Christmas you little sneak...

Is it just me or has the Christmas Season been sneaking up on everyone? Not so much sneaking I guess but come barrelling at us like a freight train and me without the wherewithal to figure out if I should feint left, right, or just try to outrun the thing altogether.

I'm ready, but I'm not.

I'm looking forward to it, but then again I'm not.

I don't know what my astrological lunar cycle is right now but it feels wonky and completely off course...and it's driving not only myself nuts but I think D is ready to pull bits of his hair out...

It's a week before Christmas and I know this much;

1. all my gifts for my family in Minnesota have arrived

2. I'm having ham for Christmas Eve (not sure what else with it but there will be ham)

3. D and I are going to make a day of it Friday and do all our Christmas shopping for the Washington Contingent in one fell swoop.

We had our annual Christmas Bash last night and it was just that, a blast. I hope everyone had a good time. I had a good time. It's possible I sang a little Debbie Harry, I know I sang Eye of the Tiger and sadly didn't realize till it was too late that someone had used the video option on my camera to record the performance. Sad, because after my photo shoot of my friend C, her sister C and husband M, we downloaded all the files from my camera onto C's computer including the suspect video...

I'll be suspicious if C suddenly reactivates her FB account...for now I'm erasing my copy of it and hoping it hasn't gone viral from that ones computer.

This is Albert. You all know Albert, lover of all things woolly? He heard a siren in the middle of our photo shoot today and decided to help out with a howl of his own...it was pretty delightful, much like himself...

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Kelly said…

I know exactly how you feel. I'm ready, but not; most of my gifts are knitted, but one's not done yet -- and I have ends to weave in on others. At least Nathan's gifts are in the house, but still need wrapping and putting together. Gaaah! Less than a week to go.....

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