Merry Christmas

Dear Friends,

A very merry Christmas to you and your family.

This year went by so quickly. Catherine is in her second year in pre-school. She has made some really good friends at school. She's doing extremely well in a Montessori environment. Mark is busy at work as always. By a stroke of luck, he got an offer from TD Ameritrade the week before Merrill Lynch was purchased by Bank of America. He enjoyed his time Merrill, and was given the "welcome mat" any time he chooses to come back, but with Bank of America in the picture, going back is another story all together.

My own life has been crazy. While I am enjoying my work as an instructor at Stanford, balancing work, family, and student life is not easy. For those of you who have not heard, I am taking my masters - and will be in grad school until May 2010.

Lots of milestones this year... Mark and I celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary, which means that I've known the guy for 20 years now! How about that? In a couple of days, I will be 20 all over again ;-), which probably explains why I let my hair dresser cut my bangs short. I don't know what got into me. I kept thinking Myrza, Myra, Myrza, Myra...Anyway, funny things happen when one is turning 40, errr, 20...

Next year will be very different. I am cutting my hours at work to devote more time to Catherine/Mark and to my studies.

In the meantime, we are absolutely enjoying the company of the Guerreros who are in town for Christmas. We rented a cabin in Lake Tahoe, and we are all looking forward to wonderful White Christmas in Tahoe.

Have a blessed Christmas. May the true joy of Christmas reign in your hearts.

Lorraine