Well, as one might surmise from the appalling lack of posts, the last of '07 has been a whirl of gaiety in our little corner of the world.

Not too long after our Universal adventure with Mike and Heather, Steve and Laurie arrived with most of their crew to celebrate the holidays with us (yippee!). Because I'm lazy, and because Laurie has much better camera that I (trying hard not to covet), you can see us getting crazy at the Mouse House and Downtown Disney here. Some members of our church family blessed us by hooking both families up with park-hopper passes for the day.

This was NOT the type of company that starts to get "fishy" in three days...we loved having our friends here and were not ready to have them leave. Steve even encouraged Dave to clean up the landscaping in our front yard...Merry Christmas to me!

One of my favorite gifts this Christmas was getting the opportunity to sing one of my favorite duets, "A Strange Way to Save the World", during Christmas Eve service. Because I was too sick and exhausted to sing last year, it had been almost two full years since I had been able to make that kind of offering in church. It was a triumph and a blessing...as was being able to not base my Christmas outfit on the hat or scarf I had to match.

The Moodys hit the road Thursday, and so did I...but this time to St. Pete to spend the night with my sister. We cleaned out her closets (part of my gift to her), and caught a movie. I then swung by Tampa and grabbed my nephew for an overnight with the cousins.

My other sis came Saturday to pick up my nephew. Her in-laws came over as well for an Italian feast that we tried out from a Rachel Ray cookbook I got for Christmas. Not to be completely annoying, but YUM-O...stick enough butter and cheese on anything and you've got a recipe for dinner party success.

The tree came down today...along with everything else. We still need to clean before we have company over to see in the new year tomorrow night, but we'll be able to spend New Year's Day in Sarasota without the holiday tear down hanging over our heads. The TQ and I headed out on a "date" to relieve the melancholy of our suddenly naked house. Thai food, a movie and coffee, not to mention her company, made for a great evening. It makes me look forward to the day that she's not just my daughter, but my friend as well.

I'm not sure how we'll ring in the new year tomorrow night, but you can bet it'll be better than my adventures in toxic chemotherapy last year. Talk about your hangovers...

God is good. All the time.

Happy New Year.