Happy New Year to you, and Happy 2008. Yes, we’ve had a wonderful Christmas vacation and I’m looking forward to the kids going back to school tomorrow. Of course, Ryan also leaves for Las Vegas tomorrow, so that means I’ll also be a single parent. The good thing is that I don’t really have to cook for the next week, though, as there’s no point cooking fancy food for these macaroni and cheese lovers. But after eating non stop for the past couple of weeks, I really need to just buy one big bag of salad and eat only that. Right.

New Year’s Eve is a pretty casual holiday around here. Nobody invited us to any parties, so it was just us. During the day we used up a bunch of free things that were going to expire, and that’s always fun! We ended up going to Boondocks and the 3 oldest kids played laser tag and the rest of us just played the arcade games for a while. The kids took in their report cards and they get tokens for each A, with a maximum of 18 tokens. Well, 18 is just about right for an hours worth of fun. Ryan and I just bought some to share with John, and we had a great time. We also went out to lunch at Mimi’s cafe, and made a quick Costco run before coming home.

That night, after dinner, the kids watched movies and played Wii. Ryan worked on stuff, and I folded laundry. The excitement was running high, I tell you. At about 10, we ate leftover birthday cake, and then I went to bed. I did hear some noise at around 12, but I didn’t bother to get up. I watched the ball drop at midnight New York time, and really, what more celebration do I need?

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But there are some people in my family who are much more ambitious than I. My brother-in-law has built a huge luge in his front yard again, and it looks incredibly fun. We haven’t made it over there to slide yet, and since I am carless today, we may not get there before it warms up in the next few days. But if you are in the neighborhood of South Jordan, you should drive by and see it–it’s quite amazing! Here’s what the Channel 5 news guys had to say about it.

This morning I took Megan the the pet store to buy a new parakeet. They were closed yesterday and she’s been trying to wait patiently. She picked out a cute little yellow female and she’s named her “Bubbles”. I hope that she and “Skyler” (her little blue parakeet) will get along happily.

So that’s about it. We’re kickin’ back and enjoying not having pressing to do for a couple of days. Happy New Year!