Wow, we have certainly been busy and there is so much to tell. First off let me get the stinky news out of the way. Jeff and I are both still without jobs and my unemployment checks have been delayed due to red tape. I will get them, but not until after the first of the year. I got a call from the recruiter Friday telling me that he had talked to the owner of the store I had the interview for before Christmas and the guy said he was going to hire me. It's been over a week though and he has not called, so I really don't know what to think at this point.
Jeff got through his last few days at Sparky's. I was pretty disappointed in the owner of Wildfire and Sparky's (Bill). After six years of working with Jeff he didn't even bother to say thanks or goodbye.I went and hung out there a good part of the past couple of days. One of the cool things that happened was that I ran into Pokey, the woman who's party I worked a few weeks ago and she booked me for her Valentines party and I get to do the cooking this time:). I'm really looking forward to that.
Christmas Eve we went to Jeff's brother's house and had a nice time and then on Christmas Day we cleaned the house like crazy and then went to Jeff's Dad's. My parent's got here on Christmas Day and we enjoyed a nice evening together.
The day after Christmas all the kids arrived home around noon (yay!!!!). My sister and her family headed our way from Arlington encountering several bad accidents along the way which made for a long day for them. Jeff and I worked making a big family dinner and our neighbors Tony and Michelle also joined us. After dinner we opened gifts.
Audrey had been asking for a phone for Christmas. It was all she wanted. I told her weeks ago that she needed to have a "B" in all of her classes in order to get this present. I was trying to give her some big incentive. She didn't quite make it, but had signifigantly improved her grades, so I decided to go ahead and let her have the phone. She did not think she was getting the phone, so I wrapped it up in the neighbor's Guitar Hero World Tour Box. Ha,ha,ha, she opened it and was obviously surprised, but did a good job hiding her disappointment. A further search in the box found a phone and she was thrilled:).
We had a wonderful time with family and friends over the next couple of days, but we got one surprise that was just the coolest thing! I went out to check the mail after not checking it for several days. There were the usual Christmas cards from our family and friends. All had return addresses on them except one. I opened it up to find a sweet Christmas card with a very nice message of support for Jeff and I. Also inside the card were two $100 visa gift cards. Signed Secret Santa. I was completely blown away. I promise that when I am able, I will pay it forward. Secret Santa, whoever you are, thank you, from the bottom of my heart!
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