Well as usual not much is going on - James has been ill with a stomach virus/flu of sorts but you know he's too stubborn to go to the Doctor - so he'll just suffer! ha!

As far as the Shafer Zoo - all is good, Duke old as ever, Stormie fat as ever, Piper well, just Piper and Norton rotten as ever... Ginger and Buttercup mean as ever to Millie, Rusty is just Rusty and well Oreo is a snot as usual - stubborn a*** horse!

Now as far as Josh... he is going to a Valentine's Day dance with his girlfriend, Kenzie, on Friday the 13th (eewww) of February and then.... the next Friday, February 20th he is getting all his "wisdom" taken out - yes, my baby is having his wisdom teeth removed - he's NOT excited about it but such is life!

I still have my sanity for now with everyone here - amazing! ha!

Nothing else is new just trying to make sure no one else gets ill (i.e. Josh) as I realize I have a cold or something that one of the 3 children that are in my house brought home.... those nasty germ carriers! It's been over 5-6yrs since I've been sick and prior to that it was a good 8yrs before that.... outside of the allergies - oh well I'll survive.

I'll post more later - maybe I'll be able to get pics of Josh and Kenzie or Josh with puffy face from oral surgery - LOL... (he'll kill me for that but it's my job as a mom!)

Happy New Year to All

Not much has happened - all was pretty quiet (HA!) for the holidays - my house is no longer "quiet" -it's full of family :) which is a good thing. My sister and her family have finally officially moved from Alabama and so my is FULL... sorry everyone, there is NO VACANCY at the Shafer house.

Kids go back to school tomorrow, January 6th - it's about time, I don't ever remember have 2 weeks Christmas vacation and if I did it must be senility setting in - you know how it goes, old age... memory is one of the first to go!

Norton was a bit sad this year, Grandpa Terry wasn't able to come visit him, but Norton kept his chair toasty warm as you can see....


Josh had a pretty good Christmas... gift cards, video games, books, xbox360 (his own - so now he doesn't have to share with James) and of course a TON of OU Sooner stuff - he was thrilled!! Just check out the HUGE smiles on his face...

Well, all in all, it was a great Christmas especially since I was able to spend it with BOTH my sisters... and as far as new year's went... we accidentally froze the bottle of Asti - oops! We'll have it soon, I'm sure!

Happy New Year to All