I am back in Calif. and trying to relax. The flight home was LOOOOOOOOONG! (Aussie how the HELL do you do 14 hours???!!!!). Pudd'n did pretty good, only had a few melt downs. It is nice to be home, but Venus! When you see trash cans out, shouldn't that be a clue mine needed to go out too?!? LOL!
Had a great vacation, coming back to reality SUCKS BIG DONKEY DICKS. So much to un pack and put away. Aunt Flo is making an early visit, so I'm all bloated from her and all the bad for me, salt filled food I've been eating. My wonderful Step Mom made us breakfast EVERY SINGLE DAY and did our laundry too! We only had one day of snow and that was Yule day. It was just a light dusting and it was all melted in 2 days. It was really mild when we were there. Drove by the old farm I used to keep my 1st horse at. It is now abandoned with a road going through it. The next time I go home condos will be standing in it's place. I had Steve drive up so I could photograph what was left. I cried as I snapped off photos, it was a shell of what it used to be. The corrals are gone, the barn has no stalls left. The roof is caving in and all I could do was remember how it was. When ever I'd get grounded (which was a lot, imagine that!), all I had to do was say "I'm going down to take care of the horses" and my boyfriend of the moment would always meet me there. The owner would cover for me and actually encourage me! The wonderful memories I had in that hay loft!!
My dad looked good, but this last round of chemo was hard on him. He got a nasty bladder infection to boot and spent most of the time sitting (and sleeping) in his recliner. It is not easy to watch your father age. He used to be so active, working on cars or wood working. Now he just sits. Took my siblings, their significant others and spaz out to dinner one night. Now I've known Spaz for 27 years now, she's helped me change my siblings diapers. So we had great delight in freaking the shit out of my baby brother's girlfriend:

Ryan: Ashlee will be down this weekend, you'll get to meet her.
Me: Cool, um, does this mean I have to be on my best behavior?
Ryan: Do you HAVE a best behavior?
Me: uh, good point.

So, we embarrassed the shit out of him.


Had a great time at my Evil Auntie's house. The vibrations there are so cool. It's very laid back and she spilled more family juicy gossip. Things that explained some of the hang ups I'm dealing with in my life.
New Years was a blast. Had lots of vodka, watch Pirates, pigged out on ribs and played Uno. It started out as the kids wanting to play and ended up being drunk wives vs. sober husbands. It was not pretty. I spent my last night in the motor city eating left over ribs, drinking rum and watching my boys whump ass on the hurricanes.
Well I guess I'd better waddle my ass into bed. I don't know why I'm not passed out right now. Talk to you all later!!