Well, it's Christmas Eve & it's time 
Christmas time is coming!! Even in France! Le Pere Noel is coming Monday night, and I am ready! Bernadette and I put up the treeThis is the beautiful wreath my dad and Nancy sent Bernadette! You think the wreath is pretty, you should read the card dad sent with it! I think La Poste, UPS, & DHL hate me and this address by now! :-) 'Tis the season to be merry! ..."Mary! That's my name!", "No shit!"...Name that movie!!!!
And here is my little Maggie, waiting by the window to catch a peek of Santa Claus...or a drunk French passing by!
My last week in the USA and ice decides to hit Oklahoma...BAD!! I was staying at Dad's house in Norman at this time, and we certainly got our fair share of ice. Sunday morning power went out and we stayed without power until Friday afternoon! I could see my breath in the house! Freeezzing! Dad, Nancy, and I went to stay at a hotel for the week. I say hotel,...but the only place with rooms available (everyone was out of power!) was the US Postal Training Center on Hwy 9!! Woo-wee!! The highest count I saw of people without power was 600,000 plus! Schools, Universities, Stoplights, Businesses, etc, etc, were closed for days. Sad thing is, our street, the one I grew up on, was known for its beautiful, big, old oak trees that formed a endless canopy along the street. But, after the ice storm, soo many trees were killed and ruined that it'll take decades for it all to regrow. At least we were able to stay warm, safe, and fed.
