It's so COLD outside....

Well, the cold season it here. We had some snow flakes on Saturday night. Nothing really to write home about, but to see them fall was something that I could just do without. For all of you that know me, I'm not a snow person..I mean it looks pretty as it falls, but cleaning it up and dealing with the way that people handle it while driving makes me just want to stay in.
I really should be living in a warm climate place. Maybe, I will one day. It's just a matter of timing. The girls have to finish school here in NJ. Jackie doesn't have much more to finish college, Megan has 2 more years of HS, and Kaitlin is in 6th grade, so that put 6 yrs more to finish. Hopefully, I can get my schooling in and be done way before she's finished.
I haven't finished my shopping yet. Have you? This is a really hard time for me. I know it's going to be another emotional time not having him here..The feeling of Christmas has really changed for me, it started when I lost my father back in 1993. Then, I started a tradition of passing the ornaments to Otto and the girls and they would trim the tree..My dad passed on Dec. 17th and buried on Dec. 21st. So, after that date was when the tree went up. I remember I really wasn't in the festive mood, so I told him, hey you can trim the tree with the girls and I'll just hook the ornaments and pass then to you..Now, he's not here to pass them too..Well, the tree didn't go up yesterday, we watched Harry Potter and took a nap. So, the time went by..We are going to shoot for Saturday..I still say I'm going to break out the chocolate martini's for this one..I'm sure you all would agree..Have to run now, billing paying time, rearrangement of furniture has to been done, and work on the christmas cards, gifts, etc..busy week it will be...I'll post again later...