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See Ya, 2025!

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We made it through 2025! What a weird year...one that I don't want to repeat any time soon. The only bummer about 2026 is that this is the year Arya graduates high school... something that's been hanging over my head as we counted down to the end of the year. I know, it's what should happen, and she'll be well on her way to being an incredible young adult, finding her independence, but it's ripping my heart out slowly. It'll be ok. This is what I keep telling myself...

We've had a mostly nice few weeks off from work and school. We've had far too many medical issues, though, so that's been a dark cloud hovering above us. I ended up in the ER last weekend, because I had food stuck in my throat (I'm not sure anymore that it's food, so I will be meeting with my PCP in a few weeks to discuss next steps.) Scott tripped on something and hurt his ribs, so we spent some time in Urgent Care on New Year's Day (nothing is broken or punctured...but he's in for a few weeks of ongoing pain that takes his breath away, literally.) And between those two visits, I picked up the flu, so I've spent all day (Saturday) in bed, trying to rest and recover. Thank goodness for Tamiflu!

Woven in between all of these medical adventures, we managed to celebrate the holidays with family and friends! We spent Christmas Eve at my parents, with Deb joining in the fun. I love that we can celebrate as a group, and we're not driving all over to meet with different groups of people.

Christmas Eve



My charcuterie contribution to Christmas Eve dinner



Reading "Twas the Night Before Christmas"

We spent Christmas Day at home, with just the four of us, which is perfect. Per our usual traditions, we opened stockings, had breakfast, and then opened gifts. And then we dispersed all around the house for some downtime. 







Super excited about this NY Lego Architecture set!





For NYE, our friends were supposed to come up from southern MN, and we were going to head to the local VFW for a prime rib dinner. But the weather has been sketchy enough that it was glare ice when they left their home, so they opted to be safe and headed back home. Scott and I skipped the prime rib dinner and went out for Japanese instead (yum!) It was a very low-key NYE at home. Arya had some friends over, but they all left before 10:30pm, so it was just me, G, and Arya ringing in the new year at midnight. Scott opted to go to bed a bit earlier and rest his ribs. 

This was the start of an Italian Lasagna soup I made... so good!


Ringing in 2026!



We finally finished the puzzle that Arya and her friends started on NYE!

I've lost track of the days, but I do know that we only have one more day before heading back to school and work on Monday. That's ok, though, I'm looking forward to getting back into a routine. But, I really do love not waking up to an alarm (Pria doesn't let me sleep in, so I still get up early, but it's much more pleasant to be woken up by a furry pup than the alarm clock!)

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