A New Year!

We had such a wonderful two weeks off during Christmas break. Hannah and I had the same two weeks off. We enjoyed making a ton of our Chex Mix and delivering it to our friends and neighbors. Hannah sang in the childrens' choir for both Christmas Eve services at our church. The adult choir was awesome that night as well. This was our first Christmas at New Life.
We saw a couple of movies at the new movie theater which is very close to our house. My favorite was National Treasure. Hannah saw the Chipmunks three times! On New Year's Eve, we opened our house to friends and had a houseful. Hannah loved helping the younger ones dress up. Everyone participated in singing American Idol and being ruthlessly judged by Simon, Randy and the fake Paula. I think the kids really liked seeing the parents get into it.
I ended up with a blod clot that runs the length of my left leg (it's in a surface vein). Long story made short, I went in to my dermatologist to have some sclerotherapy for some tiny spider veins on my left thigh. They gave me an ace bandage to apply pressure to it for three days. They did not tell me how tight to pull it. It kept falling down my leg so one night I cinched it up good...so good in fact that it caused the clot! I walked around on it for a week thinking it was bruised. Finally ended up in the ER and ultimately in a vascular surgeon's office. The pain is gone and I am so thankful that the clot didn't move and is dissolving. I may have to have a procedure done in a couple of months to close the vein down because it is so enlarged. All this to say, NO MORE VANITY PROCEDURES! I will just have to wear longer shorts and that's okay with me.