So I am way behind on updates, for a number of reasons.    But life is good for Chris and I .    We are both in jobs that get crunched at month end and especially year end.  but The good news is that we are in Florida doing our last work days of the year!   We are blessed.  Today was cool,  only in the low 70’s.  Tomorrow should be better.  We got down to the pool a couple of days before the cold front came through.

Christmas was good.   Mom is settled in her assisted living apartment and we all feel she is doing well.   Some comments about her having to move from her 2 bedroom apartment, and all we had to get rid of in downsizing.  But even those comments have stopped.  She gets around in her wheel chair well, we don’t think she walks and that is OK.  With that knee it would be too painful.  And her apartment is nice and we tried to move in everything she wanted (well almost).   On Christmas we all had dinner with her in the restaurant there and it was very good.  She says she gets too nervous with too much going on.  So we had dinner and then were invited to Neice Denise’s condo for drinks, snacks and the Packer game.  we had a good time, then flew out the day after Christmas,  Chris Mary Jane and I.

December was a very busy month.  It started out with us going to Detroit on Thanksgiving for the Packer game.     Chris’s sister Marie met us and then came home with us for a week.  On Dec 9th we came down to Florida, Chris and I.  And Marie headed home.  The first time Chris and I got to see our new dining room cabinets!  And good friend Noel picked us up at the airport and stayed with us for the long weekend.  Our annual trip to see the intercoastal Christmas boat parade.  We had a great time.

Then lot’s of things going on and work has been hell.  But I am hoping to be more under control to start the year.       We hope you all had a good Christmas and wish you the very best for a HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR.

We are in Boynton Beach enjoying warm Florida weather.   About 80 degrees, partly cloudy.   Beautiful    Noel picked us up at the airport on Thursday.  He drove over from Fort Meyers and is keeping us company.  Life is good.    Saw the boynton Christmas boat parade on Friday night.   Spent some time at the pool yesterday,   I got some sunburn.  I had figured if we drank 3 beers, at Noel’s pacing of 1/2 hour per beer we would leave before I was sunburned.  But we drank slower and spent more like 2.5 hours.   Have to plan better.

Sitting on the porch now enjoying the warm weather.   Will head to Two Georges shortly so we can catch the Packer Game at an outside bar.  Will eat supper there,  good food and drinks.   Not that I need much more food,   will diet this week!

Mom is all moved into assisted living.   Harbour , 5800 Mockingbird lane, apt 211,  Greendale WI.   We packed lot’s of stuff in that apartment.  But it made her happy.   So now she is working through her Christmas boxes and decorating.  She is working to be positive and was in a very good mood when we saw her on Wednesday.   So that is good we are off to a good start.   When she settles in now we can spend some time at home and Skip and Claire can relax a little.  They made lot’s of trips to settle her in.  Thanks to Bob and Joe for helping us clean out her old apartment in the middle of helping move Jim and Diane also.    Hopefully we can all get together after the holidays to relax!

So Noel will drop Chris and I at the airport on Monday,  hate to head back to the cold but a hard week of work ahead.  Lot’s of things I need to get done before the end of the year, and we come back south after Christmas.   Hope everyone is getting some time to enjoy the holidays.