Will work for Christmas

It's finally starting to feel like Christmas. All of the parties, banquets, performances, etc. are over and I can actually enjoy the holiday. Bella doesn't really know much about the holiday but she LOVES looking at Christmas lights. She says, "Wook mommy, lights!" We took her to the mall Saturday to see the church choir sing. I had planned to ave her picture made with Santa so I dressed her up in a cute dress. That didn't happen as apparently she hates Santa. When she saw him she freaked out and would have no part. Great. She loved running around on the choir loft and playing in the Christmas display that was clearly marked "Do not touch displays." It's probably not good that I'm teaching her to disobey rules so early.

This past week has been non-stop. Last Friday was the Young Married party at the Hardins. Gavin made CHili and kept a running tab on who ate his dish versus others. He is super-competitive. Saturday afternon Gavin's family we never see came over. Saturday night was his work Christmas party and it was awesome. They spared no expense with food and door prizes but the entertainment of a local high school choir was less than stellar. I guess I should not be too critcal of the kiddies. We played blackjack most of the night in the hopes we would win a prize. And, according to Gavin, we should have but had our prize stolen by the administration princess. We did end up winning a laser range finder for hunting...exactly what I asked Santa to bring. Ebay anyone?

Sunday was the kids Christmas program at church, Tuesday was skit practice for banquet, Wednesday was church and the beginnings of Blizzard 2008 in Southeast Texas, Thursday was I Have A Dream annual board meeting (it would fall on the ONE day I would have liked to have stayed home to play in the snow) and my work party, Friday was banquet where I was entertainment (people paid money - can you believe?), Saturday was mall performance and today was church choir program. AHHHHHHHH, you see what I mean. Christmas is work!!!

I was blogging when blogging wasn't cool

Before the days when everyone had a blog (when I was single, childless, and had much more time on my hands), I used to maintain a personal website where I would post pictures and write about my life. It was much more complicated than it is now when you can just go to blogspot.com, type in a few random thigs, and voila...blog. Although I can't remember the particulars about any entry and since I lost all of my past writings in a computer crash, I have no record of that time. All I know is that I would write about the craziness that is my life and people would tell me it was interesting.

So I decided to try to recapture the past. My life is 100% crazier than it ever was and I have lots to say. I don't really care if anyone reads what I say, but it helps me to put my musings "in writing" so I can try to make sense of my little world.

My life is in chaos. Here's why.

1. My job

2. My house - If you have ever come over, you know that I have a lot of STUFF!!! I'm like a little old lady who can't bear to part with all of the what-nots and old clothes that she's collected over her lifetime. Problem is that I am barely into my third decade and I have enough STUFF to decorate a house 3x my size. Garage sale...grea idea, in theory. If you can tell me who is going to watch my daughter while I meticulously label books, clothes, old furniture for ten hours then work outside in the sweltering heat only to earn perhaps $500 that will be spent in very short time on more junk? No thank you.