Where does the time go?

I can't believe so much time has passed since i was last on here! Things are getting better here. We have done some talking and moved past the initial problems we had when he first got home. He's been here long enough now that everything isn't new to him anymore. So while he still enjoys getting out every weekend and doing things, he's not just doing things that are all about him anymore. His Jeep is up and running now, but he's not driving it to work yet because he still has things he wants to do to it, so he just leaves me the keys and i can drive it around our little village. But if i need to go to Drum or Watertown, i can't drive it that far. So i'm still basically stuck here! At least i can get out if i want to go to the store though. But with snow on the ground now, i don't like to drive his car to do that. You know...i don't want anything to accidentally happen to his car when i'm driving it! It's not brand new but it's not mine! Although he says I'll understand and i'll still love you....accidents happen....i'm not taking any chances! LOL So anyway.....we have had Thanksgiving since i was last on here. We had a good day. I cooked a HUGE meal and had TONS of leftovers...but oddly enough...not turkey or ham and we cooked both! We had 30 pounds of meat cooked and lots of trimmings. All we had left were trimmings. LOL We had a small gathering of our small family and some of the single soldiers from Jay's company. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. The guys took food back with them to the barracks for later. And i sent them back with 2 whole pies also. They were pretty excited about that. Guys are so funny! Now we are preparing for Christmas. We have put up a real tree this year. We got a REALLY full tree that takes up the biggest corner we could find in the bay window of our house. But it is so pretty and smells so good! I just have to keep remembering to water it! I watered it Saturday night and by Monday it was all gone! I guess this is a daily thing i'll have to remember to do! I haven't had a live tree in years. And when we did they never looked like this! We always went out in the woods and chopped down our own tree. Being in AR it was usually a cedar or pine. but it was my favorite part of Christmas because it was really the only thing my dad would do for the holiday. We wouldn't really know where to go to cut one up here because we don't know who owns what land so instead of trespassing, we just bought one. We got a very nice, very good priced douglas fir. It's so thick and full. Very pretty. Now we just need some presents to go under it! LOL But the kids are not asking for anything! We have no idea what to buy for them! The one things we do know they want, we would rather wait til we pcs to buy because they can't really use them until we get to GA where it's warm. There is no where to enjoy them here because it's too cold and snowy! So we are kinda at a loss. Kaitlyn does have a birthday about a week before we move so we are thinking she can get what she is wanting then. Keliah, we will just have to wait and see. Her birthday isn't til June and that is a mighty long time for her to have to wait! So she just might get it early! Who knows! So needless to really say, things are improving around here. Now we just need these sinus infections and colds that keep coming in our house to go away and leave us alone! I'm off to do some laundry! Including the sheets....maybe getting all that clean will help get rid of some germs!