Reconnecting with the "hood"

I'm so excited. Susan from our old neighborhood in Olympia shared her blog with us, through her Christmas Card. We, of course, checked it out...and found out that most of our old neighbors...ladies I played bunko with...or walked with...or sought for baby advice...are bloggers too!!!! We all are in different parts of the country now...for the most part, thanks to the military, but we all caught on to blogging. HOW COOL! As you can see...I'm really happy about this. Since we moved to Kentucky I haven't really had the chance to make the same close friendships. Our neighborhood is still under construction...there aren't any houses across the street from us yet, and our direct next door neighbor went under foreclosure in May. This mixed with the amount of time we both work has really dampened our ability to socialize. So, I have been friend depressed. OK...so I'm excited. You get this.

On with other news...I finally settled on my husband's Christmas gift....so my shopping is officially complete!!! Christmas cards are out....out of town gifts should arrive for those folks today...(well except for those on the west coast)...outside decor is up...all that we have left to do it get a tree...(which we do the week before Xmas anyhow).