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New Years Eve, Last Game of Year, Waiting for Wildcard Weekend

17 Jan
We hung around the house for New Years Eve. It was the same as usual, kids played games and played out side most of the night. A handful of people came over and we played cards and got champagne out ready to serve. We fixed some finger foods and just sat and talked. It was pretty low key and I don’t recall anything major really going on except kids running in and out. The Texans played their last regular season game the next day so we didn’t get too rowdy. We didn’t tailgate though and just went to the game, It wasn’t very exciting because since we had already won the division and were slotted as the number 3 seed a bunch of backups played and we eneded up losing. The big fun would be the next week on wildcard weekend when we played the bengals in the opening round. More of that to come.
Ya’ll be safe out there!!
 
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Christmas, Basketball Goal, Cleaning House, and Wine Closet

17 Jan
Christmas was here and I think the kids and me and Tressa had a good Christmas. It is always such a busy time of year. We have to go different places and rush but finally get to relax back at our house in the end. This year we went to Tressa’s mom’s early on Christmas eve. We snacked and Greg and Amanda were there with the kids. We opened presents and the kids had a good time. We stayed for a little while then went home and got ready to go to Tressa’s dad’s. We ate turkey and dressing and he also had some steaks over there. Mady has a good time babysitting the young kids over there. It is really neat to see her carry them and take care of them feeding them and making sure they are ok. Brad loves running around with the boys as well. I am very proud of them, they are always so well behaved and get completes from Dada and Ebby and their behavior. Meme Billie is there also and we encourage them to visit with her. She is getting up there in age and I want them to spend as much time as they can with her on occasion. They all opened presents and Mady and Brad got some cool banners of their favorite teams. In fact Mady racked in on the LSU gear this year. We went home and got in comfortable clothes and hung out at our house with some wine and Meme and Greg and Amanda came over for awhile. Then it was off to sleep to get ready for Santa. On Christmas morning the kids ofcourse get us up early. They rummage through their stockings and go through all the presents from me and Tres. Mady got a basketball goal from Santa, which I put together, wow!! what a project. Brad got a psp game and he has been real responsible with it so far.
Well the basketball goal was in the garage, I got my tools ready and opened the box. It was about 40 degrees outside and kinda misty so I began my project and about noon and watched “Christmas Vacation ” three times before I finished. Mady adn Tressa would come out and help occasionally because I think they felt bad about me being out there all Christmas afternoon working on one project. Well I acvtually finished and was proud I did it myself. By the way I got some tools for Christmas and have already used them to fix the fence and will soon put together my table that I will put beer bottle tops on the top. I always have great intentions to build things and I think that will be one of my New Years resolutions. So Christmas was over and a success. We were heade for New Years. The kids were playing basketball and I was determined to get our room organized. I cleaned out the bottom of the bed. Went through all my clothes. I took 4 big bags to goodwill. So once I was done I had organized most everything I have and THAT is a huge resolution. I feel so much better when I know where everything is and it is in the right place. Oh we also bought the kids new TV’s for their rooms. They are 32 inch and flat. We cleaned the gameroom and both kids rooms. Now I only have the “hunting” room. I will explain later once I start.
I have continued making wine and decided to make the closet underneath the stairs me “wine cellar” I spent the day cleaning it all out and went and bought some furniture dollys. Now I can wheel the buckets and jugs to the kitchen. Mix what I need to mix then wheel them back to the closet. I need to make some wine racks but for right now everything is atleast neatly put away hidden in my wine closet.
Ya’ll be safe out there!!
 
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