Christmas is over and I am back

[Monty]

Hi everyone,

It has been an intense past couple of weeks since I posted last.

For those that followed my thread before I was quite concerned about having my family home for Christmas. It is not usually my favorite time of year and this year it seemed to be more stressful because my new son-in-law came spent his first holiday with us.
It all seemed to be ok. He appeared to be happy with the meals that he ate here (he dug in quite voraciously when a meal went on the table). Also with the presents that he got.

The odd thing was that my son was coming into the city for the afternoon and said that he wasn't going to be around for supper. They got to the city about mid-afternoon and just stayed.

Finally at 4:30 we asked if he was going to stay (supper was to be at 6) and he agreed. Made for some made dashing around.There were three of us working in mom's small kitchen but we managed to get a good meal (lots of vegetables) on the table in time.

That had meant that our numbers had swelled from 6 to 12 in a very short period of time. My mom's kitchen is very small so we weren't all able to sit down at once to eat. Ended up that my son, a friend and my sister ate while standing in the kitchen.
It was all family so it was ok.

I haven't seen my daughter since then. They are from out of town and are staying at friends. There is a hockey tournament in town. They are big sports fan and got their tickets as soon as they went on sale.

Not surprised haven't seen them, they are seeing 2 hockey games a day.

Well just wanted to give you an overview of what has been happening since I last posted. Now that all of the stuff has slowed down I am looking forward to reading all your posts, and maybe replying to some.

Since we are getting close to New Years and my sister is heading back to
Calgary (she has been a big help with mom over the holidays) I might not get the chance to post again before the weekend.

With having the depression following me for so many years I have often felt that it is difficult to put too much celebration into New Years Eve. I certainly am not the type to make a New Years resolutions (has been decades since I have.I will make one for this year, though I think that I haven't made them previously because there was no hope for things getting better.

You have all given me so much support and hope that I want to make the resolution of keeping in better touch with all of you.
You all do make a difference in my life.
I can actually say Happy New Years to all of you.

Thanks

[xn728]

yooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo MONTY SO GLAD TO HEAR YOU ,
YESSSSSSSSS,oh im so glad your ok my dear freind i have missed you
how you doing ,,hope you stay around a while ,its been quiet in here over the hols ,ive got a sore throat from talking to my self ,lol lets get new year out of the way ,and well all feel normal ,,and our freinds will feel like talking again ,i ll get going now monty ,keep in touch stay safe now
and never feel alone ,,hugs ken xxxx

[lisalou]

and a happy new year to you too monty, welcome back. well done for surviving such a busy xmas and i hope you can take it a bit easier for a bit!

[Mich]

Happy New Year Monty! You have been missed. I am glad things went okay at Christmas.

[Eternal Chaos]

HELLO MONTY, we have not been introduced, but on reading your post im glad that things turned out well for you and you had a good day.

May the next year bring you many more times of relaxation and happiness.