It's the Holiday Season!!!!!

Wow, it's been super busy again. I had a GREAT birthday week - celebrated three nights in a row... started off on Wed., the 19th @ Capital City Club with friends enjoying cocktails.. then on Thursday night the 20th we met our friends Christy, Michael and Kevin at the Vista - first we enjoyed a yummy dinner at Tsunami with Christy and Michael, then stopped in at Wet Willies mmmmmm..... then walked around Vista Lights for awhile, and ended up hooking up with Kevin... went through a few of the shops and had a very nice evening.. ran into tons of people we knew.

On Friday, my birthday, Mom and I headed up the road to Charlotte for a day of shopping and lunch at Cheesecake Factory, before heading home to meet Dennis and my stepdad for dinner at Olive Garden for my birthday dinner.

On Saturday, we went to our nephew's wedding in Abbeville... drove up that morning, went to the wedding and reception in the afternoon, then left and enjoyed dinner at Yoder's before heading home. Love Yoder's!

Thanksgiving week was a short week.. I had my Palmetto Woman's Club meeting on Monday night, then had a very busy work day on Tuesday, and then had Wed. off - packed my suitcase, and when Dennis got home from work, we loaded the car, and left around 3:00 to head up to the NC mountains with my mom and stepdad. We went up to Cherokee, and got there around 7:00 p.m., checked in, went to dinner at the hotel, then spent about 2 or 3 hours in the casino playing the slots!

on Thanksgiving morning, after breakfast, we spent time in the casino until lunchtime, then headed back to the room to mix bloody marys and hang out... after that, we headed to the hotel's Thanksgiving buffet, and had a wonderful dinner! Then more time in the casino that afternoon/evening before turning in... Friday morning, we got up, had breakfast, and then went to Asheville to the farmer's market and browsed and enjoyed some hot cider and browsed the Christmas shop before heading home.

Saturday wasn't the greatest day, being Carolina fans... it sure didn't go our way! Unfortunately, I could not join my family and our friend Kevin to watch the game so they carried on without me.. I kept checking the score every now and then.. but I had to do some work since I had been gone for 3 days and was a little behind. Saturday night we went out to dinner and and then started our Christmas decorating.

On Sunday, we finished doing our Christmas decorating and finished the tree and got everything done - yay ! now we can relax and enjoy it for the season...Of course, this week is going to be hectic - my JWC board Christmas get-together is Tuesday night at my house, then we have the JWC club party Wed. night, and then a dinner party at my mom's house Thursday night.. then up to Rock Hill on Friday night for the Madrigal Feast at Winthrop.. busy week! But looking forward to all of it - and then heading to Charleston Saturday for my office party, then on to Myrtle Beach on Sunday for a couple days! 'Tis the season to be busy!