Catching up on life...

Time to get caught up here. Last week, Mom & Ed returned here from their riverboat trip and were here for a few days. Then last weekend, Diana & Ken flew in, Sara drove down with Ella Saturday morning and Andrew flew in really late Saturday night, so we had 16 people here at one point since Maria, Robert & the girls came over, too. Very fast weekend but fun. Everyone was on their way back home by last Sunday.

Friday night was the Triangle Mommies holiday party. Very fun night. We had a casino theme so it was dress as you feel most comfy. Naturally, that meant dressy black pants, black shoes, my Gary Anderson jersey and my Terrible Towel earrings. Had to put my game on! Plus, my mommy username is steelersgirl so how else can I come to party? I met at least 3 of my fellow Steelers loving peeps, which was awesome. That jersey is my party shirt. It put me in a great comfort zone for my high school reunion 2 years ago and it served me well at this party, too. I helped out with the games, doing bingo calling. That was interesting for me, because while I was calling out numbers, such as "I-24, G-56, N-43, I-22..." inside my head I was calling them differently "Ike Taylor, LaMarr Woodley, Troy Polamalu, William Gay...." I know, I am an obsessed fan! Maria was having fun making fun of me about that.

Yesterday Alice was in the Cary Christmas parade with her Brownie troop and we went to Disney on Ice (getting tickets through the troop). The parade was kind of cool but the Disney thing was so-so. I think it's geared toward kids younger than Alice. Parts of it were fun to watch and other parts were tedious. And talk about a money-making racket! They soaked me for parking...10 bucks! What a rip! And all the overpriced Disney food, drinks and souvenir crap...we drank from the water fountain, I stashed granola bars in the bottom of my purse from home and we let them keep all the pricey junk. Alice got a patch with the ticket, so that was her souvenir and I sewed it on the back of her Brownie vest.

I will post photos for here tomorrow since it's getting late and I have one more post to make before bed.