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Hi all!

Didn’t mean to disappear there for so long, but it wasn’t a very good Christmas, birthday and New Year’s for me.

John and I both got sick Christmas Eve with really bad colds. So there was no Christmas for us, nor was there a birthday for me. We attempted to go to Medieval Times (since the tickets are non-refundable) just as a freaking blizzard started outside and then my freaking car died in the middle of the driveway! ARGH! Needless to say, that ended everything.

So I spent 9 out of 10 days of my holiday vacation sick and never left the house. Technically I'm still sick (coughing, sneezing) but at least the mental fog and lethargy are gone, which is good because I had no choice but to go back to work today. We’ll see if I last the entire day or end up going home.

Medieval Times would not give me a refund for my birthday but they would let me reschedule, so I picked a random date in March. Hopefully by then there will be no blizzard, I won't be sick and my car will run.

Speaking of the Jeep, thankfully it only needed a new battery and not a major repair. Still, that was $$ I was not planning on spending.

I've barely been on the computer in the last 10 days, so I missed out on all of your lives during the holidays. I can only hope they were a hell of a lot better than mine! Since I ended 2017 on such a crappy note that only means that 2018 will be great, right? Right?? LOL!

Oh, the one bright spot was that one of my favorite actors, Philip Winchester (from Strike Back and Chicago Justice) wished me a Happy Birthday on Twitter! I nearly fainted and I'm still smiling over it. :-)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The holidays have begun at the Miller household!

Christmas and Hanukkah gifts wrapped, the menorah has been lit and the new dreidel is out. :-) Plus I made this totally awesome and HUGE winter floral arrangement at arts and crafts night at the library the other night. Love how it turned out!

The night shines bright with Christmas lights on the Miller house! Found out last night that someone nominated us in the town’s decoration contest. I know we won’t win, but that was so sweet of someone to do! I wish I knew who it was.

Another successful year of “Photos with Santa” is in the books! Even more successful than previous years because the two volunteers that were supposed to be helping me wandered off, leaving me to run the entire event by myself. Needless to say, I wasn’t happy. But just to show you how good I was, I had 288 kids through the line in just over an hour. Everyone was amazed. And I was freaking EXHAUSTED. I definitely earned my Santa’s helper badge this year!



And here’s the whole group of police volunteers I worked the event with:

List of organizations I donated to on this #GivingTuesday. Notice a theme? It’s all about the animals, people! :-)

Natural Resources Defense Council
Greater Good (military working dogs)
DuPage County Animal Friends
Cosley Zoo
Center for Biological Diversity
Mercy for Animals

It was arts and crafts night at the library yesterday! We made these cute little pocket hand warmers!

And here are a few shots of our house with the lights on. :-) Happy Halloween!

Check out the shirt I just got John for his birthday next month. From Bean, of course! LOL!

Fall Fest time!

The hubby and I spent a lovely afternoon at a local fall fest, enjoying the gorgeous weather and eating lots and lots of apple cider donuts! LOL!