Well, my Christmas is getting better organized, thank the lord. I have gotten everything finished or figured out. All the gifts are bought, and wrapped!! Most are under the tree. (The only ones that aren't are the ones that Santa is bringing tonight.) I got a lot of cooking done today. The rest will be finished tomorrow (Just finger foods). I am excited, and relaxed which is nice. Christmas used to be so hectic when we went back to Alabama. It was rush rush rush, we had 3 places to be on Christmas Eve and count them, 5, places to be on Christmas day. Needless to say we were always exhausted which in turn made us pissy. . and we usually spent the day arguing. Last year we decided that we were not going to take the first leave period so we would just stay here for Christmas. It was so nice. Christmas Eve we spent at the beach, and Christmas morning we got up and let Maddie open and play with her toys, while I cooked Christmas dinner. Then we had friends over and we just ate, hung out, and relaxed. It is going to be pretty much the same this year. Today I got all of the food that could be made in advance finished. . we got the house cleaned really well, and now we are relaxing. We are going to go bake cookies for Santa in a few minutes and then after that we will chill out, maybe play a little Wii. Tomorrow should be nice as well. Maddison can do as she wishes and we will have finger foods all day and we have told our friends that they can come and go as they please. . nothing formal.
My dad will be here around the 27th, so we will spend a couple of days with them and then on the 30th we are off to Bama to see everyone else. This should be a good holiday!
I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!!!!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
My disorganized Christmas. . .
I feel like I am so behind this year. I still haven't finished all of my shopping. I am almost finished, but I need to get my sisters gift. . which I think will just be a gift card, because I have no idea what else to get her. I think we have enough stuff for Maddie, I am going to drag it all out tonight after she goes to sleep and start wrapping and seeing what all we have. Hopefully it is enough and we won't have to get anything else. I still do need to get a few stocking stuffers though. This is the first year that I have not sent out Christmas cards. I usually have them made by around thanksgiving and then have them sent out the first week of December, but it has been so crazy this year that I have not had a chance. So, sorry guys, no cards this year. lol.
I had the perfect gift idea for my friends, but I went to Michael's yesterday to get the stuff to make them, and they didn't have half the crap I needed. . grr. . i should have gotten it at Hobby Lobby when I had the chance. . but no. . I couldn't make up my mind then. So blah. Everyone's stuff is going to be late. . lol. . I am just going to extend the holiday for everyone this year.
This year, I ordered most everyone's gifts from my Cafepress Shop. Not only because we were on a budget, but I like giving people personalized gifts. But to top it off. . I am not finished yet.. lol. . I still have a calendar, a framed print, and a mousepad to make. Hopefully I will be able to finish those tonight and get them ordered. I dunno when they will get here. I ordered some stuff last week and had it shipped to my mom's house. . and it got there 2 days after I ordered it and I used the economy shipping. So maybe it will get here quickly. If not, oh well, ha ha.
Today we have to go to the commissary also, and I haven't decided what we are going to do for Christmas yet. I usually do dinner here on Christmas day, and invite our friends that didn't go out of town, and the single guys from the squadron. But I was thinking this year that instead of dinner I would do a "finger food buffet" type of thing on Christmas Eve. Kind of like we used to do every year at my dear Aunt Margret's house for as long as I can remember. I dunno, and I still haven't even really talked to any of our friends about it yet.. lol. So we may have nobody this year. GRR. . I hate being so unorganized. My month has just taken a lot of turns that I did not expect it to take. But even though it has been crazy busy, it has been a lot of fun too.
Oh yeah, Brandon is home from Fallon now, he got home Friday night. It is good to have him back, even though he was only gone for 3 weeks. . lol.
Anyway, I know this is a lot of rambling, I am just having a lot of scattered thoughts about all the stuff I have to do, and writing about it is helping me organize my thoughts. But now, I need to get off here and head to the commissary, and do some more running around. Hope everyone else is having a better organized Christmas than I am. . lol.
I had the perfect gift idea for my friends, but I went to Michael's yesterday to get the stuff to make them, and they didn't have half the crap I needed. . grr. . i should have gotten it at Hobby Lobby when I had the chance. . but no. . I couldn't make up my mind then. So blah. Everyone's stuff is going to be late. . lol. . I am just going to extend the holiday for everyone this year.
This year, I ordered most everyone's gifts from my Cafepress Shop. Not only because we were on a budget, but I like giving people personalized gifts. But to top it off. . I am not finished yet.. lol. . I still have a calendar, a framed print, and a mousepad to make. Hopefully I will be able to finish those tonight and get them ordered. I dunno when they will get here. I ordered some stuff last week and had it shipped to my mom's house. . and it got there 2 days after I ordered it and I used the economy shipping. So maybe it will get here quickly. If not, oh well, ha ha.
Today we have to go to the commissary also, and I haven't decided what we are going to do for Christmas yet. I usually do dinner here on Christmas day, and invite our friends that didn't go out of town, and the single guys from the squadron. But I was thinking this year that instead of dinner I would do a "finger food buffet" type of thing on Christmas Eve. Kind of like we used to do every year at my dear Aunt Margret's house for as long as I can remember. I dunno, and I still haven't even really talked to any of our friends about it yet.. lol. So we may have nobody this year. GRR. . I hate being so unorganized. My month has just taken a lot of turns that I did not expect it to take. But even though it has been crazy busy, it has been a lot of fun too.
Oh yeah, Brandon is home from Fallon now, he got home Friday night. It is good to have him back, even though he was only gone for 3 weeks. . lol.
Anyway, I know this is a lot of rambling, I am just having a lot of scattered thoughts about all the stuff I have to do, and writing about it is helping me organize my thoughts. But now, I need to get off here and head to the commissary, and do some more running around. Hope everyone else is having a better organized Christmas than I am. . lol.
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