Musings of Late

It's just about Christmas Eve as I type... and I swear that I'm heading to bed really soon.. but I just wanted to take a moment to blog since I doubt that I'll be around for the next couple of days online...

I've been missing our special someone lately quite a bit... and I'm doing ok but I have to admit that this year Christmas is not as much fun as the past couple of years.. Lee's not here to share it and see the reactions that the girls are having this year.. They are so into Christmas this year.. they are loving the Portable North Pole Santa videos that I made for them.. I think they replayed them at least 2x each just tonight.. I so wish that Lee were here to help me with all the sneaking around and some assembly required items that have found their way under our tree this year. It's going to be a great Christmas no matter what.. and there will probably be a few tears shed at some point.. and I really hope that my family understands that the tears that come are to be expected because of this year's circumstances..

I doubt that I've been forgotten this year but the doubt is still there that I will be forgotten this year... Lee was always great about making sure that there were a couple of things for me under our tree. This year there were no secret packages from Amazon arriving or warnings to not look at my Amazon gift list so I'd by mistake see what I was getting before Christmas arrived.

Time for me to climb into bed and hope that the next few days go well for us...

Beginning to feel like Christmas

It's feeling like Christmas here lately.. the tree is up and decorated by my very in demand decorators. They did a fabulous job though most of the decorations are at their height rather than mine and in between.. I moved a few around after we were done (don't tell them).. Holiday cards are flooding our mailbox almost everyday now. I've been hanging them up as they come on our living room wall so we can see and enjoy them everyday.

Snow has not arrived yet but I'm not looking forward to that yet... it would be nice to have some though for Christmas Day..

Work at the toystore is getting busier again... I love this time of year at the shop.. I love helping people figure out what to get the kids in their lives. I also like seeing the kids that come in and picking out all the new things that they would like to have Santa get them.

I discovered Pandora.com on the computer (via work so that we could play Christmas music).. so I've been enjoying Christmas music here at home (when Anna doesn't shut it off). I like that you can skip songs that you don't want to hear and rate songs (like and don't like) and get lots of options.. I've even put on some kid music stations for the girls.

Christmas is Coming

and I have one child just about Potty Trained... and one that is trying to make an effort to be potty trained. So I am grateful for that... I also have finished my sock that I was working on.. so now I'm trying to turn my efforts to the blankets that I started some time ago and have been ignoring lately.

Our tree is up and has lights but no decorations yet... I'll get to it soon. Hopefully within the next week.