Well hello strangers! Hope everyone had a great Holiday! This girl has been crazy busy. Where should I even start?
The madness and shopping rush was definitely on for Christmas. Had 17 people to purchase items for. It seriously turned into my full time job up until about two days before Christmas. Shopping, wrapping, tagging, organizing, taking tags off, keeping track of gift receipts. Got to a point where I thought if I had to wrap another present or affix another bow that I was going to cry myself to sleep and stay asleep for at least 24 hours. Was keeping up with the house and making big dinners every night and then the cleanup that comes with that. Running around after my animals happened somewhere in there!
Spent almost a week going from place to place and each time having to load the car with gifts. Sort of felt like Mrs. Claus :) Prepped dinner at each location and brought some sort of dessert too. Basically, our house turned into a department store / bakery for awhile. Forces you to brush up on your organization skills really quick.
Watching my nieces and nephew open their gifts was a hoot. They're always so animated and I swear the things they say, they don't even realize how hilarious they're being. Got my Mom and Dad a new computer because the one they had came second hand and was close to ten years old. In computer age, you might as well own a dinosaur. Took them awhile to get thrilled because it seems as though parents don't like their children to spend a whole lot on them around the holidays. Now, they're over the moon though. They didn't realize how quickly things were supposed to be working and they feel completely behind. Hopefully, it'll keep them busy for awhile trying to catch up.
Aside from the Holidays, there was also three Anniversaries, the Rose Bowl and three Birthdays to celebrate.The man and I celebrated being Engaged for two years. We all celebrated one of my Sisters Anniversary with her husband and my Aunt's Anniversary with hers. My eldest Niece turned 12, the youngest turned 9 and Diesel turned 1 :) Unfortunately, the Ducks lost the Rose Bowl, but I have a feeling we'll be back next year since we have so many great returning players!
New Years Eve the man and I were crazy busy and it was pretty much the only evening we had off together over the last I don't know how long. We stayed in because it's amateur night and neither of us are big drinkers anyways. Ended up having to go out on the roads because those that chose to go out to begin with needed a sober driver. Glad that people chose not to drink and drive, but probably not the best idea to be out driving to begin with.
Now that the madhouse is over, I'm looking forward to getting back to being able to get back to normal blogging and some sort or normal schedule. Only one more Christmas left to celebrate, but no deadlines on that one so we may even put it off until February! Haha.
Hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season and a very SAFE New Years Eve. Hello 2010!
