New Year's Day was fun even though I would have rathered stayed in bed all day!!! We checked out of the hotel around 9, went home to get ready to go to my mom's for lunch, then went and spent some time with my mom, step-dad, sister (Donna), & brother-in-law (Kevin). Here in the south, for some reason people force you to eat black eyed peas and cabbage on New Year's day, however, I don't bend to that pressure!! The black eyed peas are supposed to bring you money in the New Year and cabbage is supposed to bring you luck. I ate some cabbage and will take my chances on the money!!
That evening, Kevin went to a friends house for a deep sea fishing trip the next day, so Donna spent the night with us. We barbequed hamburgers and had Lesley, Mike, their boys, Cathy, & Brent over for dinner and had a great time! I didn't think to take any pictures, so sorry about that!! On Friday, Donna & I went to visit a friend of hers and see her new house.
Today, Donna & I went to visit Elizabeth and pick up Landen, who called wanting to come spend the night tonight. We visited awhile, took some pictures, and got a cute video of Mack dancing to the ringtones on Elizabeth's phone. Afterwards, Donna, Landen, & I went to have lunch at the Chimes with 2 of her friends. It was a fun day, then Landen & I came home to hang out and watch movies with Walter. Here are some pictures we took today.
Mack
Donna, Elizabeth, Mack, & Landen
Donna, Dawn, Elizabeth
And here is Mack dancing!
Our other news is that we decided with the dropping interest rates to refinance
our house! We will now be paying it off in 15 years rather than 30 with nearly the same note. We are doing the refinancing with Chase Bank and it has been a smooth process so far. It looks like my kind of deal - we should never have to even go to the bank! Everything is either emailed, faxed, or sent to our house, including a notary when the time comes.
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We stayed home on New Years Eve also. I can't take any partying.
Have a Happy New Year :)
Congrats on the refi! Love the video of cutie pie doin the Tootsie Roll. We went to my parent's house for New Years. It was pretty calm and uneventful.
Hubby and I have been talking about a re-fi, too. The only trouble is trying to figure out how much extra the new "closing" will be. It's all so complicated, isn't it? Glad your New Year is off to a great start...BTW, I've got a Giveaway goin' on at my place...please drop by!
LOVE the video of Mack dancing! LOL He's so cute!!!
Sorry I haven't commented lately. We just got home from Colorado. I just got caught up on your blogs. I missed reading them!
Sounds like you had a good Christmas and New Year's! What hotel did you go to for the party? I can't wait to see the pics!
Sounds like you had a fun New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day!
That's great on the refinancing, for sure. I no longer have a mortgage, thank goodness.
Little Mack is too cute!!
Happy New Year to you!
Hugs,
Renie
Congrats on halving your mortgage! Most banks will waive the fees for you if you ask or do direct debit too. I love that!
Happy New Year!
Sounds like you had fun with everyone. I like staying home too personally. I love the video of Mack dancing. It's too cute! That's great news about your house.
So nice to be able to refinance the house. Very cute video of Mack dancing. I just love how little ones dance so freely. Glad you all had a great New years. :)
I am so happy for you with the refinance on your mortgage. That is very exciting to get your debts paid off.
Happy Monday!
What a wonderful night!! We didn't do anything at all that was exciting. Truly. :-) I was up waiting for the teens to get home from their parties so couldn't party like usual.
Glad you partied for the rest of us!!
Mack is so cute! I stayed home on new years too....I was okay with it and also tired from my eventful day. I officially went back to Weight Watchers yesterday, so now I'm a points counting freak. lol.
Love, Mere
P.S. I went back to school yestereday. yuck!
Sounds like you had a blast! Good to hear you both got out and let loose a bit. Wonderful news about the House. You both made such a wise decision to do that. Paying your house off in 30 versus 15 you pay so much interest. congratulations!
HI there and stalked over to check on you. I am sort of in a blogging funk..or maybe just Holiday Hangover...I am not sure what you call it...but anyway I wanted to say HI!
I'm glad that your New Year went well. I'm not a party person so, I guess I can do without it anytime.
Totally adorable dancing!!!Such a great family you have!!
Great post Dawn!
I have an award for you on my blog today. :)
Dawn, send me an email so I can add you to my blog list, Im setting my blog to private and I need to add you to have access
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