Happy New Year

Happy New Year. From all of the Macs to all of you a Happy and Blessed New Year.

Well the turkey has been eaten and I think the ham that was left over needs to be thrown!!! We all had a good Christmas and Di mad a good recovery from the seizure. She was very quiet for a few days afterwards, but is now back to normal. We have loved having the children here and they seem to have a fascination for shopping both in Midland and the local outlet mall!!! I have warned them that the luggage allowance has changed so will be interesting when they go home. We have had minimal snow, which I am sorry about as last year we had SO much. Andrew says as the plane leaves the US it will snow again. Anyhow we did have a few light snow showers and I had him out shovelling and using the snow blower. Watching how the children react to the cold I realise how different living in a cold climate is. I feel like an old nag telling them do this do that. In the end I have kept quiet and let them learn the hard way!!!! The deer fortunately have not been a problem YET. There have been footprints in the snow, but they have not jumped the fence to chew the plants. Managed to spot 2 deer in the distance for Andrew to see. They walk on our lawn and dig into the snow to eat the grass underneath. I don't object to that as it does not harm the grass. We have had grey days and lovely sunny days -- New Years day and today. We did think of taking to Rachel to the stables this morning, but the temp outside is negative 17Celsius!!!! The sun makes all the difference though.

Health wise been generally okay. I had a stomach bug last week and was out of it for a day. Diana has it now and was up all night. I am keeping her in bed today as we all want to go to Church tomorrow as a family.

Monday afternoon I will take Diana back to Ann Arbor as Tuesday she has another MRI and various doc visits etc.. Will be good to hear what is happening. Though she appears okay I have noticed that she has slowed down considerably. Andrew and family leave on Thursday night for Amsterdam and then connect to Cape Town. A long flight and hope that Miss Rachel will be okay. Not sure how long before we will have to be at Detroit as there are now new security regulations after the Christmas day attempted disaster.

This month, January 2010 is a milestone in our lives. On January 19th we will have been in the US for 10 years. Does not seem like it. Fiona is now a US citizen and I can apply this month.

Will let you know how Tuesday goes with her Lady!!!!
Hugs to you all. Ian