OK! OK! I'm Updating!

Have had some comments - even from my kids - that my blog has not been updated in a good long time. You are right! Life at home is not near as eventful as life on the road. I've been going to physical therapy 3 times a week for the past two months - and it's beginning to feel like I've been 'set free' on Tuesday & Thursdays - so I (or we) run around all day!

The physical therapy is getting much more involved and I find my sleep once again interrupted, by waking up in pain with my arm. I know it is just the muscles complaining; they haven't had to work this hard in a very long time. Looks like the therapy will continue until the end of January - according to the therapists. I'm hoping my doctor will be so pleased with my progress that he will shorten that a bit. I'll see him next week.

So, now to catch you up on the happenings at the Hughes house.

We had a really nice day for Roger's folks 80th birthdays. Roger & his sis, along with all the grown grandkids, went together & purchased them a new BIG, flat screen TV.

It then took Roger three days to get it all set up with external speakers, remotes, etc. so Grandpa could hear it (he's deaf as a post!) - and Grandma could stand to continue to live in the same house - without going crazy! We had a surround sound system we were not using and, with that, Roger was finally able to get it all working to please Grandpa.

THEN - we stopped by yesterday only to find Grandpa complaining that "It's not working!" Finally Grandma 'fessed up' that PERHAPS Hayden (she babysits our 2-year-old grandson 4 days a week) may have 'punched some buttons while she wasn't looking!'

So Roger got it working again - and then put a child-safety lock on the cabinet doors - to keep both the gray-headed children - and the preschooler - from messing with the settings again!

We'll see how long that lasts!

This year we bypassed my family's Thanksgiving reunion (the Saturday before Thanksgiving) to take in our high school football playoff game. We do love our football. They won that day - and went all the way to the finals, before losing. Our alma mater has won 7 state titles in the last 14 years - so I guess you could say we are a bit spoiled. But we love our Titan football! (And on that note: Boomer Sooner! What a year it has been for Oklahoma football!)

Thanksgiving Day we were back at the Hughes home place. Roger's sis, Judy, makes the 'cush' (that's what the rest of us call 'dressing'), I do the noodles & hot rolls, and our boys cook the turkey.

Sure turns out mighty tasty! Randy watches the pot, Russ does the prep & carving, and Roger just sits and keeps them company! Think they cooked a total of 5 this year (2 for the Hughes, 2 for DeAnna's family, and 1 for Randy & Shelly's frig!)

An on-going game of dominoes ("Moon" is the game) begins right after the turkey. This year Hunter began learning the game (with help from Dad looking over her shoulder).

We missed having the oldest grandsons (Wes & Nick) with us, but they were in Pennsylvania visiting their Dad & his folks - and enjoying lots of snow!

They flew home the Saturday after Thanksgiving and we had them all over for a mini-Thanksgiving on Tuesday evening - complete with a fresh pot of Grandma Twylah's chicken & noodles.

As always, the girls took over the dining room table and checked out the Black Friday sales. I opted out of the early morning madness this year. The last few years I was the 'line stander' for Shelly - but Randy was available this year.

Turns out Randy & Shelly were just short of getting tickets for a great laptop deal, but Russ & DeAnna reported that they got some great buys for their mornings work.

You never know - I might be right back with them next year.

Our Christmas shopping has been done in bits and spurts this year. Just can't seem to get my 'master list' together and get it all done. With a bitter blast of cold air coming our way next week, we did manage to get the bulk of it finished up yesterday. Just three more gifts to find, and we'll be done for this year.

Well, it's Friday morning, December 12, and time to cook a bite of breakfast for Roger and then it's off to therapy! Surely with Christmas coming, I'll have more to share before another 6 weeks flies by!