December 16 - 31, 2025 Celebrating Christmas, Steve's Birthday and New Year's Eve!

16-Tue-We have been watching The Pitt, with Noah Wylie since the first season is on TNT. We really like this show. We ate our leftover chili for lunch. Then we wet to Linda’s Beauty shop to get new hairdos. On our way back to the house we checked the mail. I encouraged Steve to rest his back this afternoon. We ate supper at La Macarena with Linda and Hazel.

My Hairdo!

17 -Wed-This was kind of an easy does it day. I worked on paying some bills and updated Quicken. After lunch I worked on my blog and we watched TV. I think I might have taken a nap. I made chicken enchilada casserole for supper. 

18-Thu-We were up at 7:00 this morning. Steve had a 10:30 appointment for his community care appointment in OKC. He is seeing someone to determine if he is a candidate for basivertebral nerve (BVN) ablation. So we arrived at 9:30 and saw the nurse, PA and doctor. We were home by 12:30. So the rest of the day was not much. Sometimes those doctor trips take it out of us. 

19-Fri-We got up and around pretty good this morning. Our first stop was to deliver Linda’s Christmas present. Then we went to Stillwater to Walmart for Christmas groceries. We got home about 1:15 and Paige, Dave & JC stopped by about 1:30. She brought me a gift basket from Thorn’s. It was nice. Supper was pizza and salad greens followed by berries.

20-Sat-So today wasn’t too busy. We watched football and ate leftover pizza. We did take a walk to the park in our neighborhood. I made a reservation for a cabin at Robbers Cave State park. Then we shopped online for RV’s. 

Gift Basket

Towel that was in the Basket

The basket also had this poinsetta.

Pizza again!

21-Sun-I did not get up til 9:00. This was another football Sunday. Dallas got beat. We took a walk about 3 PM. Then it was more tv. For supper I fixed sloppy joes, fries and berries.

22-Mon-OK, today was a busy day. We vacuumed the carpet and then shampooed it. Steve cleaned both bathrooms. We mopped the bathroom floors and I mopped the kitchen floor. We worked on this til about 4 PM with a few breaks to rest. Later we delivered Hazel’s present and picked up our mail. We relaxed again before supper.

23-Tue-I have no idea what we did this day. I did not write anything down. I guess we just putzed around. I did make reservations for the cabin at the state park. That is the good thing about being retired, sometimes you really get with it and sometimes you don’t.

24-Wed-Today started with baking cookies. Next I baked a pan of brownies. I made pumpkin pie squares from scratch. These were a big hit at Thanksgiving, so I thought we would have them again. I made a breakfast casserole and baked it so we could just warm it up for breakfast on Christmas morning. I also made Pink Party Salad. We cleaned off the table and put in the leaf and added a tablecloth. We also cleared off the buffet and got it ready for snacks. Then we made a quick run to Homeland for a few more items. Kristi and John arrived about 3:30 or 4:00. We played Yahtzee and went to La Macarena for supper. 

25-Thu-Merry Christmas! I put on the Turkey (with Steve’s help). Then I put out snacks, cheese & crackers, Chex mix, lil smokies, cookies and desserts. I had little bowls of M & M’s, and other chocolate candy. We went outside for a bit and tried to play corn hole but I was not comfortable leaving the kitchen, so I deserted the game. I peeled potatoes, put the ham in the oven and made green bean casserole. I also made dressing and gravy. Austyn and Sky arrived about 12:30. Kristi mashed the potatoes and sliced the turkey. Austyn got the crescent rolls ready. We ate Christmas dinner about 1:00. Logan, Cielo and Mariana arrived about 3:30. That is when we opened presents. That took til about 5:30 or so. Then they ate and we played with Mariana. It is so great everyone could get together! After everyone left we relaxed!

Kristi, John, Me, Steve, Austyn, Sky, Mariana, Cielo, Logan

Mariana & Kristi

Sky, Cielo, Logan

Austyn & Sky

Steve

John

26-Fri-We were a little slow this morning . I did some computer stuff. It was a lovely day temperature wise. so after lunch we worked on unloading the RV bins. Then we watched TV and took it easy.

Steve will fit in this RV compartment when it its empty!

27-Sat-It was a pretty routine morning. I worked on the computer awhile. After lunch we worked on unloading more stuff out of the RV into the garage. Our plan is to maybe head to Texas sometime after the new year and look for RV’s down there. Supper was a yummy turkey sandwich, potato patties and berries. 

28-Sun-We got around pretty good this morning. We headed to Yukon about 10:30 AM. We are having all the kids meet us at Hideaway Pizza in Yukon to celebrate Steve’s birthday (tomorrow). We are celebrating early since everyone has to work. So we had three different kinds of pizza and appetizers. Steve opened his presents and enjoyed his early birthday. After pizza, everyone wanted ice cream, so we went to Braums. We got back home about 2:30 PM and watched tv til supper time. 

Sky & Austyn

Logan, Cielo, Mariana

Kristi & John

Me and Steve

29-Mon-Happy Birthday to Steve. He turns 65 today! So we had our breakfast and got dressed and made the bed. Then we packed some clothes. We left at 10:30 AM to go to Robbers Cave State Park near Wilburton, OK to stay in a cabin. Our first stop was gas at Bill’s Corner. We drove the turnpike through Tulsa and down to Muskogee. We got more gas. Then we drove back west a bit on I-40 and then south on OK highway 2 to Robbers Cave State Park. We got there about 2:30 or so. We were able to check in early. So we went to our cabin and unloaded our stuff. We rested about 30 minutes. Then we drove around the park and checked out the camping loops and the park office and lake. It was nice. But the weather is cold! We ate supper in Wilburton (Mexican food of course), at El Jimador Mexican Grill. It was good and we would return. We were thrilled with our cabin. The pictures on the website where we made our reservations were old pictures. The cabin was remodeled inside and had an electric fireplace. We are going to return here sometime when the weather is warmer. There was an outdoor fire pit also. 

On Highway 2 to the state park

Cabin pics

kitchen

bedroom

elecric fireplace

part of the living room

living room

bathroom

shower

floor

Cabin outside

Lake

Lake

Park office

Coal Mine Apparatus

Golden Hour pics!

Fireplace built by CCC

Outdoor seating at the Lodge 

30-Tue-We got up and had our breakfast and took it easy . Of course we got the dogs out right away to do their business. Then we loaded up the pickup. We walked the dogs around the cabins. Then we checked out at 10:30 AM. We parked and walked the dogs some more to the Belle Star  lookout. This state park (Robbers Cave) has a history of outlaws using the area as a hideout. They were going to have some activities like a hay ride and hikes if the weather warmed up. We got home about 3:15. We unloaded our stuff and then rested. It seems that we do a lot of resting and relaxing after our activities! LOL

Outside the cabin

Inside the lodge office

Belle Star Lookout

Rocks and Trees

31-Wed-We got out and about pretty good this morning. We picked up the mail. Then we tried to get the RV tag renewed, but her system was down so we will do that another day. Then we went to Linda’s to say hi! The mail had a letter notifying Steve that his Driver’s License is good. He has to turn in paperwork every year from his doctor, that his MS is stable and his ability to drive is great. We went home and did some banking and bookkeeping. We looked at RVs on the computer. We stayed up to see the New Year in, but not much longer than midnight! Happy New Year!