December 11, 2011
Well, it’s been a long year since I last contemplated writing a Christmas letter, and though I never did write that letter last year, let me pick up right where I would have left off.
We spent New Year’s in Tahoe. Since no one took a picture of me in Tahoe, yet I reminded often that I am a horrible mom because I fail to take enough pictures… here is a picture of Bill and Wes, which they failed to even really pose for.
The skiing was great for the boys, I watched a “Parolee and Pitbulls” marathon, and we brought in the New Year as we have most of our marriage, with me sound asleep and Bill out gambling. Wes, well, at his age, we try not to ask too many questions and hope he makes it into his twenties then to his thirties so he can finally tell us all the trouble he didn’t get caught for, survived, and learned from (we hope)! Yes, you guessed it, my New Year’s Resolution was the same as it has been since Wes became a teenager, “Don’t forget, ignorance is bliss!”
Considering my New Year’s Resolution, it’s amazing that I can even write any more of this letter since I don’t know most of what happened. But, I’ll let you know what I know. If you want to know more, try friending Wes on Facebook, which, if he listens to his mom, he will deny out of good taste and in an effort to preserve my reputation as a competent mother.
Bill wants me to add that he had a killer roll while in Tahoe. Killer? What does that mean you ask? He will tell you he won. I will tell you I have no idea, because I have also learned that the key to a happy marriage is – Ignorance is bliss!
The rest of the winter and spring were spent as usual. Bill coaching baseball – they were ranked 19th in the state but didn’t make post conference play. Wes running track and getting passing grades in school. I continued to work on my Master’s of Fine Arts.
Diane, getting your masters … didn’t you already do that? Many of you may be asking. Well, I’ve almost completed two masters. And believe me, this was almost my third almost Masters, but, you’ll have to read next week to find out if I actually did finish it. (Yes, I do count Bill’s Masters as my accomplishment too, so technically I have earned a Master’s Degree).
We offered our house for our niece’s wedding, and since I was working on my Master’s, I had not been working on the yard. Guess what we did come rain, hail, sleet or dark of night – pulled weeds. I got a great workout. The yard did get done in time and then it was done for Wes’s graduation party – God willing that he graduated.
Yeah, the first part of the year was rather uneventful, but we were all blessed with every day things, a happy home, good health, and the ability to complete whatever tasks that were set before us.
The next part of the year was much more exciting, so stay tuned!
This week I will draft, revise and edit the next installment of the Christmas Letter trilogy, “Endings and Beginnings.”
