Game day..

Ok, Steelers are are still in the running for a spot in the playoffs.. So are the Ravens.. This is a must win game for both teams.. The Steeleres usually beat the Ravens, they didn't last time, but it had to go into overtime and the Raven's got a field goal.. But still, the Steelers almost beat them, and they were playing without Polamalu, Kemoeatu, Parker, and Roethlisberger.. Polamalu is still out, but the rest are playing today, so I am hoping (really really hoping) for a win..

They seem to have gotten their heads out of their asses and are almost playing like the Steelers again.. The defense still isn't playing like the best defense in the NFL but oddly enough, the offence has picked up their game..

So, we just need to win this game against the Ravens, win against Miami next week, and pray that the Bengals loose a game..

Oh, it finally stopped snowing :) But I think the boys need to shovel again..

Ah, kids..

Trevor "helping" Skie out of the snow..

Snow, snow, and more snow..

It's the day after Christmas.. The house is quiet at the moment, Skie and Trev are still sleeping.. They both stayed up pretty late playing Wii, so Clay is letting Trev sleep in instead of making him get up and shovel snow.. What a guy huh? He's outside now shoveling the sidewalk and the driveway.. Trevor's car is snowed in, so Clay will probably spend a few hours digging it out..

All in all, it was a very happy Christmas.. It's amazing how much of a difference this year was compared to last year.. It was just Skie and I.. We still did the baking and the usual Christmas traditions, but we were just going through the motions, both of us trying to look happy.. We didn't answer the phone, didn't want to hear anyone say "Merry Christmas" so we wouldn't offend anyone by saying "Yeah? What's so flippin good about it?".. But this year it was fantastic.. It's funny, yesterday several people asked me what I got.. I couldn't remember anything.. All I could say was "Clay is home", I had to go and look at everything so I could blog about it.. So how awesome is that? None of us cared much about our gifts, only that Clay was home.. Ok, well Skie was pretty excited about her Wii :) But she even put it away so we could all watch a movie together before bed.. We watched '300'.. Not realty a Christmas film, but who cares? Clay was home!

On another good note, DJ was able to spend Christmas day with her dad.. She didn't get to spend the weekend because her incredibly incompetent case worker did not answer her phone so she couldn't give the ok.. Bitch.. But the case will most likely be dismissed next week and DJ will be home for good.. The county attorney has agreed to dismiss it, KVC has agreed, so it's up to the judge.. Considering the judge is too busy to even have an actual hearing, I am confident that he will be happy to have this case off his desk.. Then once Dani is home with her dad, we can begin 'operation ass kick' and go after Health and Human Services and the maternal grandmother to see that this never happens again..

Well, I have housework to do and Christmas decorations to put away..

Have a great day!

Later~

Daniel brought his snow blower over and plowed for a while, then Trev and Clay took over.. They finished our sidewalk and are halfway finished plowing a spot for Trev's car.. They still need to plow out his car, plow the neighbor's driveway and sidewalk, then plow the other neighbor's sidewalk and driveway.. It's 12:05 PM, hopefully they will be finished by dinner time :)

Merry Christmas..

We had a great Christmas Eve.. We played games with Skie for most of the day then Skie made gorilla bread and hot chocolate and we watched The Polar Express before bed.. It was so much better than last year.. We did the same thing last year, but this year Clay is home!
Skie is a lucky girl.. She is the only child I know who can go right to sleep on Christmas eve, and not wake up until her alarm goes of in the morning.. Of course she set her alarm for 6:00 this morning.. I can't complain though, she had the coffee all ready..
We got some pretty good loot too!
Skie got a bunch of stuff.. A gift card from Tom & Ami, money from grandma, Frank & Donna, and Suzanne.. A purse, make up, lotion, and chocolate chap stick from Elaine, nail stuff from Charles and Judy, 2 awesome pairs of punk jeans and a black shirt from Pop & Mema, a monkey from Steve and DJ and , a Skelamonkey, a Wii, and 14 Wii games from Clay and I.. So right now she is laying on the floor impatiently waiting for Clay to hook up her Wii..
Clay made out pretty well too.. Elaine got him a new shirt, slippers, and cologne.. He got a sears gift card and red pepper jerky from his parents.. Pajama pants, slippers, a hat, and AXE stuff from Skie.. And a couple knives and a stereo for his truck from me..
I didn't do so bad myself.. I got a digital camera from Clay (yay!) a rice cooker, slippers, and make up brushes from Elaine, from Skie I got yarn (yay!), writing stuff (yay yay!) and a quesidilla (sp) maker, and 6 bowls from Tom & Delpha to go with my rapidly growing set of handmade dishes (awesome!)..

Later~
We are officially snowed in.. We had 2 more feet of snow against the door when Clay went to take the Christmas trash outside, and it's still coming down.. Elaine was going to come over and pick up Trevor's guitar (he got an amp for Christmas and is dying to try it out) but she stepped outside and changed her mind..
But it's all good.. I have a chicken pot pie in the oven, Skie is still playing Wii (not sure I will be watching TV in the living room today) we have lots of coffee, the lasagna is ready to go in the oven for dinner, I have a TV in the bedroom and Clay is home! Who could ask for more?

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!!

Christmas Eve..

It looks like we are in for a white-er Christmas.. It's snowing again.. But that's ok, we have no reason to leave the house.. We have everything we need and Clay is home :) I let Skie put all the presents under the tree this morning, so now she can torture herself by looking at them all day..
We got some good news on the Dani-Jo case yesterday.. CPS has agreed to drop the case, so it's all up to the county attorney.. They are trying to get her home before Christmas.. The courthouse closes at noon, so they have that long to get this case dismissed.. Poor Steve.. He stopped by last night.. He looks absolutely terrible.. I admit that I was surprised, I expected him to be ecstatic, knowing that Dani will be home soon, but I could tell by the look on his face that he is just so overwhelmed with everything that has happened in the last 36 days that he simply can't even dare to hope that it will really happen.. Add that to the total confusion as to WHY this happened in the first place, and the fear that maybe it could happen again, it's a wonder that the guy is functioning at all right now..
Oh! Something good happened today.. I was totally surprised, but someone actually performed a random act of kindness for me at Wal*Mart.. I was at the check out and I was two dollars short.. The guy next to me handed me his gift card and said "here, there is $5.00 on this, Merry Christmas"..
How cool was that?
How funny, I said I had no place to go, then had to run to Wal*Mart.. Dang it..