Good Grief

I declare, these past few weeks have just flown. I don't know which end is up right now. Trying to start packing up some things and get some rooms cleaned out and new stuff is being delivered almost every day for the new house..... Just makes me wanna scream. With the holidays coming fast on top of everything else, it's just making my head spin. I do love the holidays- and I make sure to take time out to really think about the meaning behind them and enjoy the family moments, but wow- it makes for a crazy few months. I am usually done Christmas shopping way before now, and I am not done this year. Not to mention, I've lost my list and the gifts I've bought have been wrapped for some time. It is going to be a surprise all around when people open their stuff.... Oh, well. Today was a real doozy. I dropped the girls off at school, came home, cooked stuff for their Thanksgiving parties and went back to school. Emmaline's party started at 11, and Annelise's started at 12. I picked up an extra child along the way, took them all to Chik-Fil-A for ice cream and to play on the playground until it was time for the after school Explore Lab. Dropped them all off for the lab, went to Wal-Mart with everyone else on God's green earth and went back to get them. Came home, collapsed for a minute, put on PJ's at 5:45 and ate cereal for dinner. I should be cleaning or folding laundry, but I just can't bring myself to do it tonight! I've got the "Can't Help Its" . (That's what we call it around here, anyway...) I was supposed to work from home doing phone triage tomorrow (with the girls here, too)- but thankfully they don't need me. So- I will have time in the morning to get caught up on cleaning. After being roped into playing several rounds of "Trouble" and" Go Fish", I'm sure. Such an exciting life. :0) I am looking forward to Thanksgiving with my family and feel fortunate that we don't have to travel anywhere. Well- 30 minutes to my mom's, but you know what I mean. I got my Christmas cards done and ready to mail. It is against the law in my house to put up Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving, but I did get some down and ready to go. We usually get our tree the day after Thanksgiving, but the girls are supposed to be spending the night with Aunt Libby some night this week, and if it is Friday night, we will have to break tradition and do it another day. Besides, Saturday my rear will be glued to the couch anyway-I'll be watching all kinds of football and hopefully will be pleasantly surprised at what the Tigers bring to the table. (One can hope.) Well- here's wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Hope everyone will take time to reflect on what is important and how much we all truly have to be thankful for. :0)