Well, I'm SORRY! I've been at the mall! For a month!
Actually, most of my Christmas shopping is done, and I can spend December finishing up the odds and ends--fattening the stockings with extra trinkets and baking cookies. Last year was a nightmare, and I've made good on my promise to myself regarding this year's festivities: no procrastination/no last-minute panic/no throwing slippers at the t.v. just because the Mormon Tabernacle Choir launches into Joy to the World just as I run out of scotch tape.
This year should be fun with little J.Q. He's at a good age for Christmas--old enough to reply "Ho! Ho! Ho!" when asked how Santa goes, but not old enough to ask for real pricey toys. I'll be looking for some special pre-Christmas books for him this year, which reminds me of when his mother was a little younger than J.Q. at her second Christmas. She was demanding to be read her favorite book around fifteen times a day, and we finally had to kick Jingle Bells under the sofa when she wasn't looking so we could get a break. ("Look at horsey pull the sleigh! Run horsey, RUN! Go, horsey GO! Uhoh! Horsey slipped on the ice and crashed into the Ukrainian Credit Union building! Maybe horsey should take a nap now!")
Long story short ('cause it's jammie time), Priscilla is still alive and whiney, but there's so much to do and so little time. Further adventures anon.
4 comments:
Well it's about frickin' time you came up for air. Was wondering if you'd decided the blogosphere was so full of psychos that you wanted no more part of it.
Boog just got an early X-mas gift from Bob's step sis and her hubby and kids. They're going on a cruise for the holidays and wouldn't be there to see him open his gift, so I said sure he could go ahead and open it at Thanksgiving. It was the cutest little pretend doctor set, and a big hit with Boog. He's been going around checking everyone's ears, and 'listening' to their heartbeats with the pretend stethescope that makes sounds. Maybe JQ would like one of those, too, if he doesn't already have one.
If you have been at the mall for a month, I sure as heck hope ALL your christmas shopping done! Nice to hear from you again.
Whoa now, Ma. I just decided to check your blog on a whim, fully expecting nothing new, and here I'd missed two posts! What the ef is the matter with you, woman? You serioulsy need to post more often.
Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and the Ass-Biting Donkey, woman! It's about time!
This is why we should celebrate at MY house- because it's tough for you guys to throw a big ol' Christmas Eve without it descending into madness the morning-of. You bring the turkey, I'll provide the festiveness!
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