Christmas 06Here I go…three weeks since the last post…most of you can  understand how that happens.  Christmas was pretty nice, we spent some time in Gravelbourg for Christmas and then in Estevan after Christmas.  Low key, but it was nice to be back at home for the holidays.  There’s something about being back in Mom’s kitchen that feels so comfortable.  And it never hurts that there’s always a mound of irresistible Christmas treats piled on every cupboard.  Hmm, maybe that’s why I never left the kitchen…heehee!  Everyone was home in Estevan except for Ange who stayed in YK this year.  That’s ok, we’ll have our real family time in May with Matthew and Tamara get married.  We’ll have to get another family pic taken probably, which is good because the last time we were all together was about 5 years ago, and we’re all much better looking now anyway.So yeah, Christmas kind of came and went, and New Years’ kind of came and went without much hurrah.  It didn’t feel much like a celebration for some reason, and that disturbed me a little.  It was probably just me and my inability to get too excited about much lately, but Christmas totally is a reason to celebrate.  I just couldn’t get my heart to feel what my head knew was true.  Or the more likely reason that I wasn’t in the Christmas spirit was because I have been way too focused on me for a long time and what I need, and that’s the opposite of what Christmas is about.  Isn’t it easy to get caught up in the few small things you’re lacking, physically or emotionally, instead of counting your blessings?  We just don’t compare ourselves much with the less fortunate in the world; instead we compare ourselves with those we see in the movies and our things with the things we see on billboards.  That’s why we’re never content.  I should make it one of my new years resolutions to watch the World Vision channel more often so I can keep my life in persective.  Man, even after watching 10 minutes my level of contentedness and thankfulness shoots sky high.

 I didn’t really make any new years resolutions this  year.  They don’t usually last with me.  If i want to change something I need to spend some time reflecting on why I want to change it, how much I want to change it, and making a plan on how to do it.  Takes some time to make a plan of attack.  I have a few changes in mind that I’ve been thinking about for a week or so, but writing them down and making them known is risky!  Even so, I think that’ll be my next blog, hopefully sooner than this one was! 

 OH, I gotta say too that I have truly been loving my two brothers…Andrew moved into our spare room a couple weeks back so we see him and Carly way more now and it’s awesome.  And Matthew around lots because Tamara lives downstairs.  Last weekend we had a movie night where we stayed up until almost 2 hanging out, looking at flyers (the Tuckers are all a little weird), and eating popcorn, baileys ice cream.  It has been so much fun to have a house where we can have special times like these at a moment’s notice, and I feel so blessed to have such times with my brothers and the exceptional women in their lives.