OK, I just got through the busiest Christmas of my life. My body is screaming at me and my nerves are shot. My floors (3 day job to fix my marble floors) were finished on the afternoon of the 23rd so we moved the furniture back in and had a Christmas tree delivered and I decorated it as fast as humanly possible, decorated the entire house, set up formal table settings for 11, set up serving ware and chaffing dishes for salmon, baby back ribs, tri-tip roast, sweet mashed potatoes, regular mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy for the vegetarians and meat gravy for the cavemen, macaroni and cheese, Waldorf salad, tomato, cucumber and feta salad, garlic pesto rolls and 2 pies, a cake, and ten thousand cookies, caviar and champagne bar, wine table, cheese platter and a partridge in a pear tree. Meanwhile, the sisters, husbands and pooches stayed at the work house which had a fully stocked frig, heated pool and spa, Christmas decorations galore inside and outside and new bedding. I think I can open up a bed and breakfast now – NOT. I am so done. The party went well and the rest of the house pests left last night. I had to practically kick them out. Ryan let me sleep for 11 hours and now I have so much work to do since I abandoned my business for the last 2 weeks.

Thank you everyone for your beautiful emails and messages of kindness. I did read them ALL. I just didn’t have time yet to respond, I sincerely apologize for that. My main focus now is only my business and my doggies so I should feel a sense of normality come upon me soon, at least that’s what I’m praying for…