Hmmmmmmm........

ok. so my new years resolution is to blog more. lose weight. make this year even better than the next. take lots of pictures. and get ready for what's coming next in the raymond house.

so i'm starting fresh.

sorta.

to start fresh i've got to catch you all up.

well last time i blogged was right before thanksgiving. sooo we can start there.

thanksgiving was pretty cool. patrick's dad was down from washington and it was nice having his family around for the holiday's. his sister came and visited and that was awesome! i love having her around.

also in november we went down to scottsdale to visit patrick's other set of parents (long story).  it was great! i loved it down there. arizona is awesome! it totally reminded me of what it was like having barry and taffee around (parents). i miss them so much. we had some great game nights.

next came december.

that came with a bang. on december 2 i had surgery. i HAD a pilonidal cyst (it's gone now). if you really wanna know what that is google it. anyway, it was miserable. absolutely miserable. patrick was so awesome. he waited on me hand and foot. seriously he was amazing, but it didn't stop the discomfort and pain. well, it's feeling better now. slowly but surely it's healing. it took 1 week to sit and 4 weeks to sleep on my back. yuck.

well christmas came next and it was awesome! so relaxing. so peaceful. so wonderful. we opened gifts. we ate. we hung out. we played games. we tried to get food christmas night and absolutely nothing was open. good for the employes but bad for the francos. patrick got a macbook and he loves it. he got more cool things but that was the main gift. i got my new bedding and glee! seriously. i got the glee season 1 volume 1 and watched it all by new years. even though i had already seen all them it as nicer to have a refresher. :)

new years eve was crazy! that's all i'm gonna say about that.

patrick actually started school. i know. awesome. we're really excited. he's doing really well and is doing awesome. he's not 100% sure what he wants to major in but he's seriously leaning toward marketing. a marketing degree and his cosmetology license might be a good combination. right now we're just focusing on his generals.

i got promoted. it's awesome. i have only been at my job for 5 months or so and to get promoted this quick is big. i'm not one to brag but it's nice tooting my horn every once in awhile.  i love my job and i haven't been able to say that for a long time. i move into my new office on friday and i'm so so excited.

i also got "promoted" at church. i was in the nursery for the last year and now i teach the sunbeams. i basically just moved up with my class. well half the class at least. i got the youngest 6 kids which just so happens to be all girls. crazy. i've never seen so many 3 year old girls just wanna chit chat that whole time.

if i think of anything else, i'll let you know. :)  pictures will come also.

oh yeah. GO VIKINGS!