I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a good start to the New Year.
The Prideaux's, I must say, had a FANTASTIC Christmas. We took a cruise!! It was our first one and all 4 of us went. We left out of Tampa and then cruised for 8 days!!! We went to Cozumel, Belize, Honduras, Guatemala and Costa Maya. It was so nice to be away from news, drama and tweets from certain individuals.
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| In Cozumel |
In other news, 2016 was a very good year for us. We are truly, truly blessed.
Our business has become more successful and it on track to do great things. We are still leasing, which is the biggest part of our business. We have a five year goal in mind and we hope to meet and make that goal.
Noelle continues her studies at Northwest Missouri State, in Maryville, Missouri. She is a member of a sorority that Sean and I refer to as "the cult". She loves it there and has made many friends. Noelle has also possibly found "the one" His name is Matt and we love him. He fits right in with us.
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| Noelle & Matt |
They have been together for over a year and he moved to Maryville to be with her. They have signed a lease for an apartment that they will be able to move in to in June. This will allow Noelle to take Chloe with her. In addition to taking classes, she is working at daycare that is run by the hospital. Matt works in banking.
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| Chloe |
Michael graduated 😢. How time went by that fast, I'm not quite sure. It seems like I was just taking him to preschool.
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With Michael at graduation.
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Michael is currently working at the shop and is deciding about what he really wants to do as far as college. He continues to play guitar and I could listen to him play all day. He has written several songs. He's just so talented when it comes to that, but maybe I'm bias.
Michael had lost sweet Sadie Sue in December 2015 and decided September he was ready to get a new puppy. He picked out a super cute husky/lab not sure what else puppy 2 1/2 hours away. Michael named him Harvey after Harvey Dent, who becomes 2-face on Batman. Why? Well Handsome Harvey has two different colored eyes, one ear that is straight up and one that flops.
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| Handsome Harvey |
I probably had the biggest, and best, change this year. Our family doctor who had retired, failed retirement so I went back to nursing!! I love, love, LOVE my job and the doctor I work for. We closed on Thursdays and open the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month.
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| Me at work on election day. |
This year I was also in a beauty pageant. Yes, you read that right. It's something I had always thought would be fun, a friend asked if I would do it so I thought, "well, why not". While I didn't come home with the crown, I did win "Overall Outfit's of Choice".
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| Before practice |
It was in Atlanta. It was the first time I've been there. Beautiful city. The woman I shared my room with was named Tyleen and SHE took home the ultimate title.
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| With my roommate. |
I'm planning on taking part again this year. I actually do have a title. I am Ms. Missouri Woman U.S. United.
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Right before final walk.
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With the shop doing so well, Sean has been able to cut back on some of his hours and some stress. However, we had a freakish hail storm come through so that has kept him busier than he has been.
This year, I really do promise to try and do much better and blog much more in 2017.
