Merry Christmas!

Has is really been 2 months since my last blog entry? Boy time sure does fly when one's having fun, huh? :-)
Sorry to be away for so long. Seems like just a week ago when I was sneaking into Churchill Downs! Aw....the memories! LOL!
Let's see, what's been going on in the lives of the Swindell's that anybody would be interested in?
In October John's cousins Jim and Irene came for a visit from New Hampshire. It had been about 9 years since they had been to Savannah, so they were past due for a visit! We had fun taking historic tours of downtown Savannah, sampling some Southern cooking, and rounded out the week with a ghost tour. The particular tour we took was very lame, though in the past I took an amazing ghost tour. So, if your travels land you in Savannah, you'll have to try a ghost tour, perhaps you'll luck up on a good one. :-)
November we traveled to Ohio to spend Thanksgiving with my family. My sister hosted the dinner this year, and all of the food was AWESOME! Ate too much, but don't we always eat too much around the holidays? And, I got to have some DiCarlo's pizza! Yum! One cannot visit the Ohio Valley without a trip to DiCarlos!
Then December rolled around way too fast! Christmas shopping was a nightmare! Trying to buy gifts for people who are impossible to buy for! I think for next year I am going back to making all of my gifts. It's so much easier!
I spent all day Christmas working at the hospital. We had 4 whole patients! It was just me and another nurse. And, I have never seen 12 hours crawl by so slowly in all of my life!!!! One patient was too appreciative of my care, calling me her "Angel"
:-p The other patient was totally confused, and didn't even know what day it was. Very sad! Her family didn't even come visit! The dogs! But, Santa made an appearance at the hospital, passing out fruit and stuffed animals to all of the patients, and later in the day a family came around caroling. That was very special! The patients were signing along with them. Well, everybody except my confused lady. :-(
December 26 John took his nephews to Stowe Vermont for their Christmas gift. They are up north playing in the snow. Yesterday they went snowmobiling, and today they were going to hit the mountain for some snowboarding, and Brian was going to take a ski lesson, but the winds were too high, and lifts not running, so they had to spend the day in town instead. Hopefully the weather will be better for them tomorrow. Thursday they head back home, should be home in time to celebrate the new year.
Judy and I have been hitting the stores, looking for bargains, and I have been doing some shopping.
Not much else to report. No more plans in store until our trip to Vermont at the end of February. But, the way time is flying, it will be here before I'm really ready!
I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year to everyone who reads this! May your new year be better than the last!
God Bless everyone!
Penny & John