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While traveling, should you notice that you forgot your special conditioner and then notice after washing your hair that you also forgot your hair smoothing products, don't have any "good idea's" that include using hotel hand lotion in your hair.

Trust me on this one.

Really.

I just got a call from my sis. Apparently she got a new phone and hasn't had the time to figure it out. I had two scary scenarios on my previous post:

1. She was duct taped and being held hostage.

2. Lying in a ditch somewhere.

Who knew there would be a possible third, yet even scarier scenario?

3. My sister functions at a lower intelligence level than I previously thought.

Sigh....

*snicker*

I love you sis!

I generally talk to Sis at least once a day. Usually it's nothing very deep, just something funny that one or the other might have noticed and we know that we're the only ones that could possibly find it funny. Because we're like that, you know. Our 'men folk' roll their eyes at us. A lot.

We also pass along dumb email during the day that makes us laugh. Or, if we can't talk on the phone for whatever reason, we'll email back and forth. We exchange at least two email messages a day in addition to the phone calls. Yeah, we pretty much stalk each other.

Let's just say we're in constant communication.

The last time I heard from Sis was Christmas night. She regaled me with stories of how our mother once again made everyone miserable for the holidays. Good times.

Yesterday I was pretty much in a day-after-Christmas coma and didn't really notice that we hadn't talked or exchanged email. No big deal, there have been a few times in our lives that we've gone more than a day. Not often, but it's happened.

Today I rang her cellphone at the decent hour of 10:30 a.m. and sang a song to her voicemail in my best opera-cowardly-lion voice. I also asked her a question. That is a guarantee that I'll get a call back immediately, unless she's at the movie or something. Nada. No call.

I forwarded a couple of funny emails. No reply.

I called again at 2:30 p.m. and noted that just like the time I called at 10:30, her phone went immediately to voicemail. Since she doesn't have a land line, her phone is NEVER off. Not even when she's at work (which she's not, by the way. She's off work this week.)

Of course this leads me to believe that Sis is either tied up with duct tape and being held hostage, or she's laying in a ditch somewhere. I have now given myself a whopping headache from grinding my teeth together due to worrying all day.

So, what I want to know is, why is it that I do this to myself? It's probably nothing. Although unlikely that she'd go without telling me, maybe she went to see her sig other's kids with him and her cellphone doesn't have reception or something. Yeah, that's the story that I'm going to try to stick to.

Because if something did ever happen to my sister, I'd be lost. Seriously lost.

The Thursday before Christmas was a lot of fun. After work, BJ, his mom and I wandered around downtown and went Christmas shopping for ourselves. This is a tradition that BJ and his mom started before I was in the picture. A tradition that I happened to really enjoy. I got hubby two new pairs of shoes and hubby got me a pair of emerald drop earrings (they're fabulous, by the way).

BJ's mom then treated us to a night at a swanky hotel downtown, and we treated her to dinner at a swanky restaurant. The food, the wine and the conversation was great. After dinner, we decided that we'd continue spending time together back at the hotel after getting comfie in jammies and robes that were provided by the hotel.

When I came out of the bathroom, I saw hubby in his white robe and black socks. I teased him mercilessly, as I am prone to do. I tell him he looks like a little old man every time he wears black socks with anything other than pants.

Case in Point:

Then came the knock on the door. It was mom.

As soon as she walked in the door, I was on the floor laughing. They both just looked at each other like, "what?" I'm sure that Mom was wondering what her son's wife thought was so darned funny. I'm sure she wonders that a lot.

Check out the feet....

I just wanted to take a moment and wish all my blogging friends a safe and happy holiday. I'll be busy preparing for, then entertaining family through tomorrow afternoon.

I have some great stuff to blog about, just no time to do it!

I hope you have a wonderful holiday with at least one person that you love.

~Hugs~

RisibleGirl