Lots of things - and Happy New Year!

Happy New Year's everyone!!!  In the interest of being the old ladies that we are (if you've read our blog before now, you know we're grandmas), Crissy and I spent New Year's Eve inside our house in comfy clothes and watching movies.  My brother and Clare did stop by for a little bit before they hit the town....in their fancy clothes and shoes.  I, for one, definitely felt even more like a bum in comparison.  Oh well.  Crissy and I had a good night and appreciated how low key everything was for us.  We did discuss getting pretty next year and actually going out....

To start off the year right, we slept in, made breakfast at home, had Kristy over during our breakfast time, then went to my parent's house for Christmas time with my grandparents and Aunt Karen.  I know we didn't spend as much time at my parent's house as I'm sure they'd like...but we'll be back again for the whole weekend in a few weeks.  My dad has some "installation" thing where he becomes the Monarch of some secret society.  Really....this is about all I understand about it.  I know that when I ask questions, I frequently get "I can't answer that" types of answers from my dad or my grandpa.  Here's what I do know - this is a big deal to my dad and even though I don't understand the whole secret society business, it's cool that my dad gets to be a Monarch.  Which really just makes me think of butterflies...and how easy it is for me to turn things relating to my dad into something really cheesy....but makes me laugh.  Like Monarch making me want to say that he's becoming a butterfly......and his middle name being Ronald and me always calling him Ronald McDonald as a kid.  Okay, enough of my lameness....

On the topic of dads, Crissy and I have had this plan for ties for our dads for the wedding.  We haven't disclosed it, but our idea changed today when my dad opened a Christmas present from my grandparents - a Jerry Garcia tie.  My dad LOVES Jerry Garcia ties.  I don't remember when he became a tie snob and began only wearing Jerry Garcia ties, but it definitely happened somewhere along the way.  He got this great tie today in colors similar to our wedding.....which made me suggest to Crissy that we maybe just buy her dad a matching tie.  So, this then got me to looking at other Jerry Garcia ties.  You know what I figured out while doing this?  They're not lying when they say Jerry Garcia ties are limited editions....I can't seem to find two of any of the ones I really liked, like the one below or this one Jerry Garcia Courtyard Performance, #43:

Here's what else happened today:  my grandma tried a Corona; ate my salsa cheese fondue that contained both Corona and tequila; and, tried a jello shot.  Oh, and she almost threw up the jello shot.  Oops.  :-(  For some back story, my grandma doesn't drink.  I don't really know why....I don't know if she's opposed to it for some reason or if she doesn't like it....or what.  But, I know she doesn't drink it.  And, after today's experiences - she's probably not likely to ever eat any type of jello I ever make again - alcoholic or otherwise.  She tried one of the jello shots made for Christmas and spit it out immediately.  Sorry, Grandma!!!

Crissy and I also discussed what we'll do in the event of rain, a bit more today.  She made a suggestion that she must not have heard suggested at some point in the past.  Though, in the past, it was more of a joke....on our drive home, it became more of a legitimate conversation.  More on that later...we have some more things to talk about.  Plus, we're still waiting to hear back from Venue (the place we'd really like as a rain option) and need to talk to my dad about a few of the things we're thinking about.

Now that all of the holidays have passed and our lives can go back to something resembling normal, we get to "get back on track" with our diet and losing weight.  We also start an 8-week "Biggest Loser" competition at the gym on January 10 that includes things like "homework" (aka 1,000 steps - like up and down the stairs kind of steps - in a week) and challenges on Saturdays.  Hooray for losing weight!

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