Archive for the 'Holidays' Category



Getting closer!

Published on December 24, 2008

It’s Christmas Eve in the morning!! I’m on the first cup of coffee, thinking of all that needs doing.  Daughter, husband and the two boys will soon be on their way – a 3-hour drive.  Number One son can’t leave for here until his wife gets off work at 1pm; we’ll see how many of […]


So wrapped up in the holiday

Published on December 22, 2008

Last night, I wrapped.  I wrapped and wrapped until my back was screaming obscenities at me.  Said to hubby, “Do you have any Aleve here in the house?”   (He takes them to work with him, and often leaves them in his truck)  He asks, “How many do you want?”    “Nine”  “No, No, you can only […]


Down to the end

Published on December 21, 2008

I went to bed last night thinking of all the chores still yet to do.  All the stores to go to, gifts still to be bought, not a damn one wrapped yet.  A thousand things to do today, including a haircut somewhere in all of it.   And I get in the stores and can’t remember […]