Well its been a fairly quiet week....

...in my hometown of Lake Wobegan. Or actually in the Zierleyn house. I'm okay with quiet weeks. :) That was a reference made to Garrison Keillor on NPR personality I can actually stand.

This week has been quiet and I think after the hustle and bustle of last week with shopping and family it was just right to settle back into normal. :) The Las Vegas Zierleyns left on Sunday and it was sad to see them leave. I would have liked to have kept them here longer. However we did have a great time with them while they were here. My favorite quote from my nephew in the security line, "I love you more than a million cookies." I mean you can't really compete with that now can you? Not with a 4 year old. I feel so loved, I mean more than that many cookies!? :)

Grandparent update I haven't heard anything new all week so after a roller coaster of the previous 10 days I'm all right with that. :) No news is good news. I feel like I'm on a cliche' fest today.

Just as the Las Vegas family left my best friend since 3rd grade came back with her family for a visit. She moved to Arizona 4 years ago and whenever I get to see her it feels like we haven't missed anytime at all. She is one person I can be totally honest and myself with and she doesn't mind. :) Honestly she is one person who knows me well enough when I'm not saying something or hiding it. She is also one person who I know when God lays her on my heart time for a phone call to her and then we end talking forever! Thank goodness cell phones have long distance included. Otherwise I don't know how much the phone bill would be. We ended up going to a hockey game, Scott voluntarily gave up his ticket for us to go. The game was good, lots of almost plays and some pretty good dynamics on the ice and of course a couple good fights. We finished the night with the traditional drive around and look at Christmas lights. Unfortunately we didn't' see a whole lot, I guess people turn their lights off after 11pm. Oops.

I'm loving all the Christmas cards I'm getting. I love the ones with pictures so I can see how people have changed over the year. I really don't care for the ones that have the 2 page long letter on updates for everyone. The ones that have the "brag rag" inside them. No thank you. I don't need to read of all your accomplishments or how wonderful it is for you. Just send me a card. I especially hate the ones that hint at "when are you having kids?" Seriously, there are some things I just don't want to publicly display or folks have knowledge outside of my family and VERY close friends. Can't they just settle for when we have something to announce we'll tell you and until then please mind your own business? Its not like I want to post every flipping aspect of my life both common and private. One good response I gave to an acquaintance of mine was, "who said we can even have kids?" Best answer to that question I haven't gotten another nosy inquiry, since. (Yay!)

Sorry for the paragraph rant. It had been just rambling around in my brain for a while. Off to finish something Christmas related......