sunday, my Bro took her and his granddaughters shopping...Lili now has her stocking - all our stockings have been hung with care :downchimney: on the mantel in the diningrooom with the stocking holders Kristi also got.

The weekend did not end well for Steeler fans (boo-hoo). I was totally bummed though we're still in 1st place for our Division. This Sunday we can cinch a playoff spot.

This morning I received an email from Figi's.com (placed an order last evening) that stated my order was approved - can make payments starting in February...so I ordered gift bags for the kids in the family (yes...there will be an extra bag for my #1 kiddo) I also ordered cookie tins to take to family get-to-gethers as my gift. I've gotten 2 gifts for Kristi (can't say what :nuhuh: cos she reads my blog LOL :giggle: ).

All-in-all, pretty darn good week :big_grin: